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2017
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Legislature’s pot plan makes sense
Supporting LD 2395 makes sense for all sides.
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Posted inMaine Gardener, Source
Preserve the bounty of your harvest so you can eat from your garden all winter long
A guide to storing winter squash, parsnips, dried beans and more, no refrigerator or freezer needed.
Posted inGreen Plate Special, Source
A carnivore tries to figure out how to cut down on her meat consumption
She’s got one word for you: shanks.
Posted inGrow, Source
Camassia is a bulb you can eat as well as plant
If you want to eat camassia, you must be patient. The bulbs have to be cooked at low temperatures for at least 12 hours, or they cause painful gas
Posted inMeet, Source
Portland-area writer Kathryn Miles can shake up a dinner conversation
Hosts fear that her subject matter – doom and gloom about natural disasters – makes her a dinner party downer.
Posted inHomegrown, Source
A honey of a food wrap
Holly Hardwick’s beeswax wrap protects food and leftovers without using petroleum products.
Posted inSource
New book encourages you to record your own observations of nature
‘The Naturalist’s Notebook’ by two Maine scientist/naturalists is filled with practical guidance for systematic study.
Posted inBusiness, Source
You’re the boss when greening your home office
Here’s how to conserve energy, paper and fuel, then recycle your equipment when its useful life is done.
Posted inMaine
Possibility of another monster wildfire may not be as unlikely as you think
Despite decades of improvements in firefighting equipment, communications and techniques, Nature can still produce tinderbox conditons with devastating potential, experts say.