Tag: August 2021
New Galerie Q Location in Millbrook
This weekend the doors opened to the new Millbrook location of Galerie Q at 44 King St. East. Currently featured are works from Raynald Leclerc of Saint Michel de Bellechase in Quebec whose work…
Netflix
Last month Millbrook’s downtown area was invaded by another film crew. On Friday, July 23rd, scenes for an episode of Netflix series called “Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities.” The series features a collection…
Millbrook Agricultural Society Hosts Bush Pull Event Saturday, September 4th
With two fairs cancelled due to COVID, the Millbrook Agricultural Society has been eager to get back to hosting events. Committee Chair, Kyle Fitzgerald, came up with the idea of hosting a single day…
Big Projects, Big Budgets
In their July meeting, Council grappled with the financing of the three major capital projects currently on the horizon: the new Fire Hall, the Public Works Centre (Cavan Yard) and the Parks and Public…
Seeds from Foxglove Botanicals
Living on her own on an isolated farm, Jill Williams can entertain herself. It can often seem not worth the effort to travel her long driveway that meanders through the majestic Baxter Creek pine…
Five Things I Have Learned from a Farmer
Working on a farm is not only a lesson in hard work, it is a lesson in life. Here are the top 5 lessons I have learned from farmers. Love what you do and…
Trout Unlimited is Completing an eDNA Study on Squirrel Creek
If you have used an ancestry kit, or watched a favorite crime series, you know that the use of DNA (or deoxyribonucleic acid) is more mainstream today than it was 20 years ago. DNA…
Common Ground – August 2021
“August’s harvest is rich, with all the heat-loving crops coming into full productivity…” Bob Thomson, The New Victory Garden I’m choosing to be positive about the garden in August. The trials of the spring…
Golden Days
The rains following the earlier hot, dry weather have been an absolute blessing for the trees, especially since they were so stressed by the Gypsy Moth caterpillars. In fact the new leaves that have…