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But all methods of defining it and adhering to it do good for the planet. -
Several native black cherry trees grew up, unseen, under our columnist's very eyes. The tree provides many benefits to Maine birds, butterflies and mammals.
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Add to that, it's a good, sustainable choice.
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A: When you are talking to a nursery about the size of a tree or shrub.
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Two local schools teach students about the intersection of ecology, food and social principles. The concept is called agroecology.
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Use our quick crib sheet to help you preserve them through the fall and winter.
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In which columnist Christine Burns Rudalevige stares down her fear, gives lacto-fermentation another go, and lives to tell the tale.
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Curb appeal, schmerb appeal. Unless you're selling your house, the view from inside the house will reward you far more richly.
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A farm in Scarborough has just begun to sell ground sumac from local trees, a spice much used in cookery of the Levant.
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These shrubs are showy, but also can be finicky. Choose wisely.
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Banana Cream Pie keeps your kitchen, and you, cool.
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It might be boring, but so will next spring if you're housebound with nothing to do.
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Try our simple formula for stir-fried rice.
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For Gretchen Ostherr, this is the latest job in a career spent outdoors.
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Then make a quiche. Bonus points if you use the bacon fat in the pie crust.
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But some work requires an expanded arsenal, feeding a perfectly natural attraction for gadgets.
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Much of the nation ground to a halt because of the coronavirus. The garden carried on more beautifully than ever.
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Farmer Ian Jerolmack is a dab hand at the labor-intensive baby ginger root.
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When you've had your fill of them fresh off the vine, these recipes will be waiting.
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Protecting your fruit from critters is the last critical step to growing tomatoes.
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How to put your table scraps, leaves and grass clippings to use.
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The ring-shaped kitchen tool has many more uses than the gadgets advertised these days.
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This spring, birds moved into a Portland neighborhood in a big way.
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This versatile scape condiment can be drizzled on crostini, turned into salad dressing or used to sauce pasta.
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Just don't put these outfits in the laundry.
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The lobster industry has been hit hard this year. Here's a recipe to help you do your bit to help them.
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Borrow a technique from farmers called succession planting.
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Social-distancing rules are in place, but that doesn't affect the beauty of Maine Coastal Botanical and other gardens.
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No more giving over the dinner table to pandemic projects. It's been rededicated to dinner.
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Use it anywhere you might use spinach -- and don't toss out the stalks.
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Then, when you crave asparagus, raspberries, rhubarb, apples..., you just walk out to your back yard and harvest dinner or a snack.
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Even though we can’t be together in person, we can still celebrate each of these amazing winners and say: Thank you.
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Replace it with a flower garden, and as a bonus, you won't have to mow so much.
