Puddleduck Farm Focuses on Community Supported Agriculture Program

Merridy Senior and Eben Hancock have been operating their local organic farm on the edge of Millbrook for six years now, and their business continues to evolve as they seek new ways to grow.  Theirs is a traditional mixed farm operation on 100 acres, but most of their labour happens… Continue reading

Learn How to Attract Summer Birds at the next Millbrook & Area Garden Club Meeting

If you have been keeping your bird feeder filled all winter, you have most likely been enjoying the activity of Chickadees, Nuthatches, perhaps a pair of Cardinals, and other species. On Wednesday, April 3rd, as the spring season warms up, and just as the migratory birds begin to arrive, the… Continue reading

Farmers’ Market Begins April 28

Here we grow again!  The Millbrook Farmers’ Market is gearing up for another great season of fabulous local food, fun and entertainment for the whole family.  The market runs monthly from April to October, on the 4th Sunday of the month.  The first market of the year takes place on… Continue reading

Millbrook Garden Club to Discuss Invasive Plant Prevention

Please join the Millbrook & Area Garden Club on Wednesday March 6th for the first meeting of 2019, a sure sign that spring is just around the corner. We will welcome guest speaker Gabby Nichols of the Ontario Invasive Plant Council. Gabby coordinates the Early Detection and Rapid Response Network… Continue reading

Letter to the Editor – February 2019

Letter to the Editor On behalf of the Millbrook and Area Garden Club, thank you for your article in the last edition (Find Local Expertise at the Millbrook Garden Club, January 2019). Your help in getting our name out to the gardening public is much appreciated. One correction though: our… Continue reading

Common Ground – The Truth about February

“The truth about February is that she is the worst month of the year.” A.A. Milne During a recent cold snap I was reading a certain jaded English essayist. He suggested a party game for the entertainment of his house guests. Guests were to compile anonymous lists of their most… Continue reading