Category Archives: Gardening/Local Plant Life

Supercharge Your Compost

A compost pile is essential to good gardening. The larger your garden, or the more serious you are about gardening, the more important good compost becomes. If you want to “supercharge” your pile, increasing its composting rate and heat, the … Continue reading

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Highbush Cranberry Time

Saturday, we drove upriver in search of moose and high bush cranberries. Highbush cranberry, also known as viburnum and a variety of colloquial names, is a true autumn jewel. The bush is a small, spindly sapling with vaguely maple-shaped leaves, … Continue reading

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