On Sunday, June 3 Makeboro (aka Makers Guild Inc.) kicked off its first season of programming with a special Fix-It Day and a "Handing Over the Keys" celebration (commemorating the partnership with The Nature Conservancy). Volunteers helped refresh Makeboro's street-facing façade … [Read more...] about Makeboro Celebrates Fix- It Day and “Handing Over the Keys”
Tom Duca
Grand Opening of New Trail in the CATS Trail Network
Champlain Area Trails (CATS) will formally open the Hemlock Hill Trail in Westport this Sunday, August 27, with a hike starting at 1:00 p.m. The Hemlock Hill Trail is the newest addition to the CATS trail network in the Champlain Valley. The hike is free and open to … [Read more...] about Grand Opening of New Trail in the CATS Trail Network
Lake Champlain Boathouse Blues
Welcome to spring in the Champlain Valley. And to Rosslyn's annual spring drama: the Lake Champlain boathouse blues! Over the last month lake water level has been rising, rising, rising. And rising some more. In fact, it's even risen since I started drafting this post. … [Read more...] about Lake Champlain Boathouse Blues
Reber Rock Farm Temporary Barn
I received the following Reber Rock Farm update from Tom Duca: "Here are a few photographs of the Reber Rock Farm's temporary barn going up. The hoop supports, the skin on the ground and being pulled over them. The tension guy wires being fabricated, people eating a great lunch … [Read more...] about Reber Rock Farm Temporary Barn
How One Farm Saved Essex, New York (Eating Well)
On the day in September 2003 when Mark and Kristin Kimball pulled their bicycles off an Amtrak train and wheeled their way into the town of Essex, New York, no one would have guessed that one of the most important experiments in contemporary American agriculture was about to … [Read more...] about How One Farm Saved Essex, New York (Eating Well)