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Emma Lazarus . . . A Sonnet for a Statue

Probably no sonnet has ever meant so much to so many people as the one by Emma Lazarus that adorns the Statue of Liberty in New York harbor.

Gardener’s Checklist: Week of May 28, 2020

Keep your shirt on. Why is this good gardening advice?

NATURE’S TURN: Sow crops for late summer, autumn and winter food. A new book inspires

In many area gardens, beds of early beets, carrots, turnips and garlic bulbs will be harvested between now and early August, challenging us to choose short-season and frost-hardy varieties for continuous planting.

NATURE’S TURN: High sun – stirring storms, gardens and robin neighbors

The rain, the sight of the Sun at the top of the sky, the quickened greening of the earth and the press of crops ready for harvest pull us into the rising tide of the growing season.

Herbs for every season: The Berkshires’ first botanical CSA

You won’t find weekly pickups at Medicine Buddha Botanicals, nor will you find baskets of farm-fresh veggies. Rather, this CSA has just four pickups a year and they’re filled with tinctures, salves, teas and other goodies.

NATURE’S TURN: Recreate familiar ground, explore its depths anew

In the wild and in the garden, the season is about a month later than last year, when I noted that spring arrived a month earlier than the year before.

Sheffield distillery opens for cocktails, puts Berkshires on artisanal spirits map

It’s come to this: the New York Times said Berkshire Mountain Distillers is at the top of the “craft gin” game, and voted it Number One. It fits into the larger picture of a changing Berkshires, as the county — especially points south — seals its fame as “the epicenter of great food.”

NATURE’S TURN: Straddling the seasons on Memorial Day weekend

Proceed with planting Cosmic Red Carrots, Rainbow Swiss Chard, colorful radishes, purple potatoes and the varied cabbage family – kale, broccoli, Brussels sprouts and cabbage. If all vegetable garden spaces are not yet prepared, sow extra seed in beds that are ready so that seedlings may be moved into spacious ground later.

Eat well, live well: Spice up your life

When we use herbs and spices in food, they are an excellent tonic for promoting good health -- and a source of great pleasure by adding amazing flavor.
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