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EARTHFEST, April 20 in Carleton Place

Second Annual EARTHFEST, April 20 in Carleton...

An Almonte baby boom

Springtime is often busy in the Almonte...

Brenda Edgerton — obituary

Edgerton, Brenda Pauline Brenda passed peacefully after fighting a...

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Hey North Lanark! We have trees left!

For nine years now, generous people in North Lanark and beyond have purchased trees and/or shrubs from our annual Tree Fundraiser. The beneficiaries of these purchases have been people...

Working bee at Augusta Park Community Garden, April 14

Did you know that there are many benefits to community gardening? It helps build a sense of community, provides access to healthy food, improves nutrition, encourages physical activity, saves...

‘Lanark County Seedy Saturday,’ March 16

Lanark County Seedy Saturday March 16 | Almonte Civitan Club | 10am-3pm | $3 admission Help us kick off the 2024 gardening season.  Plan to spend the day with us trading,...
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Gardening in Almonte: Buried treasure

by David Hinks Last Thursday was the first workshop in the series of four gardening workshops organized by the Neighbourhood Tomato Education Committee. A small...

Gardening in Almonte: Focus on harvesting and storing

by David Hinks It is now September and the vegetable gardening focus is on harvesting and storing the bounty that a growing season with lots...

Gardening in Almonte: Four September workshops and a bountiful harvest

 by David Hinks Last week I talked about efforts by the Neighbourhood Tomato to create a vegetable gardening community. Raised garden beds have popped up...

Gardening in Almonte: A community effort?

by David Hinks I often think of gardening as a very individual pastime. I appreciate the solitude to commune with growing things and connect with...

Gardening in Almonte: amazing diversity!

by David Hinks The Garlic Festival in Carp was a huge success with large crowds and even traffic congestion. (Unfortunately I was not able to...

Gardening in Almonte: The end of summer?

by David Hinks For many the beginning of August signals the end of the heat of summer and time to prepare for the fall –...

Gardening in Almonte: Mainly about the garlic!

by David Hinks While it is probably about three weeks before I will harvest my garlic, it is already available from producers at local Farmers’...

Gardening in Almonte: What a difference a week makes!

 by David Hinks Last week we were starting to see the results of more than two weeks of very hot weather with virtually no rain....

Gardening in Almonte: What a difference a month makes!

 by David Hinks  Notwithstanding the number of overcast days when rain or thunderstorms have been threatening we have actually had very little rain in the...

Gardening in Almonte: What is a weed?

 by David Hinks My dictionary defines a weed as “a plant considered undesirable, unattractive, or troublesome, especially one growing where it is not wanted, as...

Gardening in Almonte: Coping with the rain!

 by David Hinks  While it continues to be great growing conditions for vegetables such as broccoli, kale garlic and potatoes that like cooler temperatures and...

Gardening in Almonte: Bring on the heat!

 by David Hinks It has continued to be great growing conditions for vegetables such as broccoli, kale garlic and potatoes that like cooler temperatures and...

Gardening in Almonte: What a difference a year makes!

 by David Hinks It has been another great week for the vegetables such as broccoli and onions (shown in the following photo) that like cooler...

Gardening in Almonte: Thanks for the rain!

 by David Hinks It has been a great week for the vegetables such as broccoli that like cooler temperatures and a lot of moisture –...
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