BREWER, Maine — By the end of February, Brewer should be home to a natural foods grocery store. Sarah Morneault and Lindsey Levesque, former co-workers at Sea Dog Brewing Co. in Bangor, are hard at work inside 20 S. Main St. in Brewer, formerly a discount… Read More
FARMINGTON, Maine — Living next to a cemetery isn’t a great place to be unless you happen to be an invasive plants and trees educator like Patty Cormier. Her yard beside Riverside Cemetery on Route 2 in Farmington is a veritable Pandora’s box of… Read More
SEARSPORT, Maine — A three-story sea captain’s house in Searsport that’s listed on the National Register of Historic Places was expected to be sold Friday afternoon for about a third of its purchase price in 2003, the last time it changed hands. The Captain John McGilvery… Read More
One thing I’ve learned for certain since I put vegetable beds in our front yard is that, as a gardener, I’m a pretty good cook. My agricultural shortcomings are not something I’m proud of. I start every growing season with the best of… Read More
WASHINGTON — One in three buyers of U.S. homes is paying cash, a record high number, according to data made available to McClatchy. The trend is being driven by retiring baby boomers and rich investors, who unlike most first-time buyers can bypass tighter lending requirements to… Read More
PORTLAND, Maine — Got kitchen envy? Do six-burner vintage stoves painted in shiny hues make you go all dewy eyed? Well then, this weekend, there’s a tour for you. Food will be served, and it’s for a good cause. The second annual Portland Kitchen… Read More
Winter’s icy grip is slowly letting go. Slightly warmer temperatures, growing patches of mud and blossoming frost heaves are sure signs that spring has arrived, and it will be welcomed with open arms at this weekend’s BDN Maine Garden Show and Spring Fling at the Cross Insurance Center. Read More
I spent 2012 in southern Maine so I could learn just how my sister and brother-in-law coax so much of their own food from their homestead, and to help them do it. I went because I needed a break, because I wanted to work on a cookbook, and… Read More
PORTLAND, Maine — “There is no place like home for the holidays,” croons the old chestnut. In Portland this month, there is no place like someone else’s home to steal decorating ideas. The first annual Holiday Home Tour, Nov. 22-23 showcases grand homes in… Read More
BIDDEFORD, Maine — University of New England researchers are partnering with school carpenters and landscapers in an ambitious effort to reclaim their Biddeford campus from some of nature’s most reviled pests: Mosquitoes. In addition to driving the insects away from high-traffic locations with strategically chosen and… Read More
Unless you cook a lot of Mexican food, you may not be familiar with the herb epazote (pronounced eh-pah-ZOH-tay). Epazote is a popular Central American herb that has been used by native Mexicans for hundreds of years. It has a strong musky flavor that provides a unique taste… Read More
BANGOR, Maine — About half of the people who stopped by the Quality Lawn Services booth — one of nearly 100 vendors at the BDN Maine Bangor Garden Show and Spring Fling — wanted to talk about lawn-devouring beetle larvae, known as grubs. “We’re… Read More
The Bangor Daily News has announced its 2013 lineup of BDN Maine events, which run the gamut from food and cooking to winter sports, to be held each month at locations in Bangor, Augusta and Portland. In press conferences held Thursday morning at Coespace in downtown… Read More
NEW YORK — U.S. single-family home prices rose in October for nine months in a row, reinforcing the view the domestic real estate market is improving and should bolster the economy in 2013, a closely watched survey showed on Wednesday. The S&P/Case Shiller composite index of… Read More
When the wind and rain of Frankenstorm Sandy blew through in late October, I wasn’t as concerned as when we were hit with some of the crazy storms that had skittered across the state this year with their big gusts. We even had something scary blow… Read More
Judy Perkins still lives on her family farm in Bangor, near the Glenburn line. Perkins grew up on the farm, and she remembers delivering strawberries, corn and peas with her father to area stores when she was a child. Local food has always been important to her. Read More
Back in the day when people ate rocks and twigs, someone noticed a viney thing with something attached that looked more appetizing than aforementioned rocks and twigs and ate it. I suspect that if they knew the name was squash, they might have kept gnawing on… Read More
Once upon a time, I did not know what that sunshine-yellow flower was that grew with abandon at my grandmother’s house. It was just “the yellow daisy” and I wanted some in my yard. For years, I’d watched them waving in the breeze, a daily occurrence… Read More
This year marks the 35th consecutive year that the Wednesday Spinners, a group of women from Down East Maine, have been spinning together at the Common Ground Fair. Now in their 37th year of meeting every Wednesday, September through May, at a different spinner’s home each week, the… Read More
FRANKFORT, Ky. — There is a sort of magic that happens in fairy gardens, those miniature landscapes meant to inspire tiny mythical creatures to visit your yard. Wilson Nurseries in Frankfort, Ky., regularly hosts fairy-garden workshops, where the air is often abuzz with an excited fluttering… Read More
