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The new Rail Trail in Newburyport which runs from the Merrimack River’s edge near Michael’s and Mr. India in a straight line over, under and through Newburyport to the Train Station is really looking good. There are new beautiful granite stairs at the bottom of Strong Street, some nice looking ones on the north side of [...] Charlotte D. is a local ‘permaculturalist’ who knows all about cultivating plants that are perennial food sources. She has recently written about Roses on the Transition Massachusetts web site. We don’t have a local tradition of growing nuts like folks in the south do where a back yard pecan tree keeps both family and friends in nuts for the winter. But you can grow them easily in your yard. Nuts like hazel nuts, walnuts and filberts -the newer cultivated varieties can thrive here in [...] “Jane” sent along these thoughts in response to the Local Food Network blog post a few days ago proposing the formation of a local maple syrup co-op. Really why buy Canadian maple syrup when we can make our own in a small scale co-op right here in the Newburyport area. Today is San Giovanni’s feast day – June 24 – and that particular saint’s symbol is the snail, for God knows what reason. To celebrate his feast day, Italians go crazy for snails. Its no coincident that the international symbol of Slow Food is the Snail. Many cuisines enjoy snails in recipes like this from [...] Maple syrup has been made here since before the First Settlers landed in Newbury. The Natives knew and made Maple Syrup. Often they drank the sap ‘as is’ as a beverage. It has lots of zinc , iron, and sucrose which gave needed nutrition after a long New England winter. Eco-Garden in Newbury Last week we had a post about the new permanent garden that was planted in Newbury at the New Eden Collaborative behind the First Parish Church on High Rd in Newbury. This garden, following ‘permaculture’ concepts is composed of perennial plants which have been chosen to work well together, not over compete and [...] |
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