Want to accessorize your garden in one fell swoop? From antique birdbaths to terra-cotta pots, these shops have everything you’ll need. Here are the winners for best garden accessories shops in Yankee Magazine’s 2014 Home & Garden Awards. ANTIQUES The SugarplumGet Our FREE Yankee Best New England Vacations Guide! Email(Required) Subscribe Wilmot, NH. 603-768-3925; thesugarplum@comcast.net […]
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Firsts are easy: first red-winged blackbird wheeze, first hopping robin, first crocus then daffodil, first surge of emerald grass. The lasts are harder to discern. In August, each time a loon wailed and hermit thrush trilled, I wondered, is this last? Is this? This? Lacking the bubble and fizz of firsts, lasts can have a […]
Jimmy and Sara Ackermann are trying to do what many feel is nearly impossible in the 21st century: begin a new life working off the land.
View this slide show of barns and farms that have graced the covers of Yankee over the years.
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Yankee Cover | March 1971
“Berkshire Hills,” (detail) by George Cherepov.
Tucked away in a Boston suburb, the Royall House and Slave Quarters offers a sobering and singular reminder of the past.
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Yankee Magazine Cover | April 1972
April 1972 | “Near Charlestown, NH,” by R. S. Sleicher.
“First Snow,” acrylic by Jim Buckels.
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When My Father Calls
Sometimes peanuts and patience can help a heart mend. Such was the case when Everdeen, a tiny chipmunk, came into my father’s life.
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Yankee Magazine Cover | March 1996
“Passing Showers, Parmalee Farm” (detail), by Peter Poskas.
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Town Meeting | A Sign of Spring
One hint of spring in Vermont is the unfolding of an aluminum chair. On the second Tuesday in March, shortly after dawn, one chair is assembled, then another, and another, and soon a chorus of aluminum screeching fills gymnasiums and town halls throughout the state, as chairs are passed from hand to hand and set […]