Posts by Bobby Blair
Calling All Big Homegrown Tomatoes
The Farmers’ Market at Blair Square will hold a Biggest Tomato Contest this Sunday, September 5th.
Read MoreEast Holliston Visual Improvement – 22 Years in The Making
The Town’s 1999 Master Plan cited the East Holliston Commercial District as the eastern “gateway” into town. Under the heading of Town and Village Centers – the plan suggested “Improve the visual appeal of the East Holliston Commercial district by identifying places for additional landscaping.”
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Read MoreRain, Rain Go Away
Normally at this time of year I would be begging Mother Nature for just an inch or two of moisture for my Dahlia farm on Highland Street. Not this year!
Read MoreCalling all Gardeners, Sculptors, and Cooks
Enter your squash in the Great Zucchini contest at this Sunday’s Farmers Market. The contest will have three categories: size, sculpture, baking. The action begins at 11:00am in Blair Square.
Read MoreUpcoming at Tomorrow’s Market
The weatherman is predicting fair weather for this Sunday’s Farmer’s Market at Blair Square.
Read MoreGet Ready, Set, Jump!
A busy weekend coming up here in town. After scoring some pizza at the Lions’ Club Carnival, dropping off your hazardous waste on Saturday at the Adams Middle School, and attending the American Legion’s Laser Light Show at Goodwill, why not bring your favorite frog to the Farmer’s Market on Sunday.
Read MoreLaser Light Show Saturday Night
Remember just a few weeks ago, if you remembered you had no mask half-way into the grocery store, you’d head back to get the mask. Then rather instantaneously, pandemic restrictions eased. The quick change allowed the folks at the local Lions Club to swiftly organize their Annual Carnival which had been in doubt due to the pandemic.
Meantime, the local American Legion Post 47 had scheduled a laser light show on July 10, 2021. Originally, the show was scheduled to celebrate the Legion’s 100th Anniversary in 2020 but was postponed due to COVID-19.
The Second Farmer’s Market Happens Tomorrow
Come down to Blair Square from 9 am – 1 pm on Sunday to see artists, farmers, and some hear some good music.
Read MoreA Helping Hand for the Market
There are lots of little and big details when it comes to running a farmer’s market. There is the obvious — a business plan, a place to hold the market, insurance, trash removal, advertising, a need for vendors, and signage.
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Read MoreAdding a Little Welcoming Color
Like an artist with an empty canvas, a gardener or horticulturist likes nothing more than an empty plot of soil. When a new parking lot planter was created with the addition to parking spaces along the rail trail behind Casey’s Pub, several local green thumbs vied for planting rights.
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