I Could Never Get Home from There
by Willem Lange EAST MONTPELIER – Seven of us were seated comfortably around a couple of blankets in an apple-peach
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How to Grow Milkweed for a Monarch Crop
by Elise Tillinghast THETFORD – During a late summer walk, I noticed that the common milkweed in our back field
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Growing Good Apples Without Chemicals is Possible
by Henry Homeyer CORNISH FLAT, N.H. – I love the saying that something is “As American as apple pie.” I
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Helping Wild Bumblebee Queens Overwinter
by Laura Johnson Extension Pollinator Support Specialist University of Vermont BERLIN – Wild bees are important pollinators for our crops,
Read moreA Zone of Zen-like Calm
by Willem Lange EAST MONTPELIER – Some situations in life have the capacity to make us anxious; others, while appearing
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The Gall(s) of Hackberry are Abnormal
by Declan McCabe BURLINGTON – A student plopped a leaf on my desk, pointed to several green lumps on its
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Moving Houseplants Back Indoors for the Winter
by Deborah J. Benoit Extension Master Gardener University of Vermont NORTH ADAMS, Mass. – Did you know that most houseplants
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Skunks: The Good, the Bad and the Stinky
by Henry Homeyer CORNISH FLAT, N.H. – Most New Englanders have had an interaction with a skunk at some point
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Freshwater Marshes Are Biodiversity Hotspots
by Susan Shea BROOKFIELD – Sunlight glinted off the water as we paddled our canoe along a winding channel which
Read moreIn the Stern of a Drift Boat
by Willem Lange EAST HARDWICK – If all goes well (and when does it ever not?), you’ll be reading this
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Fall Flowers to Know and Love
by Henry Homeyer CORNISH FLAT, N.H. – Many gardeners go to the plant nurseries in June, and buy things in
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