Adventures in Zone 3

This blog is currently inactive to give the author a rest on the subject. Plenty of material here to browse, so please enjoy the stories and...

The most difficult part of living in the north country isn’t the cold. Rather, it’s the heat—which comes on like a bomb before one’s bo...

My vocabulary gained a new term this year: open winter. I picked up the term from hearing other people in the region use it. Both t...

The first gardening mistake I made when we moved to rural Vermont 17 years ago was thinking that perennials are something you plant onc...

Reporting on the local climate makes one sound like a broken record. Same phrase over and over: “It’s different every year.” But I ...

I’ve lost track of how many years it’s been since I’ve been growing red bell peppers and tomatoes in my living room. At least a decade ...