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Achieve year-round gardening success in your climate by following this expert advice on selecting vegetables that grow year-round with variety selection, overwintering cold-hardy vegetables, and practicing season extension techniques, such as using cold frames and row cover to protect plants from frost.

You've told us what YOUR jam is, and we want to add some sweetness to the pot. If you're looking for kombucha, fine spirits, or--you guessed it--jam, these businesses create their products with care.

Mark Lefenfeld and Jay Weintraub are the founders of Berkshire Bounty, a Great Barrington-based nonprofit that is addressing the problem of food insecurity in the Berkshires.

For gardening tips, check out Linda GIlkeson’s books, the West Coast Seeds catalogue and the Victoria Horticultural Society’s website

Getting from hunger to health requires understanding the difference between eating enough calories and choosing healthy foods. The Food Bank is pushing beyond the traditional scope of a food…

Narrow Water is tough yet dainty-looking, well-behaved and long-blooming

Governor Charlie Baker was getting a little emotional, holding back tears, as yesterday was the first anniversary of his emergency order at the start of the coronavirus crisis in Massachusetts. According to WBZ/CBS Boston, Baker, Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito and Sec. of Health and Human Services Marylou Sudders toured an N-95 mask manufacturing facility in Bridgewater that is operated by the Shawmut Corporation and Fallon Company. While touring the facility it reminded Baker of where we were at a yea...