Prized in cooking and laundering, and for its lovely, plummy scent, it’s the sole crop at Glendarragh, a 26-acre farm.
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Fast food gets some healthy competition
The chef at Local in Brunswick offers ideas for combining fresh Maine ingredients with convenience.
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To hungry critters, your garden is the best food source in town
Can they be stopped?
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Sniff, soothe, sup: The many uses of lavender, past and present
It’s been used for hundreds of years in cleaning, to relieve burns, and to flavor foods both savory and sweet
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Hannaford joins effort to get children to eat healthier
The “Snack It Up” program provides coupons to youth organization leaders to purchase healthy snacks.
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After rainy days, ‘blueberries look pretty good’
Across New England, it was a good week for field work, according to the weekly Crop Progress & Condition report, a USDA publication, for the week ending July 6. But in Maine, county representatives noted the impact of heavy rain. “Severe thunderstorms, excess rain, wind and hail have caused some damage on crops,” Gary J. […]
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What’s that? A stone pound
An essential part of Maine’s agrarian history, the enclosures held wayward farm animals.
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Grow: Summer squash and zucchini
Pick these prolific summer vegetables when they are still small for the best flavor.
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Raspberry preserves
This recipe comes from Maine Master Food Preserver Allison Carroll Duffy’s inventive “Preserving with Pomona’s Pectin.”
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Meet Geoff Hill, Maine’s master composter
The certified compost specialist reflects on the rewards of recycling household food waste.