Maine’s backyard gardeners mostly deal with perennial plants. They are generally both easier and less expensive than annuals. You plant them once, and they come back every year. Dennis Schrader, co-owner of a greenhouse operation on Long Island in New York, told an audience at New England Grows in Boston earlier this month that a […]

How can you, as a parent, offer both autonomy and support to a baby? What can you do to encourage a child’s positive self-image, to build his positive feelings about who he is becoming? Being warm and loving is the first step. But you also need to model, transmit and reinforce attitudes most likely to […]

DEAR SAVVY SENIOR: I’m worried about my father’s driving. At age 84, his driving skills have diminished significantly, but I know he’s bound and determined to keep going as long as he’s alive. What tips can you recommend that can help me help my dad stop driving? — Nervous Daughter DEAR NERVOUS: For many families, […]

Q: I have a problem with my fiance’s ex. They have a child together. She always calls him just to talk about their 6-year-old son and then starts chit-chatting about stuff that has nothing to do with their son. She also expects my fiance to be at all their son’s sports games even though she […]