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We ask expert Stephen Philbrick, the co-author (with his son Frank) of The Backyard Lumberjack, how to heat with wood.
In the year since Tropical Storm Irene barreled through New England, Vermont continues to recover. The storm claimed lives and homes. Businesses, too. And in certain sections of the state, entire towns were cut off for days from assistance. But Vermont and Vermonters are resilient. Communities quickly banded together and today the state is back […]
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Voices From the Flood
In the year since Tropical Storm Irene barreled through New England, Vermont continues to recover. The storm claimed lives and homes. Businesses, too. And in certain sections of the state, entire towns were cut off for days from assistance. But Vermont and Vermonters are resilient. Communities quickly banded together and today the state is back […]
A few weeks ago while taking a quick after-work tour of my vegetable garden I made an important conclusion: I was about to drown in tomatoes. This was a bit of a sea change for me. At the height of gardening season I start thinking of my plants like they’re my own children. And like the kid […]
3.6 million: number of foliage tourists who visit Vermont each autumn $331.9 million: average annual value of foliage tourists to Vermont’s economy 16,000 number of apple-cider doughnuts sold each weekend day in October at Cold Hollow Cider Mill in Waterbury Center, VTGet Our FREE Yankee Best New England Vacations Guide! Email(Required) Subscribe 30,560 number of […]
Professional carver Sean Fitzpatrick shares his best tips and tricks to help you carve the perfect Jack-o’-Lantern this Halloween season.
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Orren Fox | The Big Question
Orren Fox is a lot of things. He’s a chicken farmer, beekeeper, staunch foodie, and avid Celtics fan. He’s also a blogger with a large following. And, oh yeah, he’s only a freshman in high school. Since getting his first chickens five years ago, the 14-year-old vegetarian has immersed himself in the issues surrounding not […]
What induces a man to retrieve old cat litter from the garbage and then wander outside under a darkening sky in his bare feet to stuff the mix in a hole in the ground? Garden rage, my friends. Plain and simple. Allow me to back up. When my wife and I returned to New Hampshire […]
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Counter Point
“The regulars sit at the counter. They come in between 8:00 and 9:00, and they talk about politics and things in town. The good old boys. Sometimes you get involved in the talking, but when it comes to politics, I try not to say too much. They all have a lot to say!” “People have […]
We ask Judy Beck, longtime waitress at Maine’s famed Moody’s Diner, how she keeps smiling. Judy Beck began waitressing when she was 13. Her father, Percy “P. B.” Moody, founder of Moody’s Diner in Waldoboro, Maine, which opened in the early 1930s, needed help one day and asked his daughter to lend a hand. More […]
A typical workday for Tracie Smith, an organic-vegetable farmer in Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire, is a long one. Weeding, harvesting, planting–on midsummer days she’ll be on the move for as many as 16 hours to meet the demands of her 300-member CSA (community-supported agriculture) business. Except at lunch. That’s when Tracie and her small staff sit […]