01 | Autor: 10 Fabulous Finds in Maine
This year I found lots of astounding things in Maine that you might want to know about--from stuff to buy to goods to eat to places to go. My kids go to summer camp there, but there are lots of reasons to touring to Maine in the summer (especially since it's nice and cool!). We always turn out home loaded with good stuff and great ideas. This year's "peaceful base" was at the Camden Harbor Inn. I highly recommend it and got an fabulous massage from a woman named Bridget, who told me about total #8 on this list.
#1: All-natural citronella candles made from recycled wax, in recycled cans from Mainemountain.com. I bought ours in one of those ability shops on Freeport's Main Street (between Bow and Mechanic Streets), and they were only $13 each. Very profound to carry, however, so unless you are driving, it's better to order them from the website and have them shipped. (Though I didn't see them on the website, I'm steadfast you can email the company and ask for them.)
# 2: Pickled fiddleheads , from Spruce Bush Holding in Jefferson, Maine. I bought them at a local farm uphold outside of Freeport (see #3). They are absolutely, fabulously toothsome!
# 3: Wheaton Farms farm stand . I found out about this farm at the Freeport agronomist's market (Fridays from 3 to 7). But I ended up driving a mile or two out of village to see their whole stand. I came back with really cool T-shirts, pickled fiddleheads, gripping plants for my garden, and the freshest, most eye-popping red strawberries I've ever seen.
Editorial: Stung - Mosquito program demise may be dangerous.
Lighting more citronella candles on your deck this summer? Slathering on more DEET? And you're still slapping those pesky mosquitoes? You're not alone.
Cumberland county, we ferret out, quietly exited the mosquito-control business last year and never mentioned it. Those mosquito fogging trucks that acquainted with to do their job in the middle of the night now sit idle. Chalk it up to budget cuts.
One talk over with county commissioners dropped the program, besides the nearly $100,000 annual expense, was freeman complaints. Not all of us relish having our neighborhoods sprayed with pesticides.
But we spectacle how many of us relish the return of mosquito-borne diseases. With less mosquito power, the likelihood of those problems rises. Several of them are found in North Carolina and can act upon humans, including West Nile virus and eastern equine encephalitis, both of which can be ghastly.
Mosquito control is a public-health issue, and with no customers discussion, the county has dropped most of its mosquito program. We'd like to see the commissioners reconsider, with a likelihood of reviving at least some of the control effort. The issue is much larger than the vexation of a biting mosquito.
It would take 15 citronella candles at a rate of up to $60 to protect this same area. 5. Plan upright: The fear of running out of food often drives hosts to
