Getting to Know Chicory
Chicory is an herbaceous perennial with light blue flowers on stems that can reach over three feet tall. Each flower opens only once, usually just for that morning. Each day, new flowers…
Hunger Mountain Co-op’s Focus on Local Products Provides Vermont Organic Farmers with a Ready Market
With the arrival of spring and the planting season, local organic farmers are busy at work even as they face challenges such as higher…
Community-Focused Growing in Montpelier Does Double Duty Combatting Food Insecurity
There’s a moment Sheryl Rapée-Adams waits for each year, when the birches and bushes behind her Montpelier home brush the last bits of snow…
Vermont Farmers Face Increased Fuel Prices Due to War in Iran
As the world braces for greater economic impacts because of the war in Iran and that country’s subsequent blocking of the Strait of Hormuz,…
Right to Grow Vegetables Protected Under New Bill
By Roxy Vanderhoff via Community News Service, a University of Vermont journalism internship “To grow food is a Vermont right,” longtime South Burlington resident Cher…
Mulch Gardening 102
Amy Simone’s article “Sheet Mulching for Lawn-to-Garden Conversion” in the April 1–14 issue of The Bridge did an excellent job of introducing sheet mulching.…
Sheet Mulching for Lawn-to-Garden Conversion
By Amy Simone If you are like many home gardeners, you may be looking for ways to repurpose some of your turfgrass into perennial…
A Farmer Breeds Seeds to Withstand Vermont’s Unpredictable Weather
By Indi Rose, via Community News Service, a University of Vermont internship. In a state better known for maples than melons, one farmer is…
Spring Cover Crops for the Vegetable Garden
The ground may still be covered in snow, but now is an excellent time to start planning to improve the soil in your vegetable…
Review: You Can Judge a Book by Its Cover: ‘Vermont Almanac, Vol. VI’
This past spring and summer I took the Vermont Bookstore Tour, a series of daytrips that led me to 20 indie bookstores around the…
Smart Garden Tool Storage for Winter
By Deborah J. Benoit Storing garden tools is likely one of the last projects you’ll tackle when putting your garden to bed. You could…
Drought Stress Affecting Vermont’s Trees and Shrubs
By Ann Hazelrigg After a very wet spring, warm and dry conditions have dominated Vermont and the Northeast since the beginning of June. According…
Beautiful and Beneficial: Woodridge Pollinator Project Breaks Ground
By Kate Arslambakova Excitement was in the air at Woodridge Rehabilitation and Nursing as residents gathered outside of the Ben Falls Room to watch…
Gleaning operations help meet rising need in a stretched Vermont food assistance network
“The work that we’re doing is going to be in even higher demand,” said Community Harvest of Central Vermont director Allison Levin. by Theo Wells-Spackman…
Some Summer Tips for Managing Your Tomato Plants and What You Might Do Next Year
This article concerns indeterminate tomato plants, those that produce new suckers in the leaf axils while the vines keep growing until you or frost…
Brush Up On Tick Bite Prevention
Ticks flourish across Vermont. These tiny pests can carry viruses, bacteria, and parasites and cause at least a dozen human diseases, including Lyme. Unfortunately,…
State Funds Soften Blow after USDA Ends Local Food Grant
Amid federal funding cuts and grant uncertainty, some local farmers remain positive but disappointed that much of their product will no longer be distributed…
Your Lawn Can Improve Your Vegetable Garden: Part 2, Clover and Grasses
Clover Whether three- or four-leaved, you’re lucky if your lawn contains clover. Like dandelions, ‘White Dutch’ clover, the kind commonly found in lawns, rates…
How Does Your Garden Grow?
We asked and you answered. We put out the call on our social media to hear from readers about how our community is adapting…
Your Lawn Can Improve Your Vegetable Garden: Part 1, Dandelion
Some activists champion turning lawns into vegetable gardens. That’s fine. I’ve sometimes recommended it myself. But lawns can be an irreplaceable amenity for families…
Bee Ready: Valuing Vermont’s Native Pollinators
Vermont native bees are a very different creature than the honey bee (Apis mellifera) and, some biologists point out, increasing the honey bee population…