Common Ground – March 2021
“Where are the songs of Spring? Ay, where are they?” Keats In March most of the winter is behind us. If we can hold on through the last of winter’s cold and snow, the rewards are longer days and eventually the beginnings of spring. My garden journal tells me that last year the first…
Do You Ever Think About Climate Change?
Do you ever think about climate change? Or maybe what a changing climate means for your children or grandchildren? Do you think about how your actions are impacting the climate? Do you ever start thinking about it and get lost because it seems like such a big problem that how can you possibly make…
2021 Peterborough County Recognition Awards Rescheduled to 2022
Last month, County Council made the decision to reschedule the 2021 Recognition Awards Ceremony to 2022 with Cavan-Monaghan being the host community. This difficult decision was made in response to COVID-19 and to follow Public Heath recommendations. We thank everyone who has submitted nomination forms and advise that any nominations received by the March…
Silver White Winters That Melt Into Springs
Rodgers and Hammerstein mustn’t be blamed, I suppose, for omitting any reference to mud! But all walkers and gardeners know that spring means mud. It’s just a fact of life. March with its unpredictable weather often gives us glorious days of warmth only to crush our hopes with wet snow and freezing winds on…
Starter Company Winners King and Tupper
Dean and Amy Howley, of new venture King and Tupper, were one of the recipients of the grants from Peterborough and the Kawarthas Economic Development (PKED) fall Starter Company. They are pictured with son Dawson with one of the new items the couple has created using the tools they purchased with their $5,000 grant. …
Sandwich Sisters Demonstrate How We Can Truly Be in this Together
Jane Berlin and her husband recently moved from Toronto to their farm in Bethany to live on a full-time basis. It has been difficult to integrate into their new community because of Covid restrictions, but Jane found inspiration from a volunteer group that began in Toronto that call themselves the “Sandwich Sisters”. The charitable…