Tuesday, 10 April 2012 15:25
Our NWS Community Room opened to the public for a “Going Solar” workshop on the evening of April 26, 2012. Our first workshop featured Woodie Bessler of SIREN, assisted by Darrell Boggess. It was the first of many classes and events we hope to hold in the new Community Room.
Many thanks to our facilities team, Pete Kinne and Tom Sessa, for the beautiful job they did renovating the space, located behind the Near West Side store. Find the entrance next to the recycling center on the East side of the store, alongside the parking lot.
Brain Extravaganza! to hit Bloomington at end of April 2012
Spring is just around the corner – and it hasn’t even really been winter yet! But in a world where “Back to School” comes right after the 4th of July and Christmas comes hard on Halloween (at least in the box stores), who can blame the seed catalogues for arriving in January? What gardener doesn’t drool over the offerings, counting backward from last frost to see how soon we can start tomatoes and crucifers? Peas, carrots, kale and potatoes in by St. Patrick’s Day and corn on the cob, beans and tomatoes by the 4th of July!
Recently I had the pleasure of taking a field trip, along with Meg Torrence, East Store Manager, and Justin See, Perishables Buyer, to visit Hidden Pond Farm in Centerville, Indiana. Hidden Pond is the 1880s-era farmhouse that owner Andy McDowell’s family bought in 1951 when he was five. Following years as an HVAC technician in the Indianapolis area, and after meeting and marrying his wife Beverly, the couple moved back to Andy’s boyhood homestead with the desire to create a living for themselves from the farm.
