Tag: gardening
Common Ground – September 2018
…. I have seen Full many a chill September. Oliver Wendell Holmes I’m hoping that the weather gods bring us some cooler weather in September. The supposedly short northern summer seemed endless this year.…
New Market Vendor Pays Homage to her Past
Irene Rudigier shakes her head in amazement at how things turn around in life. At her booth in the Millbrook Market, she offers produce that she shunned as a child: things like celeriac, Jerusalem…
Blocks and Blooms 2018
Last Saturday the rain held off for a wonderful community event hosted by the Millbrook and Cavan Historical Society. Travelling on foot or on a complimentary ride on a stylish horse-drawn wagon, visitors were…
Food Charters: Designing Our Own Local Food System
There’s been a lot in the news lately about local food and farming and so last week’s celebrations for Ontario’s fifth annual Local Food Week seems perfectly timed to promote the good things that…
Summer Garden Club Event
The Millbrook & Area Garden Club plans summer outings to lovely gardens for the months of June, July and August on the first Wednesday of each month. July is the month when daylilies start…
Common Ground – July
“July is payday.” Bob Thomson in The New Victory Garden This is the time of year when I’m glad I braved the clouds of blackflies in the spring and managed to get the vegetables…
Common Ground
“Slower, sweet June, Each step more slow; Linger and loiter as you go.” Julia Harris May It feels like we have skipped spring this year and gone straight to early summer. The poor daffodils…
Blocks and Blooms Will Be a Riot of Colour
The Tour Guide or passport for Blocks and Blooms is now available at Bear Essentials and The Quilter’s Bolt in downtown Millbrook, complete with a map showing the locations of the special features…