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Tim Baird
Carrboro, North Carolina
Born and raised in central Maine, my youth was spent mowing the lawn, kicking a soccer ball against the garage doors, and trying to sneak sugar cereal out of the kitchen cupboards after I was put to bed. More about Tim
Warren Johnston
South Royalton, Vermont
I am a baby boomer who grew up in a time when the trend in food was convenience and speed. It wasn't the fast-food era, but a post-World War II time when ... More about Warren
Barbara Kattman
Holliston, Massachusetts
We live in Holliston, Massachusetts. When we bought our house in Holliston about 27 years ago, Holliston was a rural/residential town of about 13,000 people. More about Barbara
Autumn Long
Wallace, West Virginia
My name is Autumn. I'm 24 years old, and I live in rural north-central West Virginia. I was born and raised in West Virginia, and in 2005 I graduated from ... More about Autumn
April Luginbuhl
Cleveland, Ohio
My personal interests revolve around the environment, both knowing more about it and getting outside and enjoying my surroundings. This led me down an educational path to ... More about April
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- Build momentum in 2009
- In Retrospect...
- Home Fermenting
- Ajvar Recipe
- Venison
- Ajvar, how do I love thee? Let me count the ways...
- Everyone wants to feed a baby- locally
- Firing Up the Oven
- Last bit of seasonal veggies
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Spring in Vermont
Posted at 3:05 PM on April 23, 2008 by Warren Johnston (1 Comments)
Last week, we took the week off for a little vacation and work around the house. It was a great week to be in Vermont. Spring arrived, or perhaps even summer. It's hard to tell the difference up here.
The days were in the 70s under bright sun, and the nights in the 30s and 40s with clear skies. The week before the ground had been covered with a foot of lingering snow, the last vestiges of what seemed to be a very long winter.
The snow now has retreated to the shadows and deep woods. Even the chocolate pudding mud that sucked my truck up to its axels is beginning to dry.
Another sign of spring was a rumor that spread around our neighborhood of the season's first locally raised mesclun at the nearby store. However, when I got there an hour later, the mesclun was gone, and only California produce remained.
But the farmers are hard at, and soon young spring greens and peas will be coming out of the hoop houses and onto the market.
This is a great time of the year to be in New England.