Archives: May 2010

More “Cereal-sly”

Featured Shop – and goji • Barrington.It’s a slam dunk hit — and goji, based in Barrington, has people all over the country waking up to a new concept in cereal. It’s a make-your-own online artisanal cereal from flakes to fruits to nuts. The company is the brainchild of three Seacoast guys who were ‘cereal-lsy’ looking to start their own…

Terra Fructi

Finding room for growth in the dark.Liz Richards and Emily Bragonier followed their dream of starting a small farm in the fertile Upper Valley. Knowing that the region hardly needed more pumpkins, they researched local needs and decided to establish Terra Fructi (loosely translated as earth fruit) to fill a niche for naturally produced gourmet and medicinal mushrooms.They admit much…

Go Green or Go Granite

Landscaping doesn’t have to mean high maintenance. By using combinations of hardy plants with hardscape, you can have a stunning and easy-to-care-for yard.There is nothing more beautiful than a well-planned garden, one that provides color and interest all year long. Some of the most ambitious gardens can take many hours of maintenance, and unless you have a full-time gardening staff,…

Parental Guidance Encouraged

Family-centered care brings parents back into the fold.Maybe nine months of mental preparation just isn’t enough. Most of us do our best to smooth the path for baby’s birth and early days, hitting the stores for baby accoutrêments and keeping a close watch on mom’s health. But the little bundle of joy’s arrival can still hit like a ton of…

Golf Greats

Superb courses, fabulous players and shining moments are all part of the golf experience in New Hampshire. Golf’s greatest luminaries have also played our courses and left their imprint (but replaced their divots).New Hampshire is a long way, in both distance and climate, from Pebble Beach or Palm Springs, but our country clubs and golf courses have been home to…

Gardens of English Inspiration

Once upon a time there was a little English boy who dreamed of gardens. When his family came to America, they found their way to a tucked-back spot in Franklin, N.H., just a stone’s throw from the birthplace of Daniel Webster. Today that little boy is 50-year-old Richard Tarbin, who has transformed his family’s once unassuming country parcel into Tarbin…

No Drama Divorce

Lower the emotional heat and work it out with mediation.Until you’ve been divorced, you just don’t know what it’s like.Divorce is easily the most-thought-of segment of legal endeavors known as “family law.” It’s one of the greatest legal misnomers because most of the time “family law” turns out to involve disentangling the legal, financial and (if done right) emotional relationships…