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Winter’s coming…

Photo by Jock Lauterer.

The photo by Jock Lauterer of the snow-dusted landscape on the cover of this issue of MILL is a reminder that not only is winter coming on, but that we seem to be in a climactic stretch in which that really means something.

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Featured

December is for the birds

When it comes to bird watching, the winter season has a few things going for it, mainly visibility and variety.
For the avid birder to the curious beginner, it’s prime time, a season when waves of species make their way through the Piedmont.

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Featured The Eater

A GUIDE TO EATING


Again with the trucks
If 2010 has shown us anything, it’s that the food truck is not a flash-in-the-pan phenom.

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Weather

Nasty storm on the way

Pretty powerful storm headed into our area.
You might want to hit the radars
WRAL
Wunderground

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Community Farms

What’s at Market?

Check out what’s at the Carrboro Year-Round Farmers’ Market . . .

New Item this Week: WATERMELONS, zinnias, celosia, sunflowers, and more! In the produce department: tomatoes, melons, peaches, corn, blackberries, raspberries, blueberries, potatoes, beets, beans, leeks, onions, swiss chard, onions, garlic, potted herbs and veggie starters, red cabbage, radishes, eggs, parsley, sun-dried tomatoes, cornmeal, green onions, mustard greens,dill, cilantro, turnips, beets, carrots, lettuce, turnip greens, arugula, onions, wheat flour, garlic, salad mixes (spicy and non), fresh herbs, pecans, meats like goat, beef, pork, lamb, chicken, buffalo, and various specialty meats like liverwurst, bologna, hotdogs, etc, cow’s and goat’s milk cheeses,breads, doughnuts, tortes, pies, cakes, jams, and relishes

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Weather

Storm cells soon

Been a dismal Spring for rain so far, but that’s changing today with a fairly heavy set of storms moving through.

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Arts & Music

Hank Williams wins a Pulitzer

A little late but certainly a worthy entry. Here’s the citation:

A posthumous special citation to Hank Williams for his craftsmanship as a songwriter who expressed universal feelings with poignant simplicity and played a pivotal role in transforming country music into a major musical and cultural force in American life.

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Community Weather

Thirsty?

As noted in this week’s Citizen, we’ve become a more thirsty community of late. Water use average under 6.8 million gallons per day through March, but is now running about 8 million gallons.
According to today’s Water Watch report (sorry, no permalink) our reservoirs, which have full to overflowing through this very wet winter, are now at 99.9 percent of capacity.

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Farms

Eno River market open longer

The Eno River Farmers Market in downtown Hillsborough is now on summer hours. The market, located on East Margaret Lane, is open every Saturday from 8 a.m. to noon. New vendors on hand this year include Spoon, Sunshine Life, Box Car Farms, Serendip Farm, Lil Country Grower, Carolina Heritage Farm, Winking Moon Studios, John Mathivet and The Accidental Baker.

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Community Farms

Wednesday market starts

The Carrboro Farmers’ Market is starting up its Wednesday afternoon market next week, April 14. The market runs from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the Carrboro Town Commons.

Chef Ricky Moore will be opening the mid-week market with the first event in the new Carrboro Market Culinary Series.

The series is a local foods teaching and tasting event designed to highlight uncommon uses of commonly available local seasonal ingredients.

For the opening event, Moore, a former Iron Chef contender, will take on chard. “Chard is an ingredient that many people feel they know how to cook already, but there are many ways to cook and eat this beautiful green,” he said.

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The Eater

Edible plant walk

Herbalist Kim Calhoun will lead a medicinal- and edible-plant walk on Saturday from 10 to 11:30 a.m. along the Lower Haw River State Natural Area Trail.

Participants will walk from the Bynum pedestrian bridge to the trail, learning about some of the edible, drinkable and medicinal plants growing in yards, fields, forest floors and canopies and along the river’s edge.

The fee is on a sliding scale of $10 to $20, with half of the proceeds going to the Haw River Assembly. Participants must register by today (Thursday) by calling or emailing Germane at the Haw River Assembly at 542-5790 or germane (at) hawriver.org