November Gardening Advice for Manchester – 2015
by Jennifer Fairfield Editor’s Note: Manchester resident, Jennifer Fairfield, owns and operates the Garden Mill in Chelsea, serves on the Manchester Community Garden Committee, and volunteers with the school gardens at Klager and the MECC. It may not seem like winter is coming, based on the forecast for this week (70’s!), but it’s bound to […]
Using a Rain Barrel Can Save Money and Water
If you have municipal water and use it for watering your garden, flower beds or landscaping, consider using a rain barrel to collect rainwater from your house roof for those watering needs. Using a rain barrel can benefit your garden and landscaping by taking advantage of rain water, a resource that would otherwise be lost […]
September Gardening Advice for Manchester – 2015
by Jennifer Fairfield Editor’s Note: Manchester resident, Jennifer Fairfield, owns and operates the Garden Mill in Chelsea, serves on the Manchester Community Garden Committee, and volunteers with the school gardens at Klager and the MECC. El Nino could bring us a nicer winter than the last two, at least according to the national forecasters. However, […]
August Gardening Advice for Manchester – 2015
by Jennifer Fairfield Editor’s Note: Manchester resident, Jennifer Fairfield, owns and operates the Garden Mill in Chelsea, serves on the Manchester Community Garden Committee, and volunteers with the school gardens at Klager and the MECC. August is generally the month we find ourselves dealing with a few issues in our yards and gardens – insects, […]
July Gardening Advice for Manchester – 2015
by Jennifer Fairfield Editor’s Note: Manchester resident, Jennifer Fairfield, owns and operates the Garden Mill in Chelsea, serves on the Manchester Community Garden Committee, and volunteers with the school gardens at Klager and the MECC. Rain, rain go away! How many of us have been singing that song lately? I know I have been! Yes, […]
June Gardening Advice for Manchester – 2015
by Jennifer Fairfield Editor’s note: Manchester resident, Jennifer Fairfield, owns and operates the Garden Mill in Chelsea, serves on the Manchester Community Garden Committee, and volunteers with the school gardens at Klager and the MECC. June! It’s June! Do you know what that means?! It means we have soooo much to do in the […]
May Gardening Advice for Manchester – 2015
by Jennifer Fairfield Editor’s note: Manchester resident, Jennifer Fairfield, owns and operates the Garden Mill in Chelsea, serves on the Manchester Community Garden Committee, and volunteers with the school gardens at Klager and the MECC. Hooray for May! The weather is finally acting like it might grudgingly admit that it really is spring. Things are […]
April Gardening Advice for Manchester – 2015
by Jennifer Fairfield Editor’s note: Manchester resident, Jennifer Fairfield, owns and operates the Garden Mill in Chelsea, serves on the Manchester Community Garden Committee, and volunteers with the school gardens at Klager and the MECC. I was talking with a couple the other day who said they weren’t sure that they were going to have […]
March Gardening Advice for Manchester – 2015
Editor’s note: Manchester resident, Jennifer Fairfield, owns and operates the Garden Mill in Chelsea, serves on the Manchester Community Garden Committee, and volunteers with the school gardens at Klager and the MECC. by Jennifer Fairfield I have to admit to being totally over winter! It may not be finished with me, but I truly am finished […]
Recipe: Winter Beet and Buttermilk Soup
The actual name of this soup is chlodnik litewski, which translates to “Polish Cold Beet Soup.” The recipe is adapted from a recipe out of Milk: The Surprising Story of Milk Through the Ages by Anne Mendelson. If you make this in the summer you can use cucumbers instead of pickles and add the beet greens […]
