HARDWICK – Welcome to “I Heard it Through the Jeudevine,” a monthly report aimed at keeping readers up to date with the latest information about the people, the books and events that combine to make the library a vital center for learning, information and fun. Of course, the event dominating[Read More…]
Columns
Not Done with Winter Weather
HARDWICK – Not much precipitation fell over the forecast area last week, as a weak frontal system crossed into Wednesday morning, leaving just a couple tenths of an inch of precipitation. Clouds lingered into Friday before the rest of the weekend opened the skies up to abundant sunshine. Things were[Read More…]
We Saw Things We’d Never Seen Before
EAST MONTPELIER – “Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one’s lifetime.” — Samuel Clemens If anyone[Read More…]
Share Yard with Birds, Bees and Pollinators
SOUTH BURLINGTON – A home landscape can be an amazing opportunity to collaborate with nature. Thoughtful plant choices can invite more biodiversity into the yard. Even established landscapes will benefit from plant additions that can increase traffic from favorite birds or provide forage for bees and other pollinators. Most home[Read More…]
Cochrans are Classic Vermonters
WALDEN – Ann Cochran lives in Walden with her husband Ronald. They have a long and rich history in the Northeast Kingdom. They married on December 26, 1959, and will celebrate their 65th wedding anniversary this year. Ann is an avid seamstress, knitter and embroiderer. Though today Ann makes items[Read More…]
The Fascinating Adaptations of Frogs
LYME, N.H. – Frogs have hopped about Earth since before the time of the dinosaurs, and it shows. Celebrated for their amphibious lifestyle and cacophonous choruses, the long arc of frog evolution has yielded other awesome and efficient adaptations in organs from their lungs to their skin. Research on green[Read More…]
Gardening in Cold Frame Jump Starts Growing Season
BOLTON – Get a jump start on the growing season by adding a cold frame to the garden. A cold frame allows you to start some plants two to four weeks before the recommended planting time. Any cool-season vegetable is a suitable candidate for growing in a cold frame. Popular[Read More…]
Area Blanketed by Early Spring Storm
HARDWICK – Tranquil conditions returned early this week as the sun broke through the clouds and high temperatures approached 50°. Of course, the main weather feature of the previous forecast period was a significant winter storm on Saturday that turned out to be one of the largest snowfalls that we’ve[Read More…]
Aha! A cane-user
EAST MONTPELIER – Our cab arrived at 4:40 a.m. on the dot and deposited us at the entrance to United Airlines about 5:30. Check-in was amazingly easy, and the trek to our gate likewise. We took off from Logan also on the dot – it seems to be true that[Read More…]
Coming April 8: A Total Eclipse of the Sun
READING – In the cosmic dance of heavenly bodies, no phenomenon possesses the drama of a solar eclipse, when the moon passes directly between the sun and earth. In the path of totality, where the moon completely obscures our home star, the world falls into an ominous darkness that has[Read More…]
It’s Not too Late to Prune Fruit Trees
by Debra Heleba, Extension Community Horticulture Program director, University of Vermont BURLINGTON – This time of year, when plants are normally in their dormant stage, usually finds gardeners conducting late-winter pruning of apple and other fruit trees. However, recent warmer temperatures may have encouraged many trees to prematurely wake up,[Read More…]
Late Winter Woody Plants Provide Seasonal Interest
by Bonnie Kirn Donahue NORTHFIELD – Late winter is a great time to notice how certain trees and shrubs provide seasonal interest and complement each other in the landscape. As the snow recedes, the grays, tans and browns in the landscape offer a subtle background for plants with color to[Read More…]
