May 2022 Gardening Advice
submitted by Jennifer Fairfield, Garden Mill and Manchester Community & School Gardens I don’t know about you, but I could use a little more sunshine than we’ve gotten lately! April was a bit too gloomy for my taste, and didn’t really give me much opportunity to get out into my yard and gardens. Here’s hoping […]
April 2022 Gardening Advice
submitted by Jennifer Fairfield, Garden Mill and Manchester Community & School Gardens In spite of the weather the last week or so, there are definite signs of spring showing up all over — the snowdrops that come up every year in one yard I pass on my way to the store, the pussy willow I […]
Acorn Farmers Market and Café: Apples in the winter
submitted by Laura Wohlgemuth, Acorn Farmers’ Market & Café Event Coordinator I find it absolutely amazing that even in the cold of winter, we can bite into a fresh, juicy, crunchy Michigan Apple. When asked how farms are able to store these delicious edibles and retain their awesome crunch, Fusilier Family Farms members Mike, Chad, […]
March 2022 Gardening Advice
submitted by Jennifer Fairfield, Garden Mill and Manchester Community & School Gardens The National Weather Service says, “composites depict a strong warm signal” and “Probabilities of above normal precipitation are greater than 50 percent from southern Michigan to western areas of the Ohio Valley…” In other words, they're predicting that the next couple of months […]
February 2022 Gardening Advice
submitted by Jennifer Fairfield, Garden Mill and Manchester Community & School Gardens With winter halfway over, it’s time to start really planning for our gardens. If you haven’t already, it’s time to go through your seeds to see what you have left over and what you will need for the upcoming season. To Do Indoors […]
Holiday Gifts: Riverside carolers bring joy of the season to Manchester
Once upon a time, third-grade teacher Sarah McCaffrey was the faculty supervisor for the Kiwanis K-Kids group. One of her favorite events of the year was to take the children Christmas caroling. Now that the Kiwanis and the K-Kids are no longer organized, she wanted to find a way to continue. "It’s such a beautiful […]
Holiday gifts: Listen to your inner voice
submitted by Kim Blumenstein, David's Coat Room In November 2018, I started David's Coat Room in honor of my Dad. The 25th anniversary of his passing was approaching and I believed starting the charity was a perfect way to honor him. I won't lie — the first year was difficult, but any doubt I had […]
Holiday Gifts: Paying it forward
I received a call last week from a long time Manchester resident who had moved away several years ago and recently returned to town, after living in southern California during the interim. "Some things are the same here and some are so different," she commented. "It's been a huge culture change ... moving away from […]
Chamber Spotlight: Kids' Christmas needs volunteer help!
You may never have heard about the Kids' Christmas project, but it’s been a Manchester tradition for many years — harking back to the Optimist (subsequently Civic) Club, then to the Kiwanis assisted by the Lions, and now solely directed by the Manchester Lions Club in conjunction with Manchester Family Service. "We’ve kept it quiet […]
Add some microgreens to your table this winter!
submitted by Ruth VanBogelen, Acorn Farmers' Market & Café What are microgreens, anyway? They are vegetable greens that differ from sprouts or shoots in that they are harvested shortly after the plants' true leaves have emerged. Microgreens are often used as a nutritional supplement because they are high in potassium, iron, zinc, magnesium and copper […]
