Come September, plants appear ready to bust free of their beds in landscaper James McCain’s garden.
Each month, Down East editors select our favorite response to “Where in Maine?” Here is our favorite letter from April’s photo.
In an era of sky-high housing and construction costs, it’s little wonder some Mainers are seeing the appeal of a tinier abode.
He resells and restores hundreds of pieces of antique and vintage cookware through his home business, Passadumkeag Iron.
At the Recovery Room, in Boothbay Harbor, she and her husband restore everything from bar stools to sectionals.
To build the quirkily expressive birdhouses that hang all over town, Claude Ouellet wings it with whatever materials he has handy.
Elsie Freeman’s rambling shore-front borders are filled with astilbes, coneflowers, heleniums, hydrangeas, and phlox.
Now, curving, crushed-stone paths connect a wisteria-draped pergola, an arched bridge, a pond, and a natural woodland.
And builds one very charming potting shed.
The Maine State Historian has many favorite spots, but Vaughan Woods & Historic Homestead is always near the top of his list.
And she hopes it will change lives in her home country.