NOT WANTED
Japanese Barberry Berberis thunbergii DC
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A dense bush 2 to 7 feet high, Japanese Barberry has spikey thorns every inch or so along each branch. Small leaves along the branches are green in spring and summer.
What’s for supper?
Tomato Dijon Turkey Meatballs
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Fall is almost here and it is my favorite time of the year. The weather changes and so does the menu; more soups and stews and warm comfort food and, of course, pumpkin everything!
Great Outdoors
Friends of Holcomb Farm
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It is fall in New England, and Granby offers some of the best open space hikes around; the Town’s own Holcomb Farm is one of them. The Friends’ Stewardship volunteers have been busy mowing the east field, maintaining walking paths, planting and labeling trees, installing eight new interpretive signs, installing new boardwalks over muddy areas, and rehabbing the South East Field.
NOT WANTED
Purple Loosestrife
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Purple Loosestrife – Lythrum salicaria —is October’s Invasive of the Month. Here is how to identify it, and what to do about it.
What’s for supper?
Grilled Shrimp with Lemon and Oregano!
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It’s August and the corn is as high as an elephant’s eye. It’s also time for cookouts, but what if you are sick of burgers and hotdogs to go with your corn on the cob?
Fortune & Folly of a Female Farmer
Five reasons you need to attend Granby’s Open Farm day
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On Saturday, Sept. 14, from 10 a.m.–4 p.m., over a dozen Granby farms will open their gates to the public. Experience the variety of agriculture that Granby has to offer.
Friends of Holcomb Farm
Summer’s bounty, and winter shares abundant, too
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Holcomb Farm’s CSA members, Farm Store customers, restaurants who source fresh produce from us, and organizations that benefit from the donor-supported Fresh Access food program, have all seen what a wet spring and consistent, professional farm-management can do: fill the fields with fresh, local food that we will be harvesting right through October.
What’s for supper?
What’s for Supper? Swedish Meatballs!
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Last month my husband and I spent three weeks in Europe visiting eight different countries to celebrate our 50th birthdays. We went to places we had never been to before and while we enjoyed every place we saw, our favorite country was Sweden.