THE EARLY DAYS OF MARVIN GARDENS
Those were fun days, busy, but fun for all of us, because each year we devoted a lot of time to slaughtering and butchering those birds and animals. Those activities took place on the cooling autumn weekends when we would set up the tables and get to work.
OUR HARVEST HAS BEEN ABUNDANT
Back in the days when we lived in Haverhill Corner, we had a large vegetable garden. Eventually, we added many of the fruits that grew on 32 Stark semi-dwarf apple trees I bought by mail and planted out back. We also loved the giant rhubarb stalks we received as gifts from Polly's parents, plus horseradish roots from friends in Newbury, and fat garlics sent our way by Jerry Ghirardi.
THE HAVERHILL GARDEN CLUB
The club also participated in the New Hampshire State Flower Show in Manchester. In the spring of many years ago, Bruce Lake held a program on pruning trees and shrubs. They spruced up the area around the Ladd Street School and planted a multitude of tulips at the Haverhill Academy building.