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Sam Schipani tending to her raised garden bed at the Bangor Community Garden. | Photo by Linda Coan O'Kresik …

With so many options out there -- from drip irrigation to timed sprinklers -- it can be intimidating for gardeners…

New gardeners and experienced gardeners alike can fall victim to pests. When the pest is a furry woodland…

Stewart Smith the owner of Lakeside Family Farm in Newport in the farm's potato storage and packing facility. |…

In the age of the coronavirus, living simply and well is more than just a matter of principle -- it can be a…

Robert Elwell (left), 87, talks to Derek Jones, 21, at Elswell's Unity dairy farm. | Photo by Bridget Brown …

The changing world while COVID-19 sickens more people has left many Mainers at once panicked and adrift,…

With the novel coronavirus at pandemic levels, everyone has been stockpiling for the Centers for Disease Control’s…

Isla Hughes, 6, shows her drawing to her sister Etta Hughes, 11, and parents Ethan Hughes, 48, and Sarah…

Boiling broth filled with turkey bones, cilantro and other herbs and vegetables. | Photo by Bridget Brown Bone…

John Twomey and his partner Leigh Norcott at their Montville homestead. | Photo by Gabor Degre While daily life…

Tom Wojcik of Upright Frameworks demonstrates how to caulk a window for Brunswick Junior High School students, who…