Friends of Holcomb Farm
Friends of Holcomb Farm — March 2024
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Partnership With The Granby Community Fund, Welcoming Two New Board Members, Let’s Get Growing, and Kudos To The Drummer For A Great Puzzle Slam
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Partnership With The Granby Community Fund, Welcoming Two New Board Members, Let’s Get Growing, and Kudos To The Drummer For A Great Puzzle Slam
GLT Member Don Shaw, Jr. took this beautiful photo of the snowy entrance to the Granby Land Trust’s Katan-Ensor Preserve on Jan. 8 following the weekend storm.
The Granby Conservation Commission has worked with Blue Earth to add residents in Granby to its residential composting program.
Did you hear the news? The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) hardiness maps were recently revised, placing Granby on the cusp of zones 6a and 6b, a couple notches warmer than we were.
This month we are featuring two of the four new FOHF board members: Lori Armentano and Natalie Mackiel. Next month we will introduce you to Laura Midura and Christiane Pimentel.
From the late 19th to the mid-20th century, culinary ephemera, including recipe booklets and appliance advertising pamphlets, were published by the US government, farmers’ organizations, and food companies. These were mostly mailed or given out free at grocery stores, and they serve as a historical record of the way we cooked and ate at the time.
Oxygen is crucial to life and arguably oxygen is the most important element for life on earth. Oxygen is released during photosynthesis by plants and many microbes.
Our iconic Granby Oak looks dramatic in all seasons, but there is nothing like the crispness of a cold winter day to bring out its amazing architecture, captured here by photographer Don Shaw, Jr.
Fresh Access: The Impact is Real, Stewardship: The Trails are Open, and
Farming: Feeding the Soil That Feeds Us
On the morning of Jan. 1, more than 30 GLT members started the year with a hike on the GLT’s spectacular Mary Edwards Mountain Property. What better way is there to start a new year than with fresh air, exercise, the company of others, and time spent in nature?