Friends of Holcomb Farm
Other May Events
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Saturday, May 5 is the Annual Progressive Dinner. If you are interested and still without a ticket, contact Cathy at cathy@holcombfarm.org.
Friends of Holcomb Farm
Surplus pick-up trucks or tractors?
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If you run across any surplus tractors or crew-cab pick-ups during your spring cleaning this year, please consider a tax-deductible donation of this equipment to the Friends of Holcomb Farm. Any money we don’t have to spend on equipment means more can go toward growing and providing food to underserved populations through our Fresh Access program.
Friends of Holcomb Farm
Correction!
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In the April Drummer, we told you about the newly-available monograph, Holcomb Farm Heritage, Struggles and Success. We failed, however, to thank Citizens for a Better Granby and The Granby Drummer, which helped fund the book’s publication.
Great Outdoors
Riding rings receive new fencing
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The fences for the riding rings at Holcomb Farm and Salmon Brook Park were replaced this winter, funded by a grant and accomplished through the efforts of many in the community. In the spring of 2017, the Granby Horse Council was notified by the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving that it was eligible to apply for funding from the Pomeroy-Brace Fund for a community project in Granby.
Events
Lost Acres Vineyard Community Days
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Lost Acres Vineyard is holding three community days over the coming year to thank its supporters. Members of the community can support local organizations with the purchase of Lost Acres Vineyard wine.
Friends of Holcomb Farm
The Posse tackles hard jobs, every season
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This spring, take a drive down Simsbury Road in West Granby, enjoy the beautiful barns and farm fields and meadows of Holcomb Farm as they come to life, and give thanks to the Granby volunteers who have helped make it so. Among the many volunteers, there is one, lovingly known as the Posse, worth considering.
Fortune & Folly of a Female Farmer
No one deserves breakfast in bed more than Mamma Pig
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Pigs are incredibly prolific. Mamma Pigs come into heat at all times of the year (unlike goat or sheep that are bred seasonally) and, since she gives birth in under four months (three months, three weeks and three days), she can be bred twice a year.
Friends of Holcomb Farm
CSA Shares still available
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Planting has begun, and sales of CSA summer shares are well underway. Thanks to careful nurturing of the soil (as well as new equipment), Farmer Joe reports increasing productivity is making even more CSA shares available, so it’s not too late to sign up.
Great Outdoors
It’s time to sign up for the community garden plot
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The community garden plot gardens are located just north of Ahrens Park on Hungary Road and are divided into an organic section and a conventional one. A pump well provides a water supply.
