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Garden & farm

How to choose gardening gloves

Sam Schipani Jul 29, 2020 0 0
Cooking & Canning

What to do with discarded sourdough starter

Garden & farm

6 ways to make DIY seedling containers to start your plants

Garden & farm

6 gardening books to get you in the mood for growing

Garden & farm

These are the must-have gardening tools for first-time gardeners

Garden & farm

4 ways to build a raised bed for gardening

Sam Schipani Jul 22, 2020 0
Sam Schipani tending to her raised garden bed at the Bangor Community Garden. | Photo by Linda Coan O'Kresik …
Garden & farm

3 essential watering tools for beginning gardeners

Sam Schipani Jul 21, 2020 0
With so many options out there -- from drip irrigation to timed sprinklers -- it can be intimidating for gardeners…
Garden & farm

How to handle woodchucks in your garden

Sam Schipani May 6, 2020 0
New gardeners and experienced gardeners alike can fall victim to pests. When the pest is a furry woodland…
Garden & farm

How farmers can start an estate plan

Sam Schipani Apr 27, 2020 0
Stewart Smith the owner of Lakeside Family Farm in Newport in the farm's potato storage and packing facility. |…
Author Interviews

Julia Watkins on her empowering guide to low-waste living

Sam Schipani Apr 27, 2020 0
In the age of the coronavirus, living simply and well is more than just a matter of principle -- it can be a…
Garden & farm

6 things aging farmers can do today for their health and safety

Sam Schipani Apr 26, 2020 0
Robert Elwell (left), 87, talks to Derek Jones, 21, at Elswell's Unity dairy farm. | Photo by Bridget Brown …
Homestead Voices

How Maine’s homesteaders were — and weren’t — prepared for the…

Sam Schipani Apr 26, 2020 0
The changing world while COVID-19 sickens more people has left many Mainers at once panicked and adrift,…
DIY

If you run out of toilet paper, here’s what you can use instead

Sam Schipani Apr 25, 2020 2
With the novel coronavirus at pandemic levels, everyone has been stockpiling for the Centers for Disease Control’s…
Homestead Voices

Tips from Maine’s homesteaders on how to survive social distancing

Sam Schipani Apr 25, 2020 0
Isla Hughes, 6, shows her drawing to her sister Etta Hughes, 11, and parents Ethan Hughes, 48, and Sarah…
Cooking & Canning

How to make bone broth

Sam Schipani Apr 24, 2020 0
Boiling broth filled with turkey bones, cilantro and other herbs and vegetables. | Photo by Bridget Brown Bone…
Homestead Voices

How the coronavirus pandemic has changed homesteaders in Maine

Sam Schipani Apr 24, 2020 0
John Twomey and his partner Leigh Norcott at their Montville homestead. | Photo by Gabor Degre While daily life…
Lifestyle

The best ways to save energy during the coronavirus pandemic

Sam Schipani Apr 23, 2020 0
Tom Wojcik of Upright Frameworks demonstrates how to caulk a window for Brunswick Junior High School students, who…
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