Stay Home and Go Green

By Lisa Peklo
Posted: May 27, 2008

Quite a few West Friendship neighbors saved a penny at the pump during the Memorial Day Holiday weekend by sticking close to home. Some got in on the green concept of buying locally at the Glenwood Farmers Market Saturday sale. Flat leaf parsley and fresh leeks were among the organic veggies filling the buyers baskets.

“We come here every week”, said West Friendship resident Scott Stewart. Scott, along with his kids Donovan and Jillian were browsing the wares at the Glenwood Farmers Market on May 24 along with fellow West Friendship neighbor Sharon Russell. For Stewart, it was R.J. Caulder’s signature homemade soaps that ended up filling his satchel. Caulder, of West Friendship’s Breezy Willow Farm, has a loyal following of soap lovers who chase after her fragrant patchouli, dusty rose, lavender, eucalyptus and mint soaps. The Glenwood Farmers Market is set up each Saturday morning from 9 a.m to noon throughout the summer months.

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Spring has sprung

By Lisa Peklo
Posted: May 22, 2008

What a glorious preview to the Memorial Day weekend in West Friendship. Breezy air filled with the scent of almost spent lilacs and lawns and fields with the greenest grasses our region will see all year. The air was crisp and the community was busy with area folks readying for high school and college graduations as well as weekend getaway plans for the first offical holiday of the summer season. Glenelg Country School Headmaster Greg Ventre had so many activities this week that his head was spinning. “There’s something every day and every night this week,” said the unflappable Ventre who stole away  from his busy academic schedule for a quick haircut mid-week.

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