Make your own history in this brand new 4,200 sf home, easy maintenance and great location, offered by Maureen White Kirkby of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Barnbrook Realty. Luca Shapiro and Rosalind Wright of Pryor & Peacock bring us “furniture re-imagined.” A year-end wrap-up of 2024 real estate sales has surprises. Plus, recent sales, a home-cooking recipe, and gardening columns.
In his letter to the editor, John Donovan writes: “There is a wonderfully growing appreciation for Organics today. Simply put, organic farming is the creation of new soil through wise, natural, husbandry and farming techniques.”
It appears the state may have made its decision to award the purchase option to North Plain Farms owner Sean Stanton because the initial proposal by Helia Native Nursery owner Bridghe McCracken did not conform to its guidelines for maximum commercial agricultural value for use of the land.
“The rug was pulled out from us after [Project Native’s] 15 years of work and investments of hundreds and hundreds of thousands of dollars. [For the Department of Agricultural Resources] to not explain is just wrong — it’s an injustice.”
--- Erik Bruun, Project Native Board Chairman
More than half the CPA funds would go to applicants for two affordable housing projects due to what the CPA committee believes is their “immediacy” and “need.”
Pittsfield was the town in which baseball first received legal recognition when, in 1791, the town fathers signed an ordinance banning it from being played in the town square.
Project Native has issued a Request For Proposals to encourage individuals, businesses, and not-for-profit organizations to submit offers to merge with it, purchase the farm, and/or embrace its educational programs.
In 1954, Mildred and her husband Jack founded Jack’s Dept. Store in Lee, Mass. In 1970, along with their son David, they opened Jack’s Country Squire in Great Barrington.
Betty passed on to her daughters her love of language (she had studied Latin for seven years and instilled the importance of the properly spoken word as a family value) and theater as well as her commitment to exercise and healthy eating.
"This will be a great partnership. Our very different resources and capacities will advance our common mission of environmental education and promoting native habitats."
-- Project Native board chair Erik Bruun
I recommend the marsh mallow, Althaea officinalis, as a trouble free perennial that has been cultivated since ancient times as a culinary and medicinal herb.
Weekend with Wildlife at Project Native
Housatonic -- Project Native will present A Weekend with Wildlife hosted at the farm on July 24, 25, and 26....
Sow seed for heat tolerant radicchio lettuce and Rainbow Swiss Chard now for beautiful, long lasting autumn harvests. Frost tolerant crops like kale are worth planting now, too.
Although the vegetable gardener is focused on growing staple foods, immeasurable benefit is gleaned when “edge elements” are included. Plants of purely botanical and ecological interest invariably attract beneficial birds and insects.
I can understand that food waste is a problem, and look at a statistic and tell you that it is terrible, but once I am confronted with images of the sheer magnitude of piles of wasted food and the story of people who tried to make a difference, that is when I have to take a look in the mirror and really consider taking action.
