Friends of Holcomb Farm

Tree Trail growing, and open to all

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The Friends of Holcomb Farm Stewardship committee and volunteers have been maintaining trails and planting trees as our Tree Trail, launched in 2019, really begins to take shape. In addition to planting new trees, they have been freeing older trees, like apple trees, that were almost lost to overgrowth and invasives.

Friends of Holcomb Farm

Victory Farming in Granby

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This spring, the greenhouses full of seedlings and the freshly turned soil of the Salmon Brook flood plains at Holcomb Farm are providing a sense of normalcy in these unsettled times. Just as people turned to growing their own victory gardens in times of war, our community is counting on Granby’s own farm, under the stewardship of the Friends of Holcomb Farm—along with the whole local farming community—to fill tables with fresh produce.

Great Outdoors

Gorgeous garlic

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The Garlic Farm’s crops flourish on the Granby Land Trust’s new Wilcox Family Preserve on Simsbury Road in West Granby. The Garlic Farm, located at 76 Simsbury Road, opens for the season on July 10.

NOT WANTED

Summer action and resources

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This column has profiled an Invasive Plant of the Month since last October, providing season-specific information about seven damaging invasive plants that proliferate in town. This month covers summer strategies for gaining control over invasive plants and describes some key resources.

What’s for supper?

Cottage Pie

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I was contemplating what to make for dinner a couple weeks ago and wanted to make something easy and new. I remembered my mom making a Shepherd’s Pie when I was young.

NOT WANTED

Alternatives to Invasive Plants

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Since October 2019 the Not Wanted Drummer column has profiled seven damaging invasive plants in Granby, describing how to identify and control them over time. Now it’s the peak of the planting season, and this month’s column lists Wanted plants—good alternatives to invasives.

Great Outdoors

Friends of Holcomb Farm

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Hallelujah! While there may be disagreements about how our leaders are responding to the Covid-19 crisis, let’s be grateful that here in Connecticut the importance of fresh, locally grown food was recognized from day one.

Great Outdoors

Portrait of a Gilfeather

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In 5th grade we had to learn each state’s capital and official nickname. We didn’t know that beyond Juneau, Alaska, (The Last Frontier) and Baton Rouge, Louisiana (the Pelican State), there existed all manner of state symbols and icons.