It did snow up in Sparty Lea and beyond into the ‘heeds, on Sunday morning, as predicted, but at 1:00pm there was nobody staffing the rope pull at Ski-Allenheads, and my foray, on what was probably the last snow day…
Category: Healthy Living
New Breadmakers made at Allendale Bakery
Today, Saturday the 9th of March, is the first of the season of breadmaking courses scheduled up at Allendale Bakery in Sparty Lea, if the snowfall stays wet and gentle. For over a decade, Carrie Winger has been baking bread…
Chitting potatoes . . . and a link to the past
We use the ‘no-dig’ protocol to grow our award-winning potatoes (High Forest Show 2017) on a southern exposure in Sparty Lea. It’s taken us some time to figure out how best to grow any vegetables at all up here, but…
Healthy walkers . . .
My ambition was to catch individual walkers arriving outside the Co-op from 9:30 for their designated Health Walk at 10, just to garner a few thoughts from each about their weekly sojourns. And, of course, I could also pop into…