Young Entrepreneurs Make a Hit with Cold Tea on a Hot Day!
Stephanie Kelley As I was making my way down to Bodin’s Native Crafts at Tobique First Nation to deliver copies of the Blackfly I passed by new business…. A cold drink stand being operated by a trio of cheerful and youthful entrepreneurs. Cars were zipping in right and left...
Barber Carl Parsons Hangs Up His Scissors after 68 Years!
Stephanie Kelley It’s the end of an era for Plaster Rock resident and career barber Carl Parsons, and a new beginning for Jeremy Shirley. As I was making the rounds in Plaster Rock recently a couple of people brought this to my attention. I’d always noticed the neat little...
Fat Cat Art Rocks!
Stephanie Kelley It’s my own personal conviction that that there’s way too much energy invested in being all serious and gloomy, and not nearly enough in actually enjoying this ride we call life! So it’s always a delight to run across someone’s life work that celebrates art and humour...
NB…The Garbage Province
A few weeks ago Blackfly reader Sharon Geldart sent us a photo file containing numerous pictures of the crap and garbage she is finding every day and every time she goes for a walk. I’d planned to publish these photos ASAP, and as The Old man in the...
Perth-Andover Resident Has Poem Selected for Mindscapes
Tinker resident Chris Fitzherbert has had a poem accepted for display at the upcoming Mindscape Exhibit in Miramichi later this year. Mindscapes New Brunswick is a Canadian Mental Health Association initiative which strives to empower people who have lived the experience of mental illness. It offers these people a...
Hops….A Multi-Purpose Plant!
Hops are not just for beer. They make a beautiful and hardy ornamental plant for your garden, and the plant has a long history of use as medicinal herb as well as a beer ingredient by many different cultures. Hops are a vigorous, climbing perennial plant that is...
HOPS: Opportunity For An Aleing Economy?
By Francine St.Amand HOPS is one of those niche agricultural crops that is showing up more and more in NB’s rural landscape. When Joe Gee started up a vineyard on his farm in Carlingford last year, I realized that HOPS cultivation was something I wanted to learn more about....
P-A Community Garden Update
& The Amazing No-Dig No-Till Lasagna Garden Method The Perth-Andover Community Garden is now ready to go! It’s been tilled, and plots are marked out and several plots are still available and are free! The Community Garden has a Facebook page for meeting notes and updates, and if...
Busman’s Holiday at The Bistro!
So….what do you do to relax and unwind when you take a break from the kitchen when you are a gourmet chef and you work every day? You go out to dine someplace else, of course, at a fine restaurant serving gourmet cuisine that another chef prepares for...
Trails of Hope & Light
As I entered the foyer of Mah Sos School last week I was immediately drawn to the visually stunning display of the Trails of Hope and Light Wampum Belt. This amazing work is the result of a group project created and handmade by Residential School survivors. Wampum...