Looking for some help in planning a successful New England flower or vegetable garden? Here are the winners for the best flower and vegetable varieties in Yankee Magazine’s 2014 Home & Garden Awards.
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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 […]
What could be better for a restaurant than an on-site garden? With menu ingredients just a few feet away, these restaurant gardens redefine the word “fresh.” Here are the winners for best restaurant gardens in Yankee Magazine’s 2014 Home & Garden Awards. URBAN EXPERIENCE Ledge Kitchen & DrinksGet Our FREE Yankee Best New England Vacations […]
I love winter. I follow the storms, arriving in recently-snowed-upon towns before they’re properly plowed, shooting winter villages through a lace of fresh fluff on branches, picturing woodlands and villages with a thick frosting of ice. Other photographers are showing us the first sprouts of spring, but my bags are still packed for the next […]
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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.
Over the past 30 years, a famous garden designer and his wife have transformed a dilapidated Vermont farmhouse into a study in harmony between indoors and out, where garden views are always in focus. Town life never suited Gordon and Mary Hayward. They found that out firsthand in 1981, when they bought an 1850s-era white […]
How To
DIY Easter Baskets
Easter baskets can be purchased in a variety of shapes, sizes, and themes. But if you are uninspired by the selections available in stores, or if you love crafting, you can make your own! These DIY Easter baskets evoke a nostalgic feel and are a nice size for party favors, gift giving, or decorating an Easter […]
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PoemCity | Here in New England
It sounds like the start of a joke: A man walks into a poem. Except … that’s what actually happens if he’s running errands in Montpelier, Vermont, in April—returning library books, say, or picking up some sheet music, batteries, sandpaper, a bottle of wine … stopping at the bank, then grabbing a bite to eat […]
Cooking Advice
How to Cook Dandelion Greens | Yankee Kitchen
Melting snows predict the end of winter, but only the appearance of the first spring greens finally confirms it. Dandelion greens are among the first that Yankees swear by, come spring. If you want to cook dandelion greens, the lawn may be the last resort for harvesting. Hunt instead in the fallow garden or along […]
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Essex, Connecticut | Could You Live Here?
With a bucolic setting on the Connecticut River and steeped in history and tradition, Essex, Connecticut, was once named the best small town in America.
When the family of artist Oliver Balf combed through a lifetime of paintings, they discovered truths about the artist’s passion, and themselves. October 2010: I remember his being tired but relieved after a long day of international travel. The spare kibbutz “guest house” that we arrived at in advance of a family wedding amused us […]
New Englanders know that the hands-on growing and nurturing aspect of a garden is virtually out of the question during the long, cold winter months. However, a window view of a garden that’s been spiffed up for winter can offer hours of enjoyment. A visually inspiring winter garden scene is a sight to behold which […]