Common daylilies are stunning flowers in their own right and are also very adaptable to most surroundings. Once established they are drought tolerant, have very little pest and disease problems and will bloom in the summer and multiply each season. Most varieties of daylily flowers will bloom continuously from morning to dusk throughout the season […]
winter
I had always considered Stowe, Vermont to be a strictly winter ski destination, but it turns out I was wrong. “Stowe in the summer season,” as I was told by my innkeeper last month, “is perhaps the busiest season.” Tucked just east of Burlington in northern Vermont, Stowe’s combination of 200-year-old village along with its […]
I’ve gardened from a very young age, starting when I was probably 6 or 7, following my father around, pushing seeds into his tilled earth–marigolds and zinnias, cucumbers and string beans, the easy ones. He separated a special area of his garden, marked with twine and small stakes. My garden. My father knew a lot […]
Q. How can we get rid of poison ivy that’s growing along the ground and up trees all over our yard. We want to make the area safe for our children? — R.S., Suffern, NY A. Late summer is an ideal time to get rid of poison ivy because the plant has little time to […]
Envision rolling waves of grain, and you may not think first of New England. But grain does indeed wave in Northfield, Massachusetts, where the L’Etoile family of Four Star Farms (fourstarfarms.com) grows two varieties of hard red winter wheat, the staple ingredient of America’s bread. It’s a crop that plots the earth’s rebirth: Planted in […]
Massachusetts
Nantucket’s Daffodil Festival
Spring can be a funny business in New England. You’re loading up the wood stove one day, and the next, you’re desperately searching for a pair of shorts so you can get out in the garden. It’s winter and then it’s not. No place perhaps knows how to embrace the “not” part better than Nantucket. […]
BEST COMFORT FOOD THE PERFECT WIFE RESTAURANT & THE OTHER WOMAN TAVERN, Manchester Chef/owner Amy Chamberlain offers a full-scale fine-dining menu in the restaurant area (with rustic cobblestone walls and greenhouse garden room) and a slightly more down-home list of comfort foods (including a trio of sliders: cheeseburger, crabcake with remoulade, and grilled chicken with […]
If high-end art, village charm, and a hike along wind-scoured cliffs draws you in, Monhegan Island in Maine is the island for you.
The beauty of the New England islands has inspired an enduring legacy of artists and fine art, some 150 years in the making.
The Granite State offers plenty of restaurant options for hungry residents and visitors. Read our picks for the best food & dining in New Hampshire. BEST INVENTIVE AMERICAN BEDFORD VILLAGE INN, Bedford An alumnus of Hell’s Kitchen’s season 7, chef Benjamin Knack pulls no punches with his richly flavorful dishes. He reinterprets chicken and waffles, […]
New England
End of Ski Season | Snow Snow and No Snow
During the heart of winter, it’s common for me to field questions about my weekend winter activities. But this time of year, when I tell people on Monday mornings at the water cooler that I spent the last two days skiing, they look at me in disbelief. The weekend before last at Saddleback and Sugarloaf […]
I live in Brookline, Massachusetts, which puts me about 3 miles from the site of this week’s Boston Marathon bombing. We were nowhere near the finish line at the time, having opted to head to Sturbridge Village for the day. But it’s impossible to live in or near the city right now without feeling rattled. […]