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PublishedMarch 31, 2011
What Ales You: Butternuts offers can-do spirit on a small scale
Uneducated as I was at the time, I had a beer snob’s aversion to cans.
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PublishedMarch 29, 2011
Maine author’s book is finalist for national award
The biography by Andrew Vietze tells the story of the relationship between Teddy Roosevelt and a Maine Guide.
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PublishedMarch 27, 2011
Maine Gardener: An indelible vision for an edible world
Permaculture is becoming a larger part of our culture. Kristin DeSouza, senior horticulturist and plant records coordinator at the New England Wild Flower Society, and Lisa Fernandes, a permaculturist in Cape Elizabeth, gave separate lectures related to the subject earlier this month at the Portland Flower Show. DeSouza’s “Edible Native Plant Garden” uses about 80 […]
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PublishedMarch 24, 2011
What Ales You: Spring brings the tastes of summer
It’s just barely spring, and already we are looking forward to summer. Geary’s Summer Ale is about to hit the stores in a fresh new packaging designed by Morgan DiPietro, a student at Maine College of Art. DiPietro is glad she won — not only for the $5,000 prize for the design contest, but so […]
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PublishedMarch 20, 2011
Maine Gardener: Try some trees for easy pickins
When planting a fruit tree in your backyard, you have to decide whether you want fruit quickly or for a long time. John Bunker of Fedco told a group at the Portland Flower Show last Sunday that the first question most people ask when buying a fruit tree is how soon it will bear. The […]
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PublishedMarch 17, 2011
What Ales You: Bock takes him back, but not to same place
The problem with looking forward to the revival of something from your past is that you are not the same person you were in the past. Such is the story of me and Narragansett Bock. Bock is a lager, usually brewed in spring, and tradition says monks brewed it for extra sustenance during the Lenten […]
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PublishedMarch 15, 2011
Buxton woman’s garden impresses domestic diva
Martha Stewart selects Kendra Lord as a finalist in her search for remarkable gardeners.
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PublishedMarch 13, 2011
Maine Gardener: The ‘hole’ truth about planting trees and shrubs
Planting a tree or a shrub in your yard should be easy. You dig a hole in the ground, put the plant in the hole, put the soil back in the hole, water it and then walk away. And while all of this is accurate, it does leave out some information. How deep should you […]
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PublishedMarch 11, 2011
What Ales You: Madden Beverage to host beer tasting this Sunday
A wine shop offers a free tasting, as many of them do, and people don’t get overly excited. A beer shop schedules a beer tasting, and the word goes all around: FREE BEER. Madden Beverage, 335 North St., Saco, sells both wine and beer, and it has held quite a few wine tastings. But from […]
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PublishedMarch 10, 2011
The aroma of spring fills flower show
This year’s show, which runs through Sunday, revolves around “The Enchanted Earth” theme.
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