Big trees cost more, are more troublesome to plant and may not grow as well as a small one will.
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Lauren Pignatello is a farmer, cheesemaker and entrepreneur
She’s bringing the cafe Milk and Honey (and herbs) to Portland’s Winter Farmers’ Market.
Composting with compassion: Putting beloved big animals in to pasture
The death of your horse, your alpaca, your pig raises a pressing question: How does one gracefully dispose of a 1,000-pound body?
Open Book: Recommendations from Fiona Wilson of Freeport
Professor Fiona Wilson suggests three books on sustainability that span the business world, climate change and the Dalai Lama.
Leg Work: Need to power up a hill? Try singing
How one cyclist/pedestrian generates renewed energy.
Cutting meat portions better for you and the planet
And you don’t have to completely give up being a carnivore.
Notes from the Field: Take a conservation survey to help improve natural resources
Give Garbage to Garden a pat on the back for bringing home a silver prize.
Get Busy: Branch out into fruit-tree grafting
Monmouth will have a free workshop on grafting fruit trees on Friday.
Grow: Leeks give us hope for spring
It’s planting season already – indoors, at least.
Charles DeGrandpre, Freeport man who pioneered organic farming in Maine, dies at 88
Charles DeGrandpre is remembered as an early leader in sustainable agriculture, who shared his passion with farmers across the region.