Environment

A quick rhubarb dish can make for a tasty spring treat.

Column: Making the most of the early pickings

Monday, May 20, 2013

Spring seemed to take forever getting here this year, didn’t it? I am happy to be seeing green again, and grateful for the ability to work outside in a T-shirt and light shoes. This time of year I am also happy to move on from the heavy foods of winter. Luckily, Mother Nature indulges this desire as perennials start to … 0

Kimberly Graham Kim Graham lives in Dublin with her husband, Jim, and their two children. The couple hails from New Brunswick, Canada. This column chronicles their first-ever adventures in farming. For more about the farm, see www.oxbowfarmnh.com.

Column: The ‘Egg Lady’ versus the pigs on the lam

Monday, May 20, 2013

I am known in these parts as “The Egg Lady.” If someone else had this name they may find it offensive, but I don’t. That is what I do — I sell eggs. And I have to say that folks seem to like what I do. I was told recently that my eggs … 0

Column: Sustainable Steps

Monday, May 20, 2013

Local food supper I have talked about the Peterborough Agricultural Commission in other articles. The commission has worked on organizing what we call a “supper club,” which will have dinners featuring local foods. We will start by just Peterborough foods and will stretch out to other local towns if we can’t find it in Peterborough. Our first dinner was in the planning stages … 0

Harrisville: Three-town farmers market opens June 14

Monday, May 20, 2013

Harrisville will once again host its summer farmers market beginning June 14. The market will run from 5:30 to 7 p.m. every Friday through the end of August. Located in front of the Granite Mill on Main Street, the market will feature fresh local goods and music. Vendors … 0

Troy: Talk on Emerald Ash Borer

Monday, May 20, 2013

Join Steve Roberge, Cheshire County Extension Forester University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension, for a discussion on identifying and learning the signs and symptoms on May 30, 7 to 8:30 p.m., at Gay-Kimball Library. Emerald Ash Borer, found March 2013 in Concord, is called the most destructive, invasive … 0

Jaffrey: Garden club hosting Monadnock walk

Monday, May 20, 2013

The Monadnock Garden Club will host a “walk and talk” with Steve Gehlbach titled, “Observing Wildflowers Through the Photographer’s Lens.” The public is invited to participate in this free event, which will be held on Thursday from 10 to 11:30 a.m. on the Spalding Nature Trail on Mount … 0

peterborough: Plant sale to benefit scholarship funds

Monday, May 20, 2013

Peterborough Garden Center is hosting its annual plant sale on the lawn of the Monadnock Center for History and Culture, previously known the Historical Society. Plants of all varieties, from common to the uncommon, will be for sale … 0

The Frye family has reached a purchase agreement with the High Mowing School to sell and permanently preserve 105 acres of farm and woodland. (Staff photo by Ashley Saari)

WILTON: Preserving history

Wednesday, May 8, 2013

WILTON — Across the street from High Mowing’s greenhouses and chicken enclosure is a rolling field, stretching for 35 acres and offering an unobstructed view of the local mountains. The land belongs to Gary and Gail Frye. Seven … 0

NEW IPSWICH: Town clean-up day  is Saturday

Wednesday, May 8, 2013

In New Ipswich, there is an annual effort to eradicate the litter in a town-wide clean-up day. This Saturday, from 8 a.m. until noon, volunteers can head to the town offices to receive a road assignment and pick up blue trash bags to begin the task of cleaning … 0

Hancock: Event was a hoot!

Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Naturalist Marcia Wilson with one of seven live owls she and her husband, photographer Mark Wilson, brought to the Harris Center for Conservation Education in Hancock on April 28. The Eyes on Owls event was a members-only program … 0

Antrim: Written order issued for Wind Energy project

Monday, May 6, 2013

ANTRIM — The state’s Site Evaluation Committee issued its final written order on Antrim Wind Energy’s proposed 10-turbine, 30-megawatt wind project, detailing the reasons for denial, Thursday. The SEC denied Antrim Wind Energy’s application based on negative visual impacts the wind farm — proposed for the ridgeline of … 0

The state has stopped further building or improvements at a local town ball field built on conservation land. (Staff photo by Ashley Saari)

New Ipswich: State halts improvements on dam easement

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

NEW IPSWICH — Two weeks ago, New Ipswich Baseball League President Mark Krook got the Select Board’s OK to put some finishing touches on the ball field that occupies town-owned conservation property. But the state has since stepped … 0

Birdwatching in New Hampshire is a guide to finding rare beauties.

ML: Quick Quiz: How well  do you know N.H. birds?

Monday, April 29, 2013

If you want to know how, when and where to find some cool birds, then check out the new book, Birdwatching in New Hampshire, by Eric Masterson of Hancock. It’s not a guide to identifying birds – there … 0