Your garden is going gangbusters. You’re waist-deep in cucumbers. You’ve pushed them on as many unsuspecting friends and neighbors as you can, but the cucumbers just keep coming. What to do? Make refrigerator pickles! They’re quick and easy – plus, you can skip the sterilization mumbo jumbo of proper canning, the stuff that if done […]
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Help! My bush looks frail! My soil is rocky! My seeds never sprouted!
Dear New Gardener: Relax and listen to the voice of experience.
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A mean green fighting machine? Or a mean clean one?
Turns out the two eating lifestyles have many things in common
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Sustainable seaweed for sensitive skin
Planet Botanicals uses sustainably harvested Maine seaweed and African shea butter in its new line of skin care products.
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Kayla Blindert sees a gleaning trove in backyard fruit
Her latest public service is canvassing Portland’s fruit-foraging opportunities to help feed the hungry.
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David Buchanan’s fruitful endeavors at Portersfield Cider
The author, forager and craft cider maker has built a tasting room and planted hundreds of trees at his orchard in Pownal.
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How to find a CSA that’s right for you
The farmers in Maine who produce winter CSAs are a widely varied group, and as a result, they tend to come up with some surprising and innovative ‘crops.’
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Maine farms make CSA shares a year-round endeavor
Winter Community Supported Agriculture shares are increasingly popular with young farmers who are pushing the boundaries of four-season agriculture.
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Tintypes portraits will take you back to days of old
Cole Caswell will take a tintype portrait of you in your 21st-century clothes at the Common Ground Fair.
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Propagating native seeds turns out to be harder than you might think
Mother Nature has all sorts of tricks up her sleeve to keep you guessing how to make them sprout.