Tag: gardening
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…
Come Spring, Come Gardeners!
If this tenacious winter has you down and while you are waiting for the first robin to appear, you might want to get a preview of things to come around the Old School. “A…
Common Ground – May
“Come, gentle spring! ethereal mildness! come.” James Thomson What a cold dreary spring we have had this year. I don’t think I have ever seen so much snow and ice or felt so much…
🌿 Spring Plant Sale
Mark Sunday May 27th on your calendar: that is when we bring our SPRING PLANT SALE to the Farmer’s Market at the Old Millbrook School from 10 A.M. – 1 P.M. This is one…
Feed Your Gardens with Compost From City of Peterborough
Peterborough County residents may purchase small quantities of City-produced compost at both the Bensfort Road Landfill Site and at the Ecology Park (Ashburnham Drive) later this spring. However, truckload deliveries are no longer available…
Blocks and Blooms Coming June 23rd
It’s the Airing of the Quilts. It’s a Garden Tour. It’s a chance to see up close the heritage features of some of Millbrook’s beautifully preserved historic properties. Blocks and Blooms has it all!…
Meet one of the New Vendors Coming to the Millbrook Farmers’ Market
With a background in grain crops, Jamie Ferguson transitioned his farming business into vegetables four years ago, and the Ferguson family is now firmly ensconced in the market gardening. They have also taken over…