The Vermont Gardener

Tuesday, January 30, 2007 A beautiful day here at Vermont Flower Farm. The sky is almost out of clouds and the sun is shinning brightly. Onl...

Thursday, January 25, 2007 The weatherman reported that this week is typically the coldest of the year here in Vermont and none of us are do...

Wednesday, January 24, 2007 Before we moved to Marshfield in 1989, I wondered what it would be like living in a small town. I had grown up i...

Sunset in January often suggests a temporary unknown. Darkness comes quickly when the sun falls behind the mountain and with it the temperat...

Saturday, January 20, 2007 7.7 degrees here at Vermont Flower Farm. The temperature is dropping as the afternoon progresses. The wind has be...

Sunday, January 14, 2007 A quiet afternoon here at Vermont Flower Farm. This morning's snow has tapered to an occasional ball of fluff f...

Wednesday, January 10, 2007 A nasty day in these parts today, partly because we haven't been accoustomed to winter and partly because it...

48.3 degrees this morning at Vermont Flower Farm. The fog has been with us since about 9 last night when the temperature dropped from anothe...

Sunday, December 31st. 14 degrees out and the temperature is dropping rapidly now. This year quickly slips from the grasp of Father Time wit...

30.8 degrees here on the hill. It is quiet now. The kids down the road had friends over, and there was enough new snow to make new sleds sli...

27 degrees here on the mountain. I had to walk to the window to see if the stars were shinning and they are. I flicked on the light switch a...

A sliver of sunlight grows more and more slender as it pokes through the needle-barren tamaracks, casting a long reach across the forest flo...

Monday, December 11, 2006 32.5 degrees here on the hill. Same temperature for the past 3 hours. Gail has a nice roast chicken in the oven. I...

Tuesday eve, December 5, 2006 I just put a couple logs in the woodstove. The warmth feels very good, especially to Karl the wonder dog, flan...