For Vermont’s state forestry commissioner, foliage season brings with it a colorful side gig.
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New England
2013 New England Fall Foliage Forecast Update | Foliage Progression Stalls Due to Weather
Labor Day weekend has come and gone, marking the traditional end of summer. Kids are now headed back to school, waiting for the bus on increasingly chilly mornings. Fall favorites like football are back on television, and will be played live every Friday night in towns across the region. New England beaches are found increasingly […]
Massachusetts
Return to October Mountain | Autumn in the Berkshires
On the untamed side of the Berkshires, back roads and byways take visitors deep into autumn beauty and unexpected discoveries.
New England old-timers will never forget the dates of the ’38 Hurricane.
New England
Slide Show | Farms of New England
View this user-submitted slide show of working farms throughout the New England countryside.
Late last week, a cold front ushered in a brief preview of forthcoming autumn-like weather into the region. Over the weekend, New Englanders awoke to cloudless skies and refreshing temperatures, which even dropped into the forties in many areas of the northern tier. The cool air caused heavy condensation in the air above fields, and […]
Two men have a vision for the future on a rural dirt road in northern Vermont. First step, plant trees.
A thick summertime haze hung over New England last night, turning the rare ‘blue moon’ a pink hue as it rose over the Atlantic. The air was warm, and a bit humid, but a cool breeze was blowing off the water. It was a perfect summer night, the kind that seem to make you wish […]
An enormous “O” hangs in Jeff Soderbergh’s backyard, dangling from a cherry tree like a giant earring. He eases inside the hand-forged wagon wheel, fitting himself to its iron contours. Who could have guessed, back in the early 1800s when it was first wrought in Pennsylvania, that this utilitarian hoop would achieve a life […]
My father introduced me to the art of cherry picking. Every year, anticipating peak ripeness, he watched the trees behind our house in Albestroff, France. We grew ‘Burlat’, a popular French variety that’s similar to the ‘Bing’, but earlier-ripening, and ‘Bigarreau’, a firm-fleshed cherry that makes great preserves. I insisted that he never pick without […]
Learn how a Maine couple added a budget DIY screened-in porch to their new home without subtracting too much from their wallet.
It couldn’t be more Vermont if you poured maple syrup over it: the winding dirt road, arching shade trees, fields sloping right and left, shaggy apple orchard, and finally, of course, the bent-over red barn, faded to a rosy blush. Midsummer afternoon in the hills of Putney, the light sharpens and spreads out, insects hum, […]