Tag: gardening
Common Ground – January 2021
“From winter, plague and pestilence, good Lord, deliver us!” Thomas Nashe It has been a quiet winter so far here in the valley. I brought in the porch wind chimes before the last big…
Common Ground – November 2020
“No shade, no shine, no butterflies, no bees, No fruits, no flowers, no leaves, no birds, November! Thomas Hood Late October found me making my way through planting the fall bulbs I ordered as…
Raking Optional: Leave the Leaves!
The Nature Conservancy of Canada has launched a public awareness campaign asking people, in order to preserve, protect and enhance our quickly vanishing biodiversity, to not rake up leaves on lawns. It’s not clear…
Common Ground – October 2020
“O suns and skies and clouds of June, And flowers of June together, Ye cannot rival for one hour October’s bright blue weather.” -Helen Hunt Jackson – One of the signs of fall here…
Organic Waste Collection Comes to Transfer Station
Last year, the township introduced an organic waste program for a pilot area in the Millbrook area which was up for renewal last month. The program consists of weekly curbside collection of waste material…
Handsome Jack’s Local Garlic
New Millbrook Market Vendor, Tammy Wood, of Handsome Jack’s Farm bears a calm demeanor is remarkable given the age of this venture. Tammy and her partner Dave purchased their farm just last September, after…
Common Ground – September 2020
“….there is a harmony In Autumn, and a lustre in its sky, Which through the summer is not heard or seen….” Shelley Some years we seem to anticipate fall like it is the real…
