At a loss as to what to do with ashes from your fireplace or woodstove? Share the Harvest Farm has an answer.
On Jan. 21, the farm will accept wood ash, also known as potash, between 1 and 4 p.m. The ash, a source of calcium, potassium, and phosphorous, can be used to enrich the soil and raise its pH.
The farm asks that people take only ash "that has not been exposed to fuel or fire starter logs with wood preservatives."
Helen Harrison, a longtime steward of the Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center, and her husband, the artist Roy Nicholson, plan to leave their house in Sag Harbor, Nicholson’s studio, and his body of work — worth an estimated $5 million — to Stony Brook University, along with a $2 million endowment to maintain them.
“The horses, the sport, the community, the summer day, the shopping — it’s so much fun.” In one sentence, Erica Velasquez summed up the magic of the Hampton Classic, which spurred into action on Sunday in Bridgehampton.
An auction of striking photographs and a work by a local artist will benefit a nonprofit organization that provides safe transportation and improves school infrastructure in Uganda on Sunday evening at Sole East in Montauk
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