The Millbrook Farmers’ Market is set to open its 2020 season on Sunday, June 28. It will be a different kind of market this year as we put in place all of the necessary COVID-19 safety measures required by Peterborough Public Health. Our priority this season is to keep everyone… Continue reading
As of press time, the opening of the Millbrook Farmers’ Market continues to be postponed. We are currently awaiting additional information from Peterborough Public Health, the agency that oversees and regulates farmers’ markets. Under provincial COVID-19 directives, farmers’ markets are considered an essential service and our local health unit (PPH)… Continue reading
Stone walls do not a prison make, Nor iron bars a cage…. Richard Lovelace I couldn’t resist that particular quote which seems apt when so many people have been spending more time at home. Everyone I know has been challenged to find something constructive to do. Or some older classics… Continue reading
As I write this, it is unknown if the pandemic will require complete lockdown in future. I am hopeful that if social distancing is continued, we can still garden. The Community Garden started 8 years ago as a way to produce fresh vegetables for our local Food Share and also… Continue reading
In the interests of the safety of all of our vendors, shoppers and community, the Millbrook Farmers’ Market Management Committee has decided to cancel its first market of the season, originally scheduled for Sunday, April 26th. The good news is that local food can still be accessed. Many of our… Continue reading
“The world is too much with us; late and soon, Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers; Little we see in Nature that is ours….” Wordsworth Spring starts in earnest here in the valley with the first snowdrops and the call of the white throated sparrow. It never ceases… Continue reading
I am writing on behalf of the Millbrook Farmers’ Market Management Committee to express our concern about a proposal by Mayor Scott McFadden for the BIA to host a farmers’ market downtown on Friday evenings in July and August to capture cottage-bound traffic. While this may sound appealing, from a… Continue reading
Everyone is welcome to come out for the Millbrook & Area Garden Club’s first meeting of 2020 on Wednesday, March 4th. The topic for the evening will be “Rain Gardens” presented by guest speaker Holly Shipclark, stewardship coordinator for Kawartha Conservation. We will learn how to control water run off… Continue reading
Otonabee Regional Conservation Authority (ORCA) is once again encouraging landowners in the Otonabee Region Watershed to enhance their property and help to fight climate change by planting trees. Each year, ORCA offers a wide selection of native tree and shrub species for landowners to purchase. Orders can be placed online… Continue reading
