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Some 20 years ago I was standing behind a young man in a cafeteria line at a Hanover restaurant. What I witnessed startled me at the time, and I have thought about it often in the intervening years.I watched him excavate the top of a large pan of...

New England is known worldwide for its fall color. People swarm here from all over, largely to see the color of our sugar maples. As I senior citizen I am legally entitled to drive around at 25 miles per hour, holding up traffic and enjoying every...

I love the winter, but by March I am ready for spring. I usually have some snowdrops blooming in March on a south-facing hillside, but they are subtle, not bodacious blooms. So I plant lots of bulbs indoors in the fall and keep them cool until it is...

LEBANON — Plainfield officials are raising concerns about a Lebanon plan to replace a red-listed bridge on Trues Brook Road without installing a temporary span, which could result in lengthy detours for Meriden-area commuters for several months.The...

Those big yellow school buses have been lumbering along for well over a month now, so you know it is time to start getting your gardens ready for winter. This is a good time to work outside: the bugs are fewer and it’s not so cold that you’ll be...

Like any industrious squirrel, I am getting food stored and ready for winter. Even if your vegetable garden is depleted, you can buy things in bulk from your local farm stand now to save for winter.Each type of veggie has its own requirements. Some...

After decades of improving my garden soil, I have an infestation of Asian jumping worms. They can eat all the organic material in the soil, depleting it terribly. These foreign invaders multiply more quickly than our common worms, outcompeting them....

Monarchs are on the move! It is time for their long trip to Mexico to spend the winter. And like marathon runners, they need to bulk up on calories before the event. You may have let a patch of milkweed grow on the edges of your property to support...

Homeyer: The magic of mulch "> This new bed needs mulch to keep down weeds and hold in moisture HENRY HOMEYER photos / For the Monitor "> ABOVE: Little or no mulch is needed in a mature garden bed with plants growing shoulder to shoulder. TOP: Newspaper around tomato plants will be covered with straw. HENRY HOMEYER photos / For the Monitor "> Published: 7/30/2021 3:59:15 PM Mulch is commonly used to help suppress weeds and to hold in soil moisture in dry times. There are many different kinds of...

Henry Homeyer: Mid-summer blossoms "> "> "> "> ABOVE: Feverfew volunteers to grow everywhere. BELOW: This Canna lily has purple leaves and stands nearly 6-feet tall. "> Published: 7/16/2021 5:50:19 PM Mid-summer is often a quiet time for flowers – many gardens have fewer dramatic blossoms than in the spring. I have made an effort to have plenty blooming now. It’s true that my Japanese primroses, peonies and Siberian iris have gone by. But I have many others, both old favorites and lesser-k...