Tag: gardening
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…
Farmers’ Market Opens This Sunday With COVID-19 Safety Measures
The Millbrook Farmers’ Market will open its 2020 season this Sunday, June 28 at the Old Millbrook School parking lot, 1 Dufferin Street. We will be open from 10:00am to 1:00pm. When you arrive,…
Common Ground – July 2020
“The summer comes with flower and bee….” Felicia Hemans Summer begins here in the valley when the baby phoebes fledge and fly away. The five of them flew away from their next on the…
Common Ground
“Gardening is half achievement and half optimism and in June we really have the best of each.” Geoff Hamilton Reluctant spring has given way to leafy June. I hope we are truly done…
Farmers’ Market to Open June 28 with COVID-19 Precautions
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…
Millbrook Farmers’ Market Update – May 2020
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…
Common Ground – May 2020
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.…
Millbrook Community Garden Seeks Volunteers
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…