A variety of stories about home and garden from our contributors.
When you have all those extra tomatoes in the garden during the fall, a great way to use them up is to make a Bolognese sauce. It’s perfect on any kind of pasta. So if you are longing for a nice simple dinner party with friends…Someone can bring the pasta, another the wine, someone can ...
They say the way to man’s heart is through his stomach and I believe a good barbecued meal is one way to further satisfy any man’s appetite! Ah yes barbecues! Men, when asked what they would like for dinner, generally say MEAT! Beef is the primary choice, followed by ribs, either beef or pork. And ...
Although the weather is no indication, summer is on the way. That means it will soon be time to light up the grill and start enjoying those delicious summer barbecues we all look forward to. With the approaching season in mind, my task for this review was to test and report my opinion of four ...
By Morgan Look & Judith Wood Ingredients 1/2 Gallon Patchwork Ice Cream (Chocolate & Vanilla) 1 Marble Cake Mix Fresh Strawberries 1 King Size Hershey’s Chocolate bar Ingredients for frosting 1 (8 oz) pkg cream cheese, softened 1 cup white sugar 1/8 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 1/2 cups heavy cream Directions for ...
By Anna Poelo Fall is usually the busiest season when it comes to lawn care. It’s the best season for all the care and maintenance a lawn could have. But taking care of a lawn is not limited to fall only. Spring is also a time for you to take a good look at your ...
Mother’s Day is May 9th this year and in my column I am going to give some suggestions on how kids and Dad’s can make Mom’s day special by cooking her a lovely simple dinner. Here are some suggestions that are geared toward children with minimal help from Dad. Dad’s can buy packages of frozen ...
This spring let us honor the natives of our land by planting a traditional three sisters garden. These folks created an amazing technique of growing lots of food in a very small area. This method of planting dates back centuries and can still be useful today. The Iroquois or Haudenosaunee “people of the long house” ...
Most of the snow is gone. It is clinging to the tree line, as the shadows keep it safe. The buds have started on my lilac bushes, my crocuses have blossomed. In any case, Mother Nature told the little furry beast he was not getting his way this year, at least not in Maine, and ...
And hopefully will go out like a lamb! Hopefully, being the operative word in that previous sentence. In essence this saying is true, since in most places in this country, the meteorological temperature is higher at the end of March than it is at the beginning. However, apparently the origins of this particular phrase comes ...
Chinese New Year or Spring Festival Gong Xi Fa Cai which is the longest and most important celebration in the Chinese calendar is celebrated in areas with large populations of ethnic Chinese. Chinese New Year has had influence on the New Year celebrations of its geographic neighbors, as well as cultures with which the Chinese ...
