Prize Winning Plants

  • Post published:03/11/2009
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            This is the time of year when our gardens are at their best – growing, blooming and ready for harvest in our mind’s eye. These visions are inspired by the catlogs mounting on the kitchen and coffee tables. Their bright pictures and lush prose encourage us to think that we will have the best garden ever this year!             There are organizations that work to make those best gardens possible by testing plant varieties to let us…

Winterfare

  • Post published:02/25/2009
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        When I drove into the Greenfield High School parking lot last Saturday morning at 10:30 the parking lot was already  full.  Fortunately, I saw a couple with full canvas shopping bags get in their car and drive away; I took their spot.             When I walked into the school lobby it was clear Winterfare 2009 was in full swing with more local farms represented than I knew existed in our area.  One of the largest booths…