Market vendors Lou and Tamara Sorichetti are brave souls. A week after moving into their farm on Solanum Way outside Pontypool from Ajax last summer, they purchased 14 goats. Theirs is a mixed herd of dairy goats they somehow find the time to milk each day, between Lou’s day job,… Continue reading
Where have all the flowers gone? Last July (2015) when I drove by a field of wild flowers located to the west on Hutchison Drive between Syer and Larmer line, I stopped to admire a field of black-eyed susans, daisies and many others flowers. This July when I went to… Continue reading
Oak Ridges Moraine One of the most important points that usually gets forgotten about wind plants being allowed on the Oak Ridges moraine, is the fact that the moraine is exactly that, a moraine. The entire length of 160 kilometres and one million acres is full of Ontario’s largest fresh… Continue reading
This year the Ontario Maple Syrup Producers Association (OMSPA) celebrated 50 years in business at their Annual General Meeting held at Trent University on the weekend of July 15th. During the three-day event, producers took time to visit some local “sugar shacks” to see how it’s done around here. After… Continue reading
The fun drought is over! No more bored children withering at the end of the parental vine! The annual Millbrook Zucchini Festival marks the end of a particularly dry Millbrook summer, so mark Sept. 11, 12:30 to 4 p.m. on your calendars in green ink. As always the festival will… Continue reading
On July 5th, over 80 people joined Ontario Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Jeff Leal, Land Resource Specialists, 20 young 4H club members from Norwood and Peterborough, local farmers and other dignitaries to meet at Dorisdale Farms, home of Carolyn and Peter Doris to discuss a new soil… Continue reading
I can’t believe that there are only three more markets left this season. How can that be? I was only just anticipating the start of another great season of eating local, courtesy of the wonderful makers, bakers and growers who are the Millbrook Farmers’ Market. My anticipation though continues to… Continue reading
There are some troubling signs in the world these days. People are turning inward, focussed on their own well-being, shrugging off perceived burdens that are holding them back. Brexit is threatening to unravel the entire European Union, Trump is proposing walls, and closer to home there is evidence that political… Continue reading
For the first time in many years, the Millbrook Fair was occurred under sunny skies with no deluges of rain, leaving the fairgrounds clean and dry, and participants and organizers smiling. The Gates opened for the 167th annual event on Thursday afternoon with discounted rates for midway events and games… Continue reading
