I tried to make a no-sew t-shirt bag. Here’s how it went.

Over my four years of high school theater, I accumulated over a dozen show shirts, each screen-printed with a student-drawn…

December 24, 2019 9:30 am

It’s a blue-stained Christmas on Rusty Metal Farm

The Rusty Metal chickens look over the blue tinged bald spot on elder chicken Shoppie.| Photo by Julia Bayly It’s…

December 23, 2019 9:33 am

I tried to make maple syrup snow candy. Here’s how it went.

As a writer for the “Homestead” section of the Bangor Daily News, I am almost ashamed to admit that I…

December 18, 2019 9:29 am

How running reinvigorated my son’s love of cooking

I gave him all the tools he needed to cook. My son, Will, started his life in the kitchen with…

December 17, 2019 3:21 pm

In Maine winter chores are a trial by ice and snow

Distances seem to grow the colder it gets and the deeper the snow, making even the simplest chore like taking…

December 16, 2019 9:37 am

I tried to make a wreath. Here’s how it went.

I struggle to get into the holiday spirit. Christmas music gives me a migraine, picking out presents makes me anxious…

December 11, 2019 12:16 pm

A strong local food system won’t happen overnight

Photo by Sarah Walker Caron My last column (“Our country is out of touch with our food system. Can we…

December 10, 2019 3:35 pm

Countdown is on to ‘Operation Rusty Metal Farm Christmas Tree’

The Christmas season begins on Rusty Metal Farm with the traditional selecting, cutting and bringing home of the tree.|Photo by…

December 9, 2019 9:54 am

I tried some recipes for snow ice cream. Here’s how it went.

In the suburbs of Washington, D.C., where I grew up, the entire metropolitan area will shut down for a light…

December 4, 2019 1:38 pm

When you have farm critters, you have good reason for paranoia

Do you ever have the feeling you are being watched? When you share your home with a variety of critters,…

December 2, 2019 11:03 am

Our country is out of touch with our food system. Can we shift the tide here in Maine?

To be honest, I didn’t want to learn more about the recent recall on romaine lettuce because I knew once…

November 29, 2019 9:00 am

I tried making homemade dish soap. Here’s how it went.

Like many wayward millennials, I have spent the lion's share of my early 20s living in apartments without a dishwasher.…

November 27, 2019 9:00 am