Seven Days | Kirk Kardashian

Gardening 2.0new

A new app makes growing food easy-peasy.

Seven Days | Kirk Kardashian | 05-14-2012 | Gardening

Environmentalists and Landowners Argue Over Who Owns New York's Riversnew

The public's right to navigate the more than 50,000 miles of rivers and streams and more than 7500 ponds, lakes and reservoirs in New York state is hidden deep within a thicket of legalese, in the form of two state court opinions.

Seven Days | Kirk Kardashian | 07-31-2009 | Environment

Tags: Bodies of Water, The Adirondack League Club, The Sierra Club, environment, New York, recreation, property rights

A New Book on Vermont Country Stores Reveals Why They're Here for the Long Haulnew

If you go way back to the foggy beginnings of an average Vermont town, the building blocks of the community stack up something like this: First came the church, and then the town hall, the one-room schoolhouse, the tavern, the harness shop, the blacksmith, the itinerant traders and, last but not least, the general store.

Seven Days | Kirk Kardashian | 08-08-2008 | Nonfiction

Tags: Vermont, history, Nonfiction Reviews, Country Stores of Vermont: A History and Guide, country stories, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz, general stores

As Natural Resources Dwindle, Vermont's Scrap Yards Find Business Boomingnew

If you bring a ton of No. 1 Steel to a scrap yard today, you'll get a check for $210; last year you might have taken home only $130 for the same weight. The booming market has even spun off its own cottage industry of thieves.

Seven Days | Kirk Kardashian | 04-21-2008 | Economy

Tags: Recycling, Raw Materials, scrap yards, Economic Issues