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Youngsters fill up their plates during the Lykins neighborhood fish fry. Before filling their stomachs, approximately 50 volunteers helped clear brush and trees from the Lykins Neighborhood Farm. Leslie Collins

 

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Lykins neighborhood residents and area volunteers feast on freshly cooked Tilapia after a hard day's work at the Lykins Community Farm. Some traveled as far away as St. Louis and Lee's Summit to volunteer. Leslie Collins

 

By Leslie Collins
Northeast News
November 9, 2011

More than 50 volunteers gathered to clear out brush and trees at the Lykins Neighborhood Farm Saturday, Nov. 5. Volunteers traveled as far away as St. Louis, Lee’s Summit and Waldo to spruce up the community garden.

For free this year, area residents were able to sign up for plots to plant their favorite fruits and veggies in the garden at Cleveland and East Ninth Terrace. Plantings ranged from jalapeos to tomatoes to swiss chard to lettuce to cabbage to herbs, among others. The Lykins Neighborhood Farm was made possible by the partnership of the Urban Farming Guys and Rock Solid Urban Impact.

Following the work day, organizers held a fish fry featuring homegrown Tilapia cleaned earlier that morning for volunteers and area neighbors.