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Pergola Home: Landscapes for the Mind and Eye

By Dale Stewart It all began as an accident. “Friends of ours bought the building, and they had a tenant back out at the last minute. They suggested that we just try it as a pop-up shop." So David Whitman says, remembering the beginnings of his and Peter

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Garden: Stop Moaning, Start Mowing

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 offers tips on how best to do that

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Garden: Red, White, and Blueberries

The following is a regular column that addresses basic issues facing the ever-inquisitive back- and front-yard toiler, proffered by someone who know best, one of the fertile master gardeners from the Berkshire Botanical Garden in Stockbridge. This week, Brian Cruey offers tips on how to protect that otherwise

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Garden: Slugging It Out

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

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Garden: Weed Wonderings

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 thorny process of how

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Finch: A New Nest in Hudson

“I remember being in our kitchen and it was a really cold winter, and I thought, 'What the hell have we just done?'" Andrew Arrick remembers, as he surveys his seven-week-old Hudson shop, Finch. A fashion refugee turned small town shop-keep, Arrick once ran

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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

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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,

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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

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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

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