After decades of whispers, our analyst puts the Nutmeg State on the couch for a little identity therapy. Is Connecticut really New England? We think you’ll approve of the answer.
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New Hampshire
Wolfeboro, New Hampshire | Could You Live Here?
The place where it all started: Wolfeboro, New Hampshire (population 6,269). This pretty lakeside town welcomes you to The Oldest Summer Resort in America.
Bill and Eileen Elliott found their way to self-sufficiency with more than a little help from their vegetable garden. Without precise directions, you’d never find Bill and Eileen Elliott’s house. But with some guidance, you’d find yourself standing before a rustic hand-hewn archway gate, and through that, a curving, colorful path lined with astilbe, geraniums, […]
New Hampshire
The Mysterious Siren Call of Appledore Island
Celia Thaxter found peace and rare beauty on a barren island eight miles out to sea. Visitors keep arriving to see it for themselves.
Growing leafy greens in a bag of potting soil eliminates the need for tedious soil preparation such as tilling, fertilizing and weeding that larger traditional gardens require. Growing these greens in the thick plastic bag that the soil comes in is also an easy way for those with limited space or poor soil quality to […]
Gardens
Build a Compost Bin
A Maine gardener discovers how to make rich, nutrient-filled humus the easy way. Fred Davis knows the value of good compost. For 24 years, he and his wife, Linda, have owned and operated a nursery, Hill Gardens of Maine, at their home in Palermo, about 15 miles northeast of Augusta. Early on in the venture, Davis […]
Gardens
Delphiniums | Beautiful Blooms
A great-aunt’s legacy lives on through a packet of delphinium seeds.
The May 25, 1965, Ali vs. Liston fight for heavyweight champion of the world was supposed to make Lewiston, Maine, famous. Instead, it became “the fiasco.” Excerpt from “The Night Lewiston, Maine, Can Never Forget,” Yankee Magazine, May, 1979. The rematch for the heavyweight championship of the world between Muhammad Ali (Cassius Clay) and former […]
Knowing the makeup of your soil is an important part of gardening. Here’s how to use a homemade soil test kit for basic soil testing in your own garden.
Looking for the best things to do in Rhode Island? You won’t have to look far! Read our picks for the best attractions in Rhode Island for 2016.
Rhode Island
Finding Glass Orbs on Block Island
A new tradition is taking hold on Block Island: Finding Glass Orbs on Block Island. The search is on for Eben Horton’s blown-glass pieces.
Looking for the best things to do in New Hampshire? You won’t have to look far! Read our picks for the best attractions in New Hampshire for 2016. Best Orchard: Alyson’s Orchard, Walpole Topographically, it’s hard to beat this 450-acre orchard at the top of a ridge overlooking the Connecticut River Valley. Equally hard to choose […]