| Notes from the Heart... The Heart of New England's Weekly Newsletter Issue #130 ~ October 22, 2006 |
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Greetings from The Heart of New England!
Feature of the Week:
Old Cemeteries
A Subscriber Shares the Secret of his
Maine Garden
In Season Recipe:
Butternut Squash Soup
Mark Your Calendar:
SNOB (Somewhat North of Boston)
Don't Miss October Prize of the Month:
Win a "Legends, Ghosts and Graves" Tour in Portsmouth, NH
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Worth Quoting
"God hides things by putting them near us."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
More New England proverbs & quotes
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Print of the Week: Greetings from New Hampshire
Feature of the Week:
Old Cemeteries
A Subscriber Shares the Secret of his
Maine Garden
In Season Recipe:
Butternut Squash Soup
Mark Your Calendar:
SNOB (Somewhat North of Boston)
Don't Miss October Prize of the Month:
Win a "Legends, Ghosts and Graves" Tour in Portsmouth, NH
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Worth Quoting
"God hides things by putting them near us."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
More New England proverbs & quotes
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Visit Our Sponsor:
Click below for our listing of more B&Bs/Inns & Cottages:
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
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Print of the Week: Greetings from New Hampshire
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Notes from my back porch... Those of you who garden in hillsides of northern New England understand all too well why the original settlers packed their farming gear in frustration and headed west. However this week, a subscriber wrote from his Maine home about the method he used to create a garden, despite poor growing conditions: "I am a native New Englander who has lived every New England state. I now reside in New Portland Maine and this past season is the first time since 1969 I have been able to have a vegetable garden. The soil where I live varies from dense silty/clay-ey/ stoney/hydric soil to silty/loamy/stoney. I decide to try raised beds to deal with hydric factor; using my backhoe I broke up the dense soil structure to 1+ bucket depth and added 2'' minus gravel for drainage. Using dead fall spruce & fir trees I built my raised beds setting the logs on 'stone foundation'. Then inside the bed frames I used organic compost from Living Acres Farm in New Sharon, ME; it was like having a garden on steroids! "Even at this late date I have yet to have a frost and things are still puttering along. This is due to being just below the top of the hill at 1000' elevation coupled with being on the south side of the hill. This gives the vegetables and the flowers a kind of extended season. Typically the flowers last until the first sleet/snow storm." So there you have it...another innovative New Englander making due despite less-than-ideal circumstances :) More Stories This Week: "Fall in New England means hot soups now will replace the cold ones we prefer in the summer, and Butternut Squash Soup is our favorite; velvety smooth, it’s even the color of fall. With a food processor or a food mill it is easy to make, and it can be made a day or two ahead, a convenience when entertaining." Click here for Butternut Squash Soup recipe... "I grew up near a cemetery and my family thought nothing of packing a picnic lunch, finding a sunny spot, and leaning up against a Mr. or Mrs. Somebody who had long departed the world we knew. They're quiet, the dead, and they don't mind sharing their final patches of earth. The Upper Valley of New Hampshire is flush with old graveyards, as is much of Northern New England, and can provide a unique glimpse into the lives and deaths of people who tread here before..." Click here for story about New Hampshire & Vermont's old cemeteries... And... Mark Your Calendars for SNOB "Somewhat North of Boston" Film Festival On Wednesday, November 8th, SNOB presents two films that will strike a chord with anyone who has ever hiked up a mountain in the Granite State. Winter Walk chronicles seven otherwise conventional people who spend 59 days snowshoeing along the wilderness of a frozen river in Northern Quebec. The hilarity of how to make it through a night of minus-40 degree temperatures is not to be missed. Southbounders adds a touch of misfit romance to a fictional story of a woman who meets two men while hiking the Appalachian Trail from Maine to Georgia. On Wednesday at 10:30 p.m. at The Barley House will be a trip of a different sort… American Beer takes viewers to 38 micro-breweries across the country in a film that is more about beer lovers than beer. Click here for more about SNOB (Somewhat North of Boston) film festival... For more Northern New England events for this month visit: Calendar of (Uniquely-Northern New England) Events Thanks for stopping by The Heart of New England & see you next week! PS -- Don't forget to enter October's giveaway -- Win eight tickets to New England Curiosities' "Legends, Ghosts & Graves Tour" in Portsmouth, NH (a $120 value!) Click here to enter today! Marcia Publisher & Editor This newsletter has been brought to you compliments of The Heart of New England online magazine, a Backporch Publishing site. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Buy an ad in this newsletter (distributed to over 900 subscribers weekly) $150 per year for 50 issues (that's just $3 per issue!) Click here to send an email to the publisher to reserve your space today! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ Visit The Heart of New England Web site to get more recipes, northern New England travel info, news, bed & breakfast/inns listings and more! Just visiting? Why not subscribe today & get weekly recipes, travel tips, giveaways and more! The subscription price is just right for the frugal New Englander at heart... it's free! Just send a blank e-mail to From the Heart. |
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