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What Does A Bear Do In The Woods? Just Ask Brian.

Ordinarily, our garden guide, Brian Cruey from the Berkshire Botanical Garden in Stockbridge, offers advice for home gardeners. But a situation came up that prompted Brian to think that maybe RI readers who experience regular visits from wildlife would have some words of wisdom for him. I am being terrorized

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It's Prime Time For Garden Photography 101

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, Brian Cruey. Every season/week/day in the garden brings its own discoveries and

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The Wandering Eye Jumps On The Valley Harvest Bandwagon

Our Wandering Eye blogger, interior designer Carey Maloney, and his husband, architect Hermes Mallea, are principals in the Manhattan based design firm M (Group). He signed on with Rural Intelligence early on to document the restoration of their neighbor’s historic manse, but over time his mind and his eye

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Touch It And Take It Home: Treasures From The Museum Gift Shop

By Amy Krzanik When you think of gift-giving, don't overlook your local museum. Not only will you be purchasing a possibly rare or even one-of-a-kind item, but you'll be “buying local" and supporting a cultural institution in the process. A souvenir magnet or baseball cap

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Windswept: A Garden Exhibit That Changes With Every Breeze

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, Brian Cruey. For as long as people have been gardening, they have incorporated art

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Garden: A Cutting-Edge Technique For A Comely Garden

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 master gardeners from the Berkshire Botanical Garden in Stockbridge, Brian Cruey. This week he offers an easy way to keep your garden in manicured

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The Country Living Fair: Highly Curated, Extremely Shoppable

By Andrea Pyros The Country Living Fair is coming to the Dutchess County Fairgrounds for the second year in a row this June 6-8. If you’re looking to replenish your tube sock drawer, keep on driving. This is not the fair for you. But if you’re interested in

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Mary Randolph Carter's New Book Title Is A Collector's Mantra

Mary Randolph Carter knows the frisson of discovery at tag sales and antique shops. After all, she's written the book (and blog) on junking. In her newest, she extolls the virtues of living with your treasures. "There are so many reasons to say, I don’t need

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Garden: Throwing Shade

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, Brian Cruey, who is as delighted as every gardener that spring appears to have

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Stair Galleries: Finds From A Friend (Tom Noonan)

RUN...DON'T WALK! Time is short and the merch is top quality, so get to Stair Galleries and view the sale slated for Saturday, May 17 – Confluence: The Collection of Tom Noonan. Sadly, Tom has decided to close up his shop, Noonan Antiques. Tom’s iconic "signage:

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Trade Secrets: New Vendors Join The Perennial

Martha Stewart and Manhattan florist Zezé at last year's Trade Secrets. Trade Secrets is northwestern Connecticut’s grandest garden party of the year. What started 14 years ago at Bunny Williams’s Falls Village home as a community rare-plant-and-antique sale for charity has morphed into a two-day, horticultural

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The Wandering Eye: A Social Media Surf Report

These blogs evolve – quickly – from one simple idea, in this case local online resources that are useful and/or amusing, into a crazed rant, this time on social media. Then I rein in, edit like a fiend, and the piece is still too long and way too "elastic"

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