Finally spring weather is here and we can start work in the Millbrook community garden. The garden is located next to the Old Millbrook School (where the library is) with a beautiful center flower garden looked after beautifully by some local volunteers. There are 12 individual plots that can be… Continue reading
This month I spoke with a busy mother of two pre-school children. She and her family are relatively new to the community, having arrived here only two years ago from a small south-western Ontario city. A self-described homebody, our young mother made the unusual decision to delegate the task of… Continue reading
“There are moments in the gardening year when, like Cecil B. de Mille, you want to shout Hold it and freeze the scene, just as it is in every detail, for a little longer.” Anna Pavord (The Curious Gardener) My Cecil B. de Mille moment came right before Easter weekend… Continue reading
Springville Tap ‘n’ Grill is hosting a new farmer’s market in the area which organizers are calling “From Our Hands to Yours”. Scheduled to open on Mother’s Day, there are twelve planned dates for this market, all of them on Fridays and Sundays. The dates have been carefully selected to… Continue reading
“In March winter is holding back and spring is pulling forward.” J. Hersey Winter, it seems to me, has held back quite a lot this year. We haven’t had much extreme cold and periodic thaws have prevented any significant snow accumulation. There has been enough snow to protect perennials and… Continue reading
“I entrench myself in my books, equally against sorrow and the weather.” Leigh Hunt My wish in the month of February is that it will whizz by like the calendar pages in old movies. Alas, this never seems to happen. So I turn to books, both old favourites that hold… Continue reading
“I dreamed that, as I wandered by the way, Bare Winter suddenly was changed to spring.” Shelley There have been at least three open winters in my time here in the valley. I’m grateful for all of them. One brought us late snow in March or April but we were… Continue reading
“…. after summer evermore succeeds Barren winter, with his wrathful nipping cold.” Shakespeare Recently a visiting friend was surprised to see next year’s seed catalogues on my coffee table. They’ve been there for a couple of weeks now along with the highlighter pen. My friend asked if I was going… Continue reading
