The Vermont Gardener

Tuesday, August 30, 2011 45° this morning. Last night's red sky has offered up a clear, cool morning and yesterday's breeze too...

Friday, August 26, 2011 Still overcast here on the mountain but the weatherman says the sky will clear soon and we will have a couple n...

Monday, August 22, 2011 60°, windless, dripping wet, quiet, darker than a pocket. The ground squishes from last night's heavy rains...

Saturday, August 20, 2011 Half past five this morning and Karl the Wonder Dog sleeps and snores loudly as if forgetting it's summer...

Friday, August 19, 2011 It's a beautiful morning here on the mountain. Bird songs welcome the sun rise above Peacham Pond and the...

Wednesday, August 17, 2011 A foggy, drippy morning here on the mountain. The loons at Peacham Pond are talking in lower voices this m...

Friday, August 5, 2011 A quiet day on the mountain. Birds are talking back and forth and a doe just moved through tall goldenrod to snack on...

Thursday, August 4, 2011 New England news channels have recently reported on populations of Giant Hogweed in New Hampshire and New York. Ve...

Tuesday, August 2, 2011 57° here on the mountain. The black clouds of an hour ago have passed and bright sunlight is encouraging me to get t...

Sunday, July 24, 2011 57° and windless on the mountain. We opened the windows last night and the cool breezes of around 11 PM made sleeping ...

Friday, July 15, 2011 47.6° here on the mountain. Windless and quiet except for two crows fighting over something at the compost pile. Karl ...

Monday, July 11, 2011 Already 62° and 98% humidity. Windless and the day already suggests how tired we will feel by nightfall. Late afternoo...

Sunday, July 10, 2011 Already after 6 here on the mountain. A thin layer of blue-grey clouds slides across the horizon as the sun pushes ha...

Friday, July 1, 2011 A drippy, wet morning here on the mountain, 55°, windless, quiet. A walk with Karl the Wonder Dog stretched halfway to ...

Tuesday, June 28, 2011 51° and overcast this morning. The reds and pinks of the early morning sunrise have faded to gray, and slivers of lig...

Monday, June 27, 2011 7 AM has already slipped past me. I should be at the nursery by now but it was a rough night with charlie horses in bo...