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Bees buzzing around your gardens and property are a good thing, and beekeeping has been gaining popularity in the New England states. Sure, it’s a hobby with sweet benefits, but it’s also a way to boost bee pollination, ensuring that the optimum amount of plants are reproducing and bearing fruit — none of which could […]
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Homemade Birthday Cakes | Best Cook
For her son Harold’s first birthday, Esther Foskett found a recipe in an old Farm Journal so that she could make him a birthday cake. “And then I made one for my daughter, and it’s been going ever since,” she explains. That’s 60-some-odd years of cakes. In her small, bright farmhouse kitchen in Woodstock, Connecticut, […]
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Best of Connecticut 2012
Photo Credit: Julie Bidwell Yankee‘s Editors’ Choices for the best food, lodging, and things to do in Connecticut for 2012 are here. Don’t miss the best bargains and local secrets, too!
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Connecticut’s Best Outdoor Activities 2012
Yankee Magazine chooses Connecticut’s best outdoor activities for 2012. BEST HISTORIC RESTING PLACECedar Hill Cemetery, Hartford Download a map or cell-phone audio to take a self-guided tour. Group tours pass sculptured memorials that mark the final resting places of well-known souls such as Wallace Stevens, J. P. Morgan, and Katharine Hepburn. 453 Fairfield Ave. 860-956-3311; […]
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Connecticut’s Best Local Secrets 2012
Yankee Magazine chooses Connecticut’s best local secrets for 2012. BEST MICRODISTILLERY Onyx Spirits Company, Manchester Moonshine’s rising, but no problem, it’s legal. Vodka and limoncello flow fine, too. Set up in Hilliard Mills, where Civil War blankets were once produced; today bottles filled here warm thirsty palates. 640 Hilliard St. 860-550-1939; onyxspirits.com BEST QUIET PLACE […]
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Connecticuts Best Bargains 2012
Yankee Magazine chooses Connecticut’s best bargains for 2012. BEST BROAD BEACH Silver Sands State Park, Milford Tread across the salt-marsh boardwalk to the wide-open strand. At low tide, carefully cross the sandbar to Charles Island. Lucky visitors may even find Captain Kidd’s rumored treasure. Silver Sands Park Way. 203-735-4311; www.ct.gov/dep/silversands BEST HISTORY AT HALF PRICE […]
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Connecticuts Best Attractions 2012
Yankee Magazine chooses Connecticut’s best attractions for 2012. BEST ART & HISTORY MUSEUM Bush-Holley Historic Site, Cos Cob Roam the harbor-view hill where American Impressionist artists found inspiration. View their works on the walls of their boarding house; step further back in rooms that reflect the house’s 18th-century origins. 39 Strickland Road. 203-869-6899; hstg.org/visit_bh.php BEST […]
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Connecticut’s Best Restaurants 2012
Yankee Magazine chooses Connecticut’s best restaurants for 2012. BEST BOWL OF NOODLES Morning Glory Café, Old Lyme Taste the family’s Laotian roots with grandma-made spring rolls, or create your own pho rice noodle bowls. A petite patio overlooks the Lieutenant River. Serving breakfast and lunch. Pho bowls: from $7.50. 11 Halls Road. 860-434-0480, 860-434-0496; morningglorycafeoldlyme.com […]
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Connecticut’s Best Lodging 2012
Yankee Magazine chooses Connecticut’s lodging for 2012. BEST THEATER CONVENIENCE Boardman House Inn, East Haddam The antique furnishings in this high-ceilinged home, near the Goodspeed Opera House, blend owners Andre and Mia Hymander’s Swedish heritage with Victorian design. Rates: from $225, including full breakfast. 8 Norwich Road. 860-873-9233; boardmanhouse.com BEST TASTE OF ZEN Hotel Zero […]
New England nature lovers are never bored. In addition to the endless options for exploring nature solo, there are also numerous learning centers in each of our six states with an emphasis on kid-friendly education and entertainment. Here is a list of five family-friendly nature sites that celebrate and preserve the relationship between nature and […]
Hydroponic gardening is the art and science of growing plants without soil. For hundreds of years mediums other than soil have been used with great success to grow plants. Today hydroponic trends include succulents growing vertically as living walls and room dividers and roof top plantings designed by landscape architects to absorb rainwater run-off and […]