Posts filed under: Outdoors & Environment
You don't need a lot of land to have a garden. It doesn't even matter if the usable space in your yard is the size of an area rug or...
It is springtime in Vermont and our forests are beginning to fill with green....
I am standing in the Winooski River just a couple of miles upstream from the town of Jonesville off River Road. I’m not giving any secret spot away if I...
People eager to feed and protect the pollinators in our gardens, neighborhoods and town convened at the library on a beautiful May 21 morning for our pollinator workshop....
We moved to our Spear Street home on two acres 28 years ago. Since then, Colleen and I have established gardens, planted berries and fruit trees, erected bird houses, started...
Have you heard about all the non-native invasive species in Lake Champlain?...
Champlain Valley Union High School has added a new element to its sustainability curriculum: an off-grid solar system to power its greenhouse. ...
A few years ago, New Hampshire lost its Old Man of the Mountain when a slab of the iconic granite formation slumped to earth. Charlotte is more fortunate. We have...
When hiking in Vermont's woods, have you ever been wowed by a larger than average tree? Or perhaps you have a mammoth specimen growing in your own backyard?...
It was a warm and clear day of open blue skies and a slight breeze on Saturday, May 7 — Vermont’s Green-Up Day....
Vermont, along with the rest of the country, will recognize National Emerald Ash Borer Awareness Week, May 22-28....
Okay, I think we’ve really had enough of the April showers thing. I’m ready for the May flowers, and turkeys, and ramps, and fiddleheads, and nettles, and dandelion greens …...
Do you want to enjoy fresh, home-grown veggies this summer? Perhaps you’d like to adorn your home with fresh-cut flowers....
Are trees individuals? I started to think about this question after hearing a researcher say that trees are “colonial organisms” — more like colonies of autonomous branches than individuals. As...
The Quinlan Covered Bridge butterfly garden gets some clean up....
A simple staple in many cuisines and recipes, onions can be a satisfying plant to grow in the garden. While it is easy to buy them at the grocery store,...
As we delight in energy from the warming sun, so too do ephemeral wildflowers, taking advantage of sunlight before trees in the canopy leaf out....
Join us for recreational rides....
Charlotte Tree Tribe members do some trimming...