Yankee editors hit the road for opening day at the Brimfield Antique Fair. Take a photographic tour of the festivities.
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Yankee Magazine Cover | April 1986
April 1986 | Detail from “Meadow’s Edge — Mallard,” by Robert Bateman.
Atop the chilly expanse of Joe’s Pond in West Danville, Vermont, a pallet awaits the moment when the ice starts breaking up, heralding the much-anticipated spring thaw. Credit: Corey Hendrickson When the pallet sinks, the connection to the clock on the dock breaks, stopping the clock at the official “ice out” time.Credit: Corey Hendrickson Credit: […]
A selection of popular New England flower shows and festivals for 2014. Make a weekend of it! Portland Flower Show March 6–9, Portland, ME A garden lecture series, Children’s Discovery Garden, and thousands of plants are just a few of the highlights you’ll find at the Portland Co. Marine Complex. 207-775-4403; portlandcompany.com Boston Flower […]
These traditional New England recipes emphasize foods that “taste best at their appropriate season,” based on Great-Aunt Ida’s recipes and some nine generations of testing conducted on the family homestead right at the mouth of the Merrimack River — Arrowhead Farm. It’s been nine generations — 300 years — since one William Moulton of Hampton, […]
The last person to see Abraham Lincoln didn’t pass away until almost a hundred years after Lincoln was assassinated on April 15, 1865.
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 Sugarplum Wilmot, NH. 603-768-3925; thesugarplum@comcast.net (exhibiting at York Antiques Gallery, 746 U.S. Route 1, York, […]
Did you know that Fig Newtons has its own day? Find out when it is and learn more trivia about Nabisco’s popular bar.
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. [slideshow post_id=”568175, 548807 ,168170, 168066, 528685, 165621, 548746, 167836, 168074, 534261, 549414, 548270″]
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Yankee Cover | March 1971
“Berkshire Hills,” (detail) by George Cherepov.