Farming/Nature
Delicate Butterfly
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A black swallowtail butterfly feeds on a zinnia on Bridge Street.
Farming/Nature
Three New Tobacco Sheds Built
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This spring, a New York contractor who specializes in farm structures was hired to build three curing sheds for two Suffield tobacco farmers and a few more in Southwick.
Farming/Nature
Loading Another Rack
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Bielonko farmhands had tobacco stalks up to be hooked onto lath for transportation and hanging.
Farming/Nature
Small, But Mighty
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It’s time to say goodbye to our smallest migratory bird, the ruby throated hummingbird, as they set off for their winter feeding grounds in the tropics.
Farming/Nature
Take a Walk on the Wild Side – in Suffield
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A beautiful place to relax on the Windsor Locks Canal Trail
Farming/Nature
Oh, The Places You’ll Go!
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As the days get shorter and cooler, there are more opportunities to be comfortably outside if you’re a fall lover like me, who’s ready to be done with the heat and enjoy a good hike in the crisp fall weather right here in town.
Farming/Nature
Brisk Sales at the Suffield Farmers Market
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Suffield’s Farmers Market has been doing a thriving business this summer, in part because other markets have chosen not to open and also because people are looking for delicious and local fresh summer produce, which can be found in great variety at the Market.
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Farewell, Mr. Chipmunk
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A proliferation of chipmunks has been reported this season hereabouts, but this cute little fellow, pictured recently at the King House Museum on the seesaw of a Havahart trap, has “gone on to greener pastures.”