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Garden: Mum's The Word

The following is a regular column that addresses basic issues facing the ever-inquisitive back- and front-yard toiler, proffered by someone who knows best; one of the fertile master gardeners from the Berkshire Botanical Garden in Stockbridge. This week, Brian Cruey discusses the surprising longevity of a flowering plant

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Parties

Filled To The Brim: The 15th Annual Berkshire Grown Harvest Supper

Jamie Larson reports from Great Barrington. It's no secret that Berkshire County's plate runneth over with local farms, food artisans, and restaurants of the highest quality, but it can still take your breath away to see it all represented in one place. And that's

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Food

Recipe: Warm Fava Shallot Couscous

Berkshire native Alana Chernila, mother of two, and author of the cookbook, The Homemade Pantry: 101 Foods You Can Stop Buying & Start Making (Clarkson Potter), dispenses change and cooking ideas to readers and friends. She shares her peak-of-the-season recipes with Rural Intelligence to help us make

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Arts

A Palace of Memory: Anselm Kiefer Invades MASS MoCA

Kiefer's "Velimir Chlebnikov," series at MASS MoCA; all photos courtesy of the Hall Art FoundationBy Nichole Dupont There is nothing lighthearted about an Anselm Kiefer exhibit. The literal weight of his medium — lead, concrete, dirt — can be felt and seen in the near-monumental scale of

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Real Estate

At Home On The Hilltop

Home is where the heart is, and your heart will leap at the sight of the this country estate in Copake that offers one-of-a-kind views of the Catskills. The sprawling home has a light-filled kitchen, living room with stone fireplace, and a screened-in porch ideal

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Real Estate

Camped Out

Enjoy the best of country living with luxury and convenience in this architecturally designed camp style house on 518 acres of perfectly landscaped lawns, ancient hedgerows, ponds, and mountain views as far as the eye can see. The Taghkanic house was originally built in 1798 and includes a great room,

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Real Estate

Bedroom Suite Bedroom

Just south of the famous Litchfield Green, this 1868 Colonial Revival exudes the same elegance as the area's best bed and breakfasts (witness the master bedroom with a fireplace and wall of windows leading to a terrace overlooking the pool and river). The kitchen is detailed with skylights,

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Community

Autumn Walks With A Purpose: Heritage Walks Weekends

By Shawn Hartley Hancock What could be better than a leisurely walk on a crisp autumn day? Not much. Unless it’s dozens of walks, each with a different flavor and distinct point of view, led by an expert. That’s what Housatonic Heritage has planned for its impressive 12th

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Parties

Making It Work: Southern Berkshire's Business Person of the Year

Amy Krzanik reports from Stockbridge. The night was sweltering but the mood was festive at the Norman Rockwell Museum, as The Southern Berkshire Chamber of Commerce honored its 2013 Business Person of the Year, Eugene A. Dellea, on Wednesday, September 11. Mr. Dellea is the President of BMC's

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Real Estate

Grand Master

A home this grand needs a master suite of equal measure, and this one really succeeds with a high ceiling, large windows, and a chandelier. The stunning shingle-style house sits on 102 acres with direct waterfront on North Spectacle Lake in Kent. The home has a large kitchen and

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Real Estate

New Country Farmstead

Many homes offer porch views of the mountains, but in this Milan house the Catskill Mountains can be viewed from the master suite's private balcony. This elegant home has been recently renovated and evokes the style of a classic country farmstead, updated for the modern family. The four-

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Mountain High

As if getting up to go to work isn't hard enough, every room in this Hancock home is unique, but the sumptuous master suite has one-of-a-kind architectural details, far-spanning views of the mountains and Jiminy Peak, cherry floors, vaulted ceilings, exposed beams and a

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