The Garden Corner
Growing the perfect tomato
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We are hot and heavy into our summer season, and our flower and vegetable gardens are bursting with growth and color.
Great Outdoors
Lucy’s Picnic Salad
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I can still recall how much my mom loved this salad! And if any readers remember Mary Cook, when she liked something — you knew it!
Great Outdoors
Blueberries are gems in summer’s crown
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It’s easy to be happy in the summer, surrounded as we are by the magnificent beauty of the natural world.
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Wells Road third graders plant a tree
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Trees are everywhere in Granby, but sometimes we need one more in a special place. This just happened at Wells Road School where teacher Kristen Lecco’s third grade class became fascinated by trees and decided the interior courtyard viewed from their classroom window, needed one.
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Eagle-eyed photographer is rewarded
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Robert Flanigan’s skill and patience allowed him to capture this bald eagle at Christensen’s Pond with his Canon R8.
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Tips for a safe summer
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Summer is upon us and with it comes inherent risks to life and safety. Two of the big fire safety concerns are outdoor cooking/grilling and fireworks.
Friends of Holcomb Farm
Friends of Holcomb Farm — July/August 2024
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Come to our first Holcomb Hoedown!, The farm store is open for the season, Nassau Financial Group spends a day on the Farm, new trail map, other news, and Cat’s Corner: It’s okay to not love kale.
Great Outdoors
Quick thinking by Abalans saves fawn
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On the morning of June 1, the Granby Police Department received a report of a deer giving birth on Running Pine Road.
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GLT Bird Walks identify nearly 60 species, including a loon
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At the GLT’s annual Mother’s Day Bird Walks, participants identified —either by sight or sound — nearly 60 species of birds, including a Virginia rail, a pair of scarlet tanagers, and, for the first time ever at Dismal Brook, a loon!
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Rhubarb pie is a spring delicacy
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Well, spring has arrived and not only is our world turning green again, but the rhubarb is flourishing! This is a tried-and-true recipe from my mom.