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PublishedJanuary 6, 2011
What Ales You: Manly Men Beer Club offers a smokin’ ale
I was wandering around Portland New Year’s Eve day, donating platelets at the Red Cross, picking up DVDs and drinks for the weekend, and worrying about what I would write for today’s column. The answer came when I discovered the Manly Men Beer Club, three types of ale that the labels say were brewed by […]
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PublishedJanuary 2, 2011
Maine GardenerNote to self: Stop basking in afterglow of 2010, look ahead
With the new year, my thoughts usually turn to the coming gardening season. But this year I am having a little bit of difficulty looking ahead. The gardening season for 2010 was so great, I hate to let it go. But part of our great gardening season in 2010 automatically has us looking forward to […]
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PublishedDecember 30, 2010
What Ales You: Something special is brewing in Lewiston
Maine’s newest brewery is pouring beer in Lewiston — it just isn’t selling any yet. The first of the Baxter Brewing Co.’s Pamola Xtra Pale Ale and Stowaway IPA should reach stores and bars by the end of this month. That’s what Luke Livingston, company founder and president, promised a couple of weeks ago as […]
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PublishedDecember 26, 2010
Maine Gardener: Colossal cabbage, cool program
If you want to get kids to enjoy gardening, give them a plant that is going to be dramatic, make it just a little bit competitive and offer an incentive — a carrot, or cabbage, on a stick. That is the idea behind the National Bonnie Plants Cabbage Program, which was conducted in 20 Maine […]
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PublishedDecember 19, 2010
Maine Gardener: He’s makin’ a list of gifts gardeners will really dig
Christmas is just a week away, and it is time to think about gifts for gardeners. One idea is books. Some years I spend one week doing a column on books and a second column on other gifts, but this year’s crop of books was a bit sparse. One I can recommend without any qualms […]
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PublishedDecember 16, 2010
What Ales You: A good cigar, a good beer, some food … but it’s not a bar
It seemed like the 1980s. About a dozen people sitting in a lounge, talking quietly, drinking beer and smoking excellent cigars. The Calabash Cigar Cafe, 425 Western Ave., South Portland — in the same shopping plaza as Staples and Burlington Coat Factory — is the only public place in Maine where you can smoke a […]
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PublishedDecember 12, 2010
Maine Gardener: Christmas cheery … Give blooms a go
Houseplants can add a lot of color to your home this dark time of year. Almost anything that will bloom can be considered a Christmas plant, and the stereotypical Christmas plants don’t have to be thrown away after the holiday. They can look good right through spring. Shellie Harding, director of foliage plants at Longfellow […]
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PublishedDecember 12, 2010
Author Q&A: Lovin’ farms
A book sprouts when the Maine Farmland Trust taps its trove of fine photos and adds the stories of working Maine farms.
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PublishedDecember 9, 2010
What Ales You: Brewers share at workshop; it’s the yeast they can do
Home brewers enjoy sharing beers, techniques, ideas and tales. That is why an event at Morris Farm in Wiscasset last week was called a beer workshop rather than a beer class. Mikael Andersson, who led the workshop, is executive chef at Sebasco Harbor Resort in Phippsburg, so he knows a little something about putting ingredients […]
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PublishedDecember 5, 2010
Maine Gardener: Spray? No way.
A movement to limit the use of pesticides in Maine is gaining ground, starting with public places that children frequent.
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