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Are you in a rut? Spring is here, but most of us cant plant anything outdoors yet due to cold nights or wet ground. Plan ahead to try something new!

If you are thinking about starting seeds indoors this year, this would be a good time to build a simple wooden plant stand. You don’t have to be a carpenter to build this, or to have expensive power tools. Your local lumber yard will cut the pieces...

Community power rolling outBy now many readers may have heard about local efforts concerning municipal electric power. People in Lebanon, Hanover, Plainfield and Enfield now have a say in where their electricity supply comes from and how much it...

This is a good time to make plans. If you are willing to spend just 15 minutes a day, every day, from spring to fall you can create an edible showcase for beauty: the splendid look of ripe red tomatoes, multi-colored Swiss chard, or glossy green...

CORNISH — After almost two years of study and debate, voters here will be able to weigh in on whether to accept the gift of a new, more accessible library at Town Meeting.Representatives of the town’s library trustees and the Connect Cornish...

Normally at this time of year I can go out to the stream behind my house and pick stems of a shrub called winterberry (Ilex verticillata) to use in vases and on my wreath. It is generally loaded with small red berries that persist until mid-winter...

First on my list for holiday gifts for the gardener is this: a subscription to this newspaper. Our local papers need subscribers in order to deliver to you the news you want but cannot get on-line. Yes, local news, gardening tips that fit your...

I love tulips. Fortunately, our dog Rowan keeps the deer away, so I can grow them in our garden. But if you have a deer problem and can’t grow tulips (deer think you’ve planted treats for them), I have a solution. Plant some in pots now so they will...

As a boy, I was surrounded by hundreds of spring daffodils every year. We lived in rural Connecticut, and the people we bought our house from had planted daffodils by the hundreds in our woods. The woods consisted of sugar maples, huge ones, with a...

CORNISH — A hot, humid summer day, a field dotted with hay bales and Shirley Sullivan, as always, was eager to get to work.“The hay field was up in Meriden and Dale, Fred, Shirley and I went up together,” remembers Judy Rook, of Cornish, who with her...