Ken-Do Attitude

Fall plant talk and cushaws

You’ve probably heard the term heirloom used before when discussing plants such as tomatoes and vegetables. Some horticulturists define an “heirloom” as an old cultivar of plant, developed before 1951, that is used for food...

Sweet Simplicity

Try these stress-busters and time-savers

I’m not sure how life gets so busy but no matter what I do, I feel like we are working more, playing less — and feeling the results of such an overscheduled existence with constant feelings of stress and chaos. While we cannot...

Gardening Tips

Is it a shrub or a small tree?

Summer is often considered after Labor Day, but no one told the Seven-son flower tree that. This very late blooming deciduous tree is considered either a large shrub or a small tree, growing only 10-20 feet tall and 8-10 feet...

Antique Discovery

Country Treasures Antique Store, Preston

(Editor’s note: DeeDee Wood is the owner of Black Cat Curiosities, an online antiques research and sales venue.) Early American, hand-painted furniture, decoys, paintings and portraits, stoneware, early iron, antique signs and...