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Rural Runway: Regional Fashion Designers in the Now

By Fiona BreslinWhether you need a beach bag for summer, a funky piece of jewelry, or an airy dress that flatters in all the right ways, we’ve compiled a list of recently established and emerging local designers — who have not yet been widely reported on — but who are grinding

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Garden: A Fungus Among Us

The following is a regular column that addresses basic issues facing the ever-inquisitive back- and front-yard toiler, proffered by the people who know best, the fertile master gardeners from the Berkshire Botanical Garden in Stockbridge. This week, Brian Cruey of the BBG ponders the sticky situation of treating mildew on

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Leather Man: A Fine Piece Of Verk

By David McDonald Imagine, if you will, an engine made out of leather. A fire hose made out of leather. A gasket made out of leather. Chris Tekverk, an internationally known leatherworker who lives and works just outside of Hawthorne Valley in Ghent, has made them all. And more. Tekverk,

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Garden: Rejuvenating Lilacs

The following is a regular column that addresses basic issues facing the ever-inquisitive back and front-yard toiler, proffered by the people who know best, the fertile master gardeners from the Berkshire Botanical Garden in Stockbridge. This week, they ponder the proper care of lilacs. Sometimes in the garden, we don’

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Garden: Losing Impatiens

The following is a regular column that addresses basic issues facing the ever-inquisitive back and front-yard toiler, proffered by the people who know best, the fertile master gardeners from the Berkshire Botanical Garden in Stockbridge. This week, they ponder the impatiens dilemma. Impatiens are an annual favorite: easy to grow,

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Garden: The Lady In Red

The following is the fourth part of a  column for Rural Intelligence that seeks to address basic issues facing the ever-inquisitive back and front-yard toiler, proffered by the people who know best, the fertile master gardeners from the Berkshire Botanical Garden in Stockbridge. This week, we’re all ticked off

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BerkChique Returns

By Marilyn BethanyThink: Clothing swap on steroids.  Much to the joy of all who love good clothes at beyond bargain prices, BerkChique, an “alternative fundraiser" for Berkshire Creative, is back. (Photo collage at left by Kaitlyn Pierce of the blog Naturally Chic Life.) Berkshire Creative is a non-profit dedicated

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Garden: The Dirt On Soil

The following is the second part of a new column for Rural Intelligence, a weekly Q&A that seeks to address basic issues facing the ever-inquisitive back and front-yard toiler. Both questions and answers are provided by the people who know best, the fertile master gardeners from the Berkshire

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Garden: Thank You, Very Mulch

The following is the first part of a new column for Rural Intelligence that seeks to answer basic questions for the ever-inquisitive back and front yard toiler, and is provided by the people who know best, the master gardeners at the Berkshire Botanical Garden in Stockbridge. The subject this week

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The House That Privet Built

“We already feel like we don’t have enough room," Suzanne Cassano says, as she surveys the new digs of the home-furnishings and antiques store, Privet House, in the tight-knit community of New Preston, Connecticut. "It instantly feels like home, though. In the former location in Warren, we

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Great Finds in a Little Locale

“I have dug my heels into this spot." Maggie Calhoun is talking about Great Finds, her bright, airy, restored 1880’s millhouse perched directly across from the Cotton Mill Falls on Kinderhook Creek in Valatie. “I like the underdog. Valatie isn't as posh or pretty as its

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Reading a Community: The Hickory Stick Bookshop in Washington

“I never wanted to own a bookstore, but if I was going to, this was the one," explains Hickory Stick Bookshop owner Fran Keilty. “This is where I came when I was a child. I’ve always been a bookseller; before this I was part of [New Haven'

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