Brook fishing has been on my mind the last few weeks, so I decided to get my hands dirty before the season ended. I haven’t fished many streams in Franklin County so…
It’s mid August and the garden is awash in weeds. Some of the tomatoes are rotting on the vine; others are being devoured by slugs; none are ripening, save for a few…
This week I returned to a close-by trout fishing spot in Strong, Maine (DeLorme M19, B-5). The bridge that crosses the Sandy River on route 145, just as it splits from route…
Fishing is fun, but it isn’t always easy. Often, you can travel a mile down the road to your favorite trout hole just off the beaten path; other times, planning and commitment…
Last weekend I made a trip up to northern Maine’s Allagash Wilderness in search of blue-backs. Although the trip did not focus solely on finding this rare species of trout (known to…
Hemerocallis fulva aka the ‘Orange Daylily,’ the wonderfully wild flower that fills the July landscape off-road or in-garden…. After years of taking this pest free, grows in-any-soil, slowly fills all-the-empty-spaces-around-it perennial for…
You’ve probably not thought about it but those hybrid tomato seeds that you are getting ready to plant in pots of Pro Mix, more likely than not, were grown in another country,…
Propeller Plant Neglect. The ability to withstand extreme neglect. It’s the defining characteristic shared by those houseplants known as “succulents.” From the fleshy leaves of the “Jade” and “Aloe,” to the spiny…
JAY – A recent fishing adventure took me to the shores of the mighty Androscoggin River. This river flows from the northern tip of New Hampshire to Brunswick, Maine where it joins…
It had been a little under a year since I had fished Long Pond in Strong (DeLorme M18, A-5), but my previous success hooking both salmon and brook trout left me eager…