Friends of Holcomb Farm
Friends of Holcomb Farm — May 2023
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Farming News, Fresh Access and Granby Social Services, Invasives battle continues, and Volunteer Opportunities
Granby Land Trust
Granby Land Trust and Holcomb Farm invite you to have a seat
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In the summer of 2020, Granby Land Trust president Rick Orluk asked Steve Perry if he would make a simple bench-type seat for the Dismal Brook Wildlife Preserve, set to open that October.
Granby Land Trust
Granby Land Trust News
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The Granby Land Trust (GLT) gratefully recognizes all who have supported the GLT’s Holcomb Farm Stewardship Fund Campaign to date.
Great Outdoors
March Brings the Beauty of Winter
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Despite the damage from fallen trees, the March snowstorms brought a quiet beauty to Mcleans.
NOT WANTED
The Spotted Lanternfly: one bad bug
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Invasives are the opposite of rare. A third of all the vegetation in the northeast hails from Asia, according to native plant scientist Dr. Doug Tallamy.
Granby Land Trust
GLT plans second Earth Day clean up
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On Earth Day Weekend , April 21-23, the Granby Land Trust (GLT) will again take part in the Great Global Cleanup®, a worldwide campaign to remove billions of pieces of trash from neighborhoods, beaches, rivers, lakes, trails and parks — reducing waste and plastic pollution, improving habitats, and preventing harm to wildlife and humans.
Granby Land Trust
Granby Land Trust Youth Conservation Corps rocks
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The crew is back on the trail. On Sunday, February 19, the GLT’s Youth Conservation Corps spent the afternoon making trail improvements at the GLT’s Dismal Brook Wildlife Preserve in North Granby
Friends of Holcomb Farm
Annual report to the town
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Last fall, in addition to placing a permanent conservation easement on 277 of the 312 acres of Granby’s own Holcomb Farm, the Town updated and extended its relationship with the Friends of Holcomb Farm.
Granby Land Trust
Celebrate summer with a sunrise hike
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Join the Granby Land Trust for a sunrise hike on Saturday, June 3, as part of Connecticut Trails Day. See the sun rise from Scarlet Tanager Lookout on the GLT’s Schlicht Family Preserve.
Great Outdoors
Invasives — for the bees and with butter
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By the end of April, or earlier in warm years like this one, common wild blue violets provide early spring color, both in our yards and on the forest floor. The yellow violet is an uncommon treat, like a tiny ray of sunshine amid the brown leaves and winter duff.