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Rebuilding Greenhouse #5 (in our “Free” Time)

By Trish Percival | July 6, 2021 | Comments Off on Rebuilding Greenhouse #5 (in our “Free” Time)

Farmers are known to require skills that go well beyond planting and harvesting. Sophisticated knowledge of soil chemistry and its impact on nutrition come to mind. Mechanical skills are required […]

Fresh Access Featured in HFPG Annual Report

By Trish Percival | July 6, 2021 | Comments Off on Fresh Access Featured in HFPG Annual Report

In its 2020 Annual Report, the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving (HFPG) highlighted its support of the Friends of Holcomb Farm’s Fresh Access program. Early in the pandemic, the Friends […]

Five-Year Farm Business Plan Complete

By Trish Percival | July 5, 2021 | Comments Off on Five-Year Farm Business Plan Complete

Tons of volunteer time from board members Donna Snyder, Rocky Piccirillo and others, as well as some consulting support funded through a State grant, have helped the Friends of Holcomb […]

FOHF Annual Meeting to be Held August 21

By Trish Percival | July 5, 2021 | Comments Off on FOHF Annual Meeting to be Held August 21

The Friends of Holcomb Farm (FOHF) will hold its Annual Meeting on August 21, 2021, at 10:30 am. The meeting will take place on the Knoll near the Seat on […]

A Guide to What’s Growing on Our Tree Trail

By Trish Percival | July 5, 2021 | Comments Off on A Guide to What’s Growing on Our Tree Trail

The Tree Trail, in the east fields, across from the main campus of the Holcomb Farm, is growing and changing every day. The trail is free and open to all […]

Tree Trail Continues to Grow

By Trish Percival | February 22, 2021 | Comments Off on Tree Trail Continues to Grow

The Holcomb Tree Trail volunteers completed the annual fall planting on October 17th, adding seven new trees to the trail, including one of each of the following: Amur Maackia, Yellowwood, […]

Fresh Access Thanks – and NEEDS – You

By Trish Percival | October 6, 2020 | Comments Off on Fresh Access Thanks – and NEEDS – You

There is something about hardship (like, for example, a pandemic) that brings out the best in many, and the many supporters of the Friends of Holcomb Farm’s Fresh Access program […]

Holcomb Farm’s “Volunteer Part-Time” Executive Director

By Trish Percival | October 6, 2020 | Comments Off on Holcomb Farm’s “Volunteer Part-Time” Executive Director

By Shirley Murtha In the absence of a true executive director, when the Friends of Holcomb Farm board president Bob Bystrowski saw the need for a person to bridge the […]

Friends of Holcomb Farm Hold Annual Meeting

By Trish Percival | September 10, 2020 | Comments Off on Friends of Holcomb Farm Hold Annual Meeting

by Shirley Murtha It was masked and socially distant, but the annual meeting of the Friends of Holcomb Farm was held on August 16 in a spot with a beautiful […]

Friends of Holcomb Farm to Benefit from Auction of Painting by Local Artist

By Trish Percival | August 3, 2020 | Comments Off on Friends of Holcomb Farm to Benefit from Auction of Painting by Local Artist

Fine artist Kate Emery is auctioning an original oil painting to benefit the Friends of Holcomb Farm, a Granby-based organization devoted to preserving historic farmland and utilizing sustainable farming methods […]

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