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Kitchen Supplies Pepper The Region

By Dale Stewart As the season turns chilly, our thoughts turn from summer salads to hearty stews. Want to do early prep for holiday cooking? Or make an early fall butternut squash soup? There's a gadget for that. Rural Intelligence has rounded up a handful of some of

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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 we tend

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Garden: Frost Warnings

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 explains how to protect your plants from impending low temperatures.

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Shopping: Linen and Then Some In Great Barrington

By Dale Stewart “Linen is the best fabric out there, not just because of the crisp, clean look it provides, but because it also keeps you warm in the winter and cool in the summer," William Caligari says while showing the simple detail in a $600 sheet set by

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Poesis: Modern Design With a Bit of Whimsy

By Sarah Ellen RindsbergAll photos by Robert Bristow and John Gruen, courtesy of Poesis Design Who says that building a new home or doing interior renovations needs to be a hideous ordeal? With a talented team of architects on board, the tasks involved can actually be a journey toward self-discovery

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A Crisp Autumn Day: The Fine Home Source Show In Millbrook

By Jamie Larson Picture your dream home, or maybe your dream second home. A grand old farmhouse tucked into the woods or abreast some rolling fields. Immaculately preserved, the house’s porch sweeps around to the back, where it meets the pool and the recently built guest house that mimics

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Garden: The Perrenial Divide

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 explains the importance of breaking up your perennials, at least

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Garden: Going To (Tomato) Seed

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 of the BBG explains how to store your tomato seeds,

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At Hancock Shaker Village: A Twice-in-a-Lifetime Auction

By Scott Baldinger There are collectors in the world who, in retrospect, seem almost clairvoyant about what is of lasting value and may appreciate over the years, particularly in the decorative arts, a realm especially vulnerable to the whims of what's in or out at any moment in

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Garden: The Bee-Bee Tree

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 waxes arboreal about one his favorite trees, named after the

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Small Batch, Big Space: A Hipster’s Mecca in Great Barrington

By Nichole Dupont At first glance, Abby Webster and Andrew Pruhenski are the typical hipster couple. They are young. They raise chickens. He is mousy-haired and sports vintage jeans and canvas shoes. She is uber-creative, only slightly adorned with a gray t-shirt and asymmetrical bead necklace (which she made, of

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The Rhinebeck Department Store: A Bit of History Repeating

by Dale Stewart Barbara and Dick Schreiber set their sights on One East Market Street back in 1985. The historic three-story Italianate building has been a cornerstone in Rhinebeck village since 1870, where, catty-corner from Beekman Arms Hotel, it stood as proof that the all-purpose shop has not gone the

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