10 Plan(cid:415)ng Maples By Deborah Hudson Over the last 200 years, 80 percent of the original forest cover in southern Ontario was removed for farming, forestry and urban development. In 1871 the Ontario government passed legisla(cid:415)on to en- courage landowners to plant trees from their wood- lots along the roads, in part for flood control and as "snow fences". The municipali(cid:415)es were to pay farm- ers and landowners 25 cents per tree for the trees planted along the roads. Most of the trees planted were na(cid:415)ve ma- ples. Alva Grim- mon ran the post office and gen- eral store at Black River Bridge as the community called. was the old (Today post office/ general store is now the site of the store at Vick- ies' Veggies. ) Alva's wife, Lavinnia (Breakenridge) Grimmon planted maple trees along Morrison's Point Road under the government program in the late 1800's. Morrison's Point has always been a special place to walk because the maples have provided shade from the hot sun, shelter from the wind and habitat for animals. In recent years some of the old maples have come down because of age, disease and wind etc. but it is encouraging to see that young trees have been planted to take their place. TheThe South Marysburgh MirrorMirror 'LLOT' con(cid:415)nued from page 1) To get started, we're looking for: 1) people interested in becoming part of the LLOTs Collec(cid:415)ve to help organize and work on the project; 2) suitable items to be donated to the lend- ing library; and 3) people who are interested in becoming members of LLOTs. Membership will be an annual fee of $25. This is to help pay for the cost of insur- ance needed to create the library. LLOTs is a community, non-profit project. Funds will be used only to sustain it. Note that no one will be turned away from borrowing from LLOTs for lack of funds. Please come out to the Emporium in Milford on May 16th at 11:00 a.m. to learn about this project and see if you would like to get involved. If you can't make the date but are interested, please get in touch at: pec.foodnotbombs@gmail.com or call 613-476- 9141. Chris(cid:415)ne, Special thanks to fellow organizer of this ini- (cid:415)a(cid:415)ve, Erin Johnston, who is dona(cid:415)ng space in the Emporium to make LLOTs possible. Note that this is not a County of Prince Ed- ward Public Library project, but the Milford branch of the library will eventually have a music instru- ment lending library, which will be a great and com- plementary project to the PEC Lending Library of Things. with me, Local Maple Syrup for Sale Wilbur Miller 119 County Road 16 Black River TheThe South Marysburgh Mirror Mirror Volume 29, Number 4 May 2015 Published monthly by Steve Ferguson, 3032 County Road 10, PO Box 64, Milford, ON K0K 2P0 T: 613.476.9104 E: themirror@kos.net ISSN Number 1181-6333 (Print Edi(cid:415)on) W: www.southmarysburghmirror.com ISSN Number 2292-5708 (Online Edi(cid:415)on) Submissions to The Mirror The Mirror are welcome through regular mail or e-mail! Le(cid:425)ers, adver(cid:415)sements, ar(cid:415)cles, photos or other submissions must be accompanied by the author or creator's name, street & (if applicable) email address and telephone number. All claims and opinions expressed are those of the individual writers and adver(cid:415)sers, not of The South Marysburgh Mirror or its publisher. All submissions are subject to edi(cid:415)ng where necessary. We reserve the right to reject or edit le(cid:425)ers, ar(cid:415)cles and adver(cid:415)sements. Copies of The South Marysburgh Mirror are distributed at the beginning of each month to Books & Company, Sco(cid:425)'s Store and Thorne's Variety in Picton; 'the store' in Cherry Valley; the Black River Cheese Company; Gilmour's Meat Shop in Rossmore, and to all public libraries and elsewhere in Prince Edward County. Please patronize The Mirror's adver(cid:415)sers without whom the paper couldn't be published.