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.
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
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.
Great Outdoors
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.
Great Outdoors
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.
Great Outdoors
The Bluebirds are back!
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Bluebirds are being welcomed all over town this spring! Whether it has anything to do with climate change, it seems that there are more than usual appearing in our backyards. In addition to having difficulty contending with killing winter temperatures, another factor in their dwindling numbers in our area during the past several decades is that house wrens, tree swallows, alien house sparrows and starlings have crowded the gentle blues out of nearly all available nesting places.
Events
Granby Grange hosting fair on Open Farm Day
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The Granby Grange is holding an Agricultural Fair on Saturday, Sept. 14 that will coincide with Granby Open Farm Day. The Grange invites home producers to enter products from their gardens, kitchens, cameras and craft rooms for judging and to show off your skills to residents and out of town visitors alike.
Great Outdoors
Vineyard is new home for tulip farm
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A pick-your-own tulip experience at a local vineyard last month was just in time for warm weather and springtime outings.
The Garden Corner
Homemade and effective natural pesticides for your garden
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June has finally arrived. The perfect time to plant outdoor flower and vegetable gardens. The benefits of growing, harvesting and enjoying farm to table fresh produce far exceed any store-bought veggies. The pride one feels when picking that fresh pepper, or eating a juicy cherry
Great Outdoors
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!