VIDEOS: Start Seeds Indoors Harvest Garlic Weed Control Tomato Plant Tips What’s the secret to getting your tomato plants to fruit early? What are the keys behind easy and effective weeding? And just what goes into creating rich, wonderful compost? Longtime organic gardener Tracie Smith has the answers. The New England born Tracie is as […]
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Monadnock Region, New Hampshire
Named for the second-most climbed mountain in the world, the Monadnock Region of Southern New Hampshire is a destination all its own.
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New Hampshire Best Lodging 2010
Best FarmStay INN AT VALLEY FARMS, Walpole The 18th-century house on this glorious 105-acre organic farm is elegantly comfortable. Angus cattle graze on the hillside and free-range chickens “contribute” to the candlelit breakfasts. Rooms: from $175, including full breakfast. 633 Wentworth Road. 877-327-2855, 603-756-2855; innatvalleyfarms.com Best Reason to Rise & Shine WILDERNESS INN, North Woodstock […]
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Spring Things
Here are ways to welcome New England’s most-welcome season — SPRING! 1. Cook fresh with spring garden recipes from 6 New England chefs. 2. How does your garden grow? In style, with these garden tools.Get Our FREE Yankee Best New England Vacations Guide! Email(Required) Subscribe 3. See the nasturtiums at Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, a […]
Quite a few readers have written or e-mailed us over the past few months as a result of Yankee‘s article in last year’s fall issue on New Hampshire’s Monadnock region. “What sorts of properties are available in that area right now?” they ask. So we’ve spent a little time moseying around the 40 towns and […]
I once read in a guidebook: “Of all the natural regions of the United States, New England is the smallest, the most compact and convenient to get around in, the most homogeneous… ” For four decades now, I’ve lived and worked in New England, the land from which America evolved. There are few nooks and […]
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After the Ice
It took a force of nature unlike what most of us had seen before to change the subject. Before the rain and sleet that froze blindingly beautiful and lethal on our trees and power lines and whatever stood outdoors, we were boring each other with dire words about our investments, retirement accounts, and foreboding over […]
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Dublin: Countryhouse Corner
By Lesley Ladebauche, a reader Regarding your latest issue — several of us were shocked that you did not include the most wonderful, new place in the Monadnock region and think that they are very deserving of your publicity. I am not usually one to voice my disappointment, but the folks at Countryhouse Corner are […]
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Foliage Drive: Isaac Frye Highway
By Sara E. Pratt Lyndeborough Start with breakfast or lunch at the Melting Pot in the town of Wilton. After exploring the myriad downtown shops and taking a peek inside the 1886 brick Town Hall Theatre head west out of town on Route 101. Pass the junction with Route 31 South and begin looking for […]
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Two-Wheeling in the Shadow of Monadnock
By JD Hale Publisher, Yankee Magazine For those of you who are cycling enthusiasts, there are many levels of rides and beautiful roads to enjoy in the Monadnock region. Just yesterday there were about 15 cyclists in our Dublin parking lot unloading their bikes out of two pickup trucks. They were a 65+ age group, […]
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Henniker: Let the Book Browsing Begin
By Eileen Terrill Managing Editor, Yankee Magazine One of my favorite fall jaunts in the Monadnock region is a weekend excursion to Old Number Six Book Depot in Henniker (603-428-3334). With 160,000 volumes, it maintains the biggest stock of any used bookstore in New Hampshire. But half the fun is getting there — up over […]
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Greenville, New Hampshire: Apple Orchard
By Rachel Kipka Senior Production Artist, Yankee Publishing It’s way in the corner of the Monadnock region, but it’s definitely well worth the drive: Washburn’s Windy Hill Orchard in Greenville, New Hampshire. Take your whole family on a tractor-drawn hayride into a huge apple orchard. You can choose from lots of varieties of apples, stop […]