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Whether you are dicing fresh vegetables, butchering backyard chickens or slicing homemade sourdough bread, having…

If you find the idea of combining the best of vegetable gardening with natural landscaping, you’re probably ready…

Photo by davidpwhelan on MorgueFile In 2019, April showers brought May deluges. According to the National…

Photo by Joanne Arnold A flavorful and nutritious addition to many dishes, microgreens are often grown indoors.…

Photo by Sam Schipani When the weather is pleasant, I love to run outside. I may even train for a race or a…

Photo by Aislinn Sarnacki I've upgraded my garden with DIY plant markers. As a novice gardener, I have a…

Grilling hot dogs. | BDN file photo The weather is warming, the mosquitoes are waning and the long summer days…

A garter snake has found shelter under stone steps between flower gardens. Garter snakes are one of the most…

It doesn’t take much to get Fritz Appleby, a retired Maine State Park manager, to wax rhapsodic about his love…

Image by Free-Photos from Pixabay Setting a homeschool schedule is one of the most challenging aspects of…

A healthy backyard hen can lay hundreds of eggs in her lifetime, resulting in a steady supply of nutritious and…

Rain tank at the Santa Fe Children's Museum. | Photo by Roslynn Brain McCann No matter if you live in the…