2010
Fall Fundraiser Bulb Sale
This year we are
offering 15 varieties of tulips along with numerous
varieties of crocus, daffodil/narcissi, hyacinth, allium and iris bulbs to ensure a vibrant garden
next spring. All bulbs are commercially grown,
not collected from the wild. We are offering
New England Wild Bird Seed as well. Thank you
for supporting your local Conservation District.
Orders are due by
FRIDAY, September
3rd.
Pick up dates and locations:
Friday,
October 1st at
the MCCD office
3-6 p.m.
Saturday,
October 2nd
at the Contoocook Farmers' Market from
9 a.m. - 12 noon
Please click the
following links to see order forms and information.
BULB ORDER FORM
BULB COLOR GRID
BULB
DESCRIPTIONS
BIRDSEED
ORDER FORM
Local Foods Initiative Update!
The Capital
Area Farm and Community Connection, with help from
the Concord Monitor, has launched its first
local food guide. After many months of
surveying the public, locating area farmers, and
toiling with layout designs, the
2010
Capital Area Local Food Guide
was distributed at the end of June to all
subscribers of the Concord Monitor. (Over
18,000 copies!) Additional copies will be
disbursed throughout the greater Concord area.
Please let us know of any specific locations at
which you would like this guide to be available or
if you would like a copy.
Included in
the guide:
- a list of
farms in Merrimack County, what they grow,
and where you
can find it
- a list of
CSAs and farm stands in the county
- information
about visiting farms and eating locally,
including a
chart of what foods are available and when in NH
If you are a
farmer and would like to be listed in next year's
guide, please
contact us. We are also looking to include
more
area
restaurants which use local foods in their menus.
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History of the Merrimack County Conservation District
Merrimack
County Conservation District (MCCD) acts as a clearinghouse
of conservation information, services and product and
residents of
Merrimack County
facing the challenges of soil and water pollution, land
development, wildlife habitat and flood mitigation. Like
its 3000+ counterparts throughout the US, MCCD is a non-regulatory
organization. Our services are free or low cost and provided
at your invitation; we neither discriminate nor regulate.
MCCD
has its roots in the 1937 response of the U.S. Congress
to the ecological disaster known as the Dust Bowl. As
Washington skies literally darkened with Midwestern topsoil,
US Department of Agriculture (USDA) soil scientists advised
Congress to set up a grassroots-model system to meet the
urgent need the Dust Bowl presented.
This
grassroots model, originally an emergency response, became
one of the success stories of modern conservation. Volunteer
boards used
local input to set local priorities. Landowners learned
effective soil and water conservation techniques from
trusted neighbors, trained by USDA Soil Conservation
Service scientists. The hemorrhagic loss of the nation's
topsoil was slowed, largely due to the rapid spread
of information provided by the district model.
Today
over 3000 US conservation districts work in partnership
with what is now USDA's Natural Resource Conservation
Service (NRCS).
The districts link NRCS conservationists, soil scientists
and other experts with local landowners in need of
accurate, understandable and timely technical assistance
and environmental information. MCCD
has been part of this proud tradition since 1947, partnering
with NRCS in NH.
If
you are a landowner or user, town official, educator,
a forester, land surveyor or other licensed
professional or a member of a community organization,
we would like to help you make and implement a plan
to maximize long-term use of your land, water, wildlife,
forest, plants and other natural resources.
We
hope you enjoy your time at our website and invite you
to contact our
office to
discuss how we can help you:
