A slight chance of rain showers before 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 77. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Mount Holly Newsflash - Monday, September 26, 2022 The weather today in Mount Holly - A chance of showers and thunderstorms between noon and 4pm, then showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 63. Southwest wind around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible. Archived Newsflash emails can be read at: https://mthollynewsflash.blogspot.com
Writers' group. Just a reminder – we meet on Monday October 3rd at 1:30 at the Mount Holly Library. The topic: techniques of comic writing. If you have a favorite comic piece, please bring it. Thank you. -- Joan
TALK ON THE COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE
In 1491, the world was in many of its aspects and characteristics a minimum of two worlds—the New World, of the Americas, and the Old World, consisting of Eurasia and Africa. Columbus brought them together, and almost immediately and continually ever since, we have had an exchange of native plants, animals and diseases moving back and forth across the oceans between the two worlds. A great deal of the economic, social, political history of the world is involved in the exchange of living organisms between the two worlds.
Alfred W. Crosby, author of The Columbian Exchange.
It is estimated that 60% of the current world food supply originated in the Americas. Thanks to the excellent farming skills of America's first people, crops like corn, potatoes and sweet potatoes offset famine in China, Europe and Africa.
Just one aspect of the Columbian Exchange, the Cavendish Historical Society will be hosting a talk on the Exchange Oct. 8 (Sunday), 2 pm at the CHS Museum, 1955 Main St., Cavendish VT. This event is free and open to the public. FMI: 802-226-7807 or margocaulfield@icloud.com
The Manhattan Short Film Festival is going on at the Town Library MSFF is a group of short films from independent film makers from around the world. These films represent a wide variety of subjects from comedy, drama, animation. This year 868 films were entered and the Manhattan Short Film Festival Selection Committee has carefully selected 10 short films as finalists. Each year more than 400 venues on 6 continents show these 10 films during 1 week. The Mount Holly Town Library is one of 3 venues in Vermont to present MSFF.This is the 25th year for the festival, the 2nd year for Mount Holly. Every person attending a showing is given the opportunity to vote for the 1 film and 1 actor they think best.We will send your vote into Manhattan Short headquarters where they will be tallied, and the winning film film and actor will be announced at 10 AM on Monday October 3rd. This announcement will be made at http://www.ManhattanShort.com All 10 finalist films are shown at each showing, a total run time of 2 1/2 hours, including a 10 min intermission after the first 5. So far the library has had two showings and Wednesday September 28th at 7 PM will be our last showing for this year.
A slight chance of rain showers before 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 77. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Mount Holly Newsflash - Friday, September 23, 2022 The weather today in Mount Holly - Mostly sunny, with a high near 47. Northwest wind around 16 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph. Archived Newsflash emails can be read at: https://mthollynewsflash.blogspot.com
REMINDER: The Manhattan Short Film Festival now showing at the MT Holly Town Library Tonight, Thursday Sept. 22 at 7 pm Saturday Sept. 24 at 2 pm Wednesday Sept 28 at 7 pm Mount Holly Town Library
26 Maple Hill Road
Belmont, VT 05730
The American Red Cross will hold a BLOOD DRIVE on Monday, September 26, 12:00 - 6:00 pm at the Ludlow American Legion (**NOTE: New ending time). Call 100-RED-CROSS to make an appointment. PLEASE GIVE BLOOD.
***Take advantage of RAPIDPASS the day of the drive.***
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Welcome to the Weekend !
For the second Friday in a row, we woke up to 39 degrees here at the farm! The forecast for today is a high of 47, and tonight we are expected to see 32 degrees.
Our turkeys arrived last week and are acclimating quite nicely. If you are looking for a fresh turkey for Thanksgiving, let us know soon, as we only have a few left.
The cattle continue to graze our pastures around the farm and move daily to new stomping grounds! Perhaps you've seen them as you've driven by our farm?!
The grandkids will be busy today pressing apple cider for farm stand sales this weekend. They pour their hearts and souls into making their sweet tasting cider. We invite you to stop by and try some.
Pumpkins will be arriving today - just in time for your fall decorating!
Fresh bread will be back on Saturday, yay ! And you may also see a few freshly baked apple pies this weekend!
Pork, beef, chicken .. we've got it! Not sure what you're looking for? We'll gladly help you when you arrive.
Not able to get to the farm stand?! Luckily you can shop our website 24/7 for all your maple needs!
With the exception of service dogs, no dogs allowed at the farm. Please be mindful of hay equipment, grandkids, vehicles and customers when driving in and out of our driveway. Our farm stand is located at 1966 Healdville Road in Mount Holly. Open Tuesdays through Sundays from 12:00pm-5:00pm. Closed on Mondays!
We are in for a cool weekend and what better time for a big pot of chili! Using our grass fed ground beef, simply add a package of Grandpa Jim's Chili Mix! No need to gather up your seasonings - this mix has it all. If you want to add a bit of spice to your chili, we've got the most delicious jalapenos from our friends at Dutchess Farms.
Stop by the farm stand this weekend and grab your ingredients.
Vermont Home Gardener Extend the Season – Improve the Soil Autumn has officially begun and frost isn't far away. Gardens are already showing signs of leaf loss on squash, cukes, peppers, tomatoes, and basil. These are among the most susceptible plants. Good News, there are a few easy precautions we can take to protect our favorite plants and extend the gardening season to get a little more out of our summer efforts. It's also the best time to begin improving the soil for next year's garden so let's look at how a soil test and composting will be a big help.
Gardeners know well the tired appearance of plants after a growing season or a frost turns them into leaves drooping lifelessly on once vigorously growing plants. Heat loving plants are usually the first to go. Potatoes and onions know that cold is coming so have stopped growing and are pulling nutrients out of their leaves and putting them down into storage. Trees and woody shrubs have begun doing the same so we see the foliage color changes as chlorophyll is returned to the roots for next year's leaves. We'll harvest those nutrient rich crops soon. Others, in the Brassica & Mustard families, almost seem invigorated by the early chills and continue growing bigger and sweeter. This includes cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, and kales. Root crops like beets, turnips, parsnips, and carrots are well protected underground and can continue to grow a bit more. We can't change the inevitable change of season but there are a few things we can do to extend our garden productivity and enjoyment.
