If you’ve never grown your own transplants for your garden, perhaps this is the year to do it. It’s economical, it allows you to grow varieties you might not be able to buy as transplants, it’s satisfying and it’s easy. If you’re new to the transplant game, start with a flower or vegetable that’s relatively […]
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Land trust, library to host Maine birds lecture
On Thursday, April 15 at 6 p.m., the Kennebec Estuary Land Trust and the Bowdoinham Public will host Barbara Vickery and Jeff Wells to discuss “Birds of Maine,” a detailed account of Maine’s birds written by the late Peter Vickery in cooperation with a distinguished team of co-authors and editors. Vickery and Wells will highlight conservation […]
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Harpswell Coastal Academy project captures ‘Voices of the Pandemic’
An oral history project at local charter school Harpswell Coastal Academy, Voices of the Pandemic, has students examining how COVID-19 has impacted the livelihoods and well-being of locals, including a teacher, commercial fisherman, general store owner and a nurse. “At Harpswell Coastal Academy, we help students identify what they care about, understand the historical and […]
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Intertidal: A nature journal is a great way to chronicle Maine’s unpredictable spring
I am writing this a week or so before April 1, so I cannot predict what the weather will be like, only that it will be unpredictable. As we basked in the sun last week, finding shoots emerging from ground freshly exposed by melting ice, it certainly felt like spring had not just officially begun, […]
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Sen. Vitelli to host virtual public office hours
Sen. Eloise Vitelli, D-Arrowsic, will hold virtual public office hours at 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 7 via Zoom. Public office hours provide local residents a chance to meet with their elected officials, ask questions and get help with legislative or state government matters. According to a statement from her office, Vitelli will give updates on […]
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The Recycle Bin: To trash or recycle? What to know about hazardous waste, batteries and more
Last fall, we had a situation develop where a local citizen had some motor oil that had been contaminated with gasoline. Only uncontaminated motor oil is acceptable at our Graham Road facility, so he took it to the Hazardous Waste Collection Day, where he was again turned down. That left him with a problem in […]
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Bath Tech program accepting applications for students interested in a trade job
Bath Tech will be offering the Summer Bridge Program for students wanting to learn more about automotive, baking, welding, carpentry, engineering and other industries. The program, taking place June 21-25, targets students entering 9th or 10th grade, but incoming 11th and 12th graders will be considered based upon available space. Students will be asked to choose their top programs and […]
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Grandparents in the pandemic: a lost year, but now some hope
No sleepovers with popcorn and Disney movies. No dance recitals or holiday pageants, let alone any Grandparents’ Day for visiting the kids’ classrooms. No hugs. The first 12 months of the pandemic represent a lost year for many in the largest group of grandparents in U.S. history. Most of the nation’s some 70 million grandparents […]
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From the Garden: The ubiquitous orchid: A pandemic project with surprises
Not so long ago, orchids were regarded as rare and exotic. But these days, thanks to new propagation techniques, certain varieties are mass-produced. Moth orchids, gorgeous but common, with sweet patterned faces, are widely sold by supermarkets and other retailers. In fact, orchids are now “the most popular blooming florist crop in the world,” says […]
