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Great Mountain Forest to host Nature Writing Retreat at Historic Yale Camp in Falls Village, Conn., Aug. 7 to 9

“The retreat brings people together, builds community in the forest, gets participants outside and off their screens, and uses nature sustainably to heal and inspire minds and souls,” stated Great Mountain Forest Executive Director Michael Zafros. Retreat registration closes on July 30.

Homes with Porches

What's better than relaxing on a porch on a summer day? We have great porch properties offered by Sheila Thunfors of Stone House Properties, Berkshire Property Agents, Mary Jo Piretti of Piretti Real Estate and Wheeler & Taylor Real Estate.

NATURE’S TURN: Sow tender crops, harvest perennial edibles, listen near the flowers

Flourishing now, perennial green onions, French sorrel, rhubarb, woody herbs, onion and garlic chives add savory vitality to springtime dishes.

NATURE’S TURN: Autumn at summer’s edge: plant for winter, prepare for spring

As we remove the dying remains of summer food crops, cool weather vegetables become ever more attractive.

NATURE’S TURN: August sun lights flowering, fruiting gardens and NOFA’s celebration of growers

Master Ruby Throat then flies to a neighboring structure with more scarlet blossoms, alights and, in a blink of an eye, is whisked away by another hummingbird.

NATURE’S TURN: Signs of maturity, cure alliums, plant for autumn

Whether at a farm stand or market, it is a small crime of property damage to tear open the tip of an ear of corn.

NATURE’S TURN: Succession sowing; gentler, greener growing practices

As you prepare for succession planting and look ahead to new growing spaces, please consider that creating and maintaining permanent planting beds is the starting point for recognizing soil as an ecosystem of micro- and macro-organisms.

BOB GRAY: Spot in the sun

At other camps where I'd worked decades ago, the summer's endings were crowded with good-byes and tearful promises to keep summer loves alive.

NATURE’S TURN: Charmed and alarmed

There’s nothing charming about Japanese stiltgrass (Microstegium vimineum), an invasive weed that is spreading along Berkshire roadsides.

Vira Vira Equinox

A query from Vira Vira Equinox, now that September is here, school has begun.

NATURE’S TURN: The gardener’s art — gathering visions and vegetables

There’s still time to plant more radishes and broadcast seeds of lettuce, spinach and Asian greens in beds where alliums, spring beets and potatoes grew.

NATURE’S TURN: Summer garden’s rolling crest: savor, harvest, renew, sow

This is a pivotal moment in the cycle of growing and storing food for all seasons.

The Self-Taught Gardener: The postman plants twice

There are two times of year when gardeners start thinking ahead. The first arrives in January when the seed catalogues show up; the second happens in early summer when bulb catalogs arrive.

BOB GRAY: Farewell(s) to summer

In its finality, August, by my lights, lives a double life: a brazen, wilting day at first, a day as crisp as October the next.

NATURE’S TURN: Spring planting, summery weather

May 11 through 24, 2015 Mt. Washington -- With the sudden onset of unseasonably hot weather, the vegetable gardener is in a tailspin. We’ve gotten...

Fiona’s Findings: Summer style

Wherein Fiona Breslin explains -- and illustrates -- her summer fashion preferences.
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