The largest lighthouse museum in the United States is right here in New England, thanks to the 2007 merger of Rockland’s Maine Lighthouse Museum with the collections of the American Lighthouse Foundation, an advocacy and preservation organization, formerly based in Wells, Maine. Paintings, photographs, artifacts, lectures and presentations, and more. 1 Park Drive Rockland, ME […]
Video: Interview with David Carroll Excerpt: David Carroll’s new book, Following the Water Yankee Class from June 1993Get Our FREE Yankee Best New England Vacations Guide! Email(Required) Subscribe In the April afternoon, the sun sinks low, coloring the wide oval expanse of the marsh. David Carroll tugs his waders to the tops of his thighs […]
Bag the fall foliage view with an easy cruise up to elevation and sites that set your sights over sweeping landscapes.
ATTRACTIONS Best Store to Woof About: PLANET DOG, Portland Portland earns kudus as a dog-friendly town, and Planet Dog (motto: “Think globally. Act doggedly.”) earns raves for its environmentally friendly pet products (check out the Orbee-Tuff Ball), commitment to animal causes, and pet programs. 211 Marginal Way. 207-347-8606; planetdog.com Best Chance to Land Dinner: LUCKY […]
LODGING Best Compound: BREADLOAF MOUNTAIN LODGE AND COTTAGES, Cornwall Bridge Under the same ownership as Housatonic Meadows Fly Shop next door, yet far different. This 1780s lodge has been brought into the 21st century, with five lushly landscaped hillside cottages featuring cathedral ceilings, luxe baths, and dreamy sleeping porches. Rates: from $295. 13 Route 7. […]
Every day I walk a few miles in the neighborhoods of my town. These days, more and more houses are sporting a sure sign of spring: cords of firewood, neatly stacked and beautifully arranged as if by a sculptor. No sooner do we get through one winter than we get ready for the next. The […]
Last Friday, five poets gathered at the Chesham Church, the place of the art show, the place where the jazz concert would be held the following night. The church, which slumbers through the winter, had been the center of activity for the past week while the congregation held a work party to clean it inside […]
Almost twenty years ago, I started putting on art shows to raise money for my church. The church, known as the Community Church of Harrisville and Chesham, is actually two churches, a Baptist church and a Congregational church both in the same town and unable to survive on their own. As a result, many years […]
In addition to this information on when to start seeds, when to fertilize, and when to water, see tips for beginner gardeners. VegetableStart Seeds Indoors (weeks before last spring frost)Start Seeds Outdoors (weeks before or after last spring frost)Minimum Soil Temperature to Germinate (°F)Cold HardinessWhen to FertilizeWhen to WaterBeans—Anytime after48-50TenderAfter heavy bloom and set of […]
We curse dandelions. We tug them out and they return in what seems like minutes. Ah yes, the invasive and pervasive pox on our carefully manicured lawns–the dandelion. I say, befriend this persistent perennial (especially the first young shoots), and if you don’t treat your lawns with harmful chemicals (and I really hope you don’t), […]
Maine’s ripe berries find a sweet home in our best cook’s kitchen, when Ruth’s Feeney whips up her recipe for blackberry jelly. On a warm August day, Ruth Feeney’s kitchen is fragrant with fresh blackberries. She’s making jelly from the berries she picked this morning over at the old family farm in Bryant Pond, Maine, […]
Retreat to the Island Isle au Haut, Maine, for a look at the classic center-chimney New England Cape home of author and lobsterman Linda Greenlaw.
