The American Grown Act, supported by Rep. Pingree and Sen. King, asks that the U.S. government buy U.S. blossoms.
Life & Culture
Arts, entertainment, food and books news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Can’t wait? Poach your pears and make chocolate pear cake
The window of pear perfection is fleeting. We’ve got a fix for that.
Grow (or otherwise obtain): A fall cover for your garden
In my early years of gardening, I would till the vegetable garden as soon as I’d harvested the crops. I thought it made things look neater and helped to get rid of the weeds. I now know come fall, the garden has to be covered by something, both to add to the soil’s organic matter […]
Ready or not, here it comes: first frost
Some plants die immediately, others can withstand colder weather for a time.
Gardiner’s ‘Swine & Stein’ celebration scheduled to go ahead in October
Gardiner Main Street’s signature event returns to Water Street in its brewfest format, with beer, food, fun and games.
BUSHNELL ON BOOKS: ‘Blue Summer’ and ‘Maine Quilts’
A new novel from Jim Nichols, and a photographic and narrative history of quilting in Maine
After a year off, Maine Cheese Festival returns to Pittsfield
The Maine Cheese Guild will host the festival Sunday at Manson Park and will hold two separate sessions in an effort to prevent overcrowding.
Show must go on for Recycled Shakespeare Company after death of founder
Community theater group is scheduled to return this weekend with performances in Fairfield and Augusta following the death last year of its leader, Emily Fournier.
The Wrap: Share your apples for a new cider, find out who fed Phil
Have a Negroni, Tony, plus eat Filipino food in Portland
Maine’s restaurant labor shortage intensifies as student employees return to school
Some businesses are cutting back operating hours to deal with the sudden loss of workers.