Mushrooms Save the World
A few weeks ago my little dog Boswell and I took a stroll among the lovely groves of trees at the head pond in Beechwood. The rolling lawn is perfect for a game of fetch and the trees were gloriously colorful. As were ambled along we came across a...
Another Way to Help Save the Planet! The joys of Recycled clothing
Wearing recycled clothing is a terrific way to help save the planet….and for a number of reasons besides saving money that might not be immediately apparent. For years, I’ve loved shopping for clothes in thrift and consignment stores. Not only is it waaaay cheaper than buying new clothes, it’s...
Earthbag Construction
A few issues back in the gazette we ran a story about Earthship Construction. Those wonderful homes are made by stacking earth-filled recycled tires to create the walls of the structures. I just ran across another fascinating and beautiful building construction method called Earthbag Construction, which uses nothing more...
Falls Brook Fair A Celebration of Rural Life
The annual Falls Brook Fair in Knowlesville, NB was held over the weekend of September 1st & 2nd and was a wonderful and educational celebration of all that is good and sustainable in our beautiful rural New Brunswick Communities. This year of 2102 marks a tipping point for...
Plant a Community Garden to Harvest Lower Crime Rates
A growing body of research shows that community farm projects reduce violence and crime. These statistics may have come from research projects in major urban areas…but the results make intuitive and rational sense no matter where you live. We ourselves may live here out in the boonies, and...
Falls Brook Gives Kids Hands On Experience
To promote environmental sustainability Paper Mate is sponsoring Tree Canada and Andover Elementary School in a project to plant 26 Maple, Willow and Linden trees on the grounds of the school. Last week 24 of these beautiful saplings were planted by the staff of Falls Brook Centre, Dave Dunlop...
The Garlic Garden
I don’t know about you, but I’m one of those people who thinks that garlic is one of the four main food groups (along with anchovies, olive oil & capers!) and I get positively twitchy when I don’t have at least 3 heads of the stuff in my home...
Local Gardener Creates Eden
A couple of weeks ago I happened to pass by a yard on a back street in Perth-Andover that was bursting with flowers and foliage of all sorts….it had an almost tropical look to it, something we don’t see too often up here in this northern clime. I...
A New Home…
The village of Perth-Andover is losing some of her grandest old homes due to flood damage. What will be built to replace these homes? Most modern construction methods do not make stuff to last in our make, break and throw away society. Indeed, our current consumerist driven economy needs...
Community Gardens
This is from Wayne Sabine. Wayne and his wife Dilys operate Circle S Farms, a Certified Organic Farm in Tilley, NB For the lion’s share of my adult life, the dream of self-sufficiency has been a goal toward which my meandering life path has headed. It has been like...