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PTO-Driven Firewood Processors
by Dave Mance III | October 2nd 2009
As a thirty-something year old guy who came of age in the boom years of the 1990s, I’ve been bombarded with advertising pretty much since… -
Tenho Saudades
by Dave Mance III | September 24th 2009
On calendars and on magazine covers, autumn is usually rendered glossy and exhilarating: the foliage always neon orange against azure skies, humans and their fall… -
Bull Moose in the Newsroom
by Dave Mance III | September 17th 2009
If we could afford to do it, we’d make the Letters to the Editor section of the magazine 20 pages long. Our readers are the… -
Choosing a Tree
by Lora Nielsen | September 7th 2009
Managing Editor Dave Mance is on vacation this week, so I hijacked his blog . . . -Lora Nielsen, Administrative Coordinator Our dog Ruby was… -
Earning A View
by Dave Mance III | August 31st 2009
The trail up Burnt Rock Mountain in north-central Vermont is a consistently rugged scramble up exposed granite ledge, the kind that makes ribbons out of… -
Congratulation to Young VT Writers!
by Dave Mance III | August 24th 2009
In honor of their 100-year anniversary, the Vermont Department of Forests, Parks, and Recreation (FP&R) recently held a youth writing contest, where school-aged children were… -
A Reservoir of History
by Dave Mance III | August 17th 2009
One of the best parts about having older fishing companions is that trips often double as history lessons. Last weekend one such lesson unfolded on… -
New Spout Has Sugarmakers Talking
by Dave Mance III | August 10th 2009
Each year the Vermont Maple Sugarmakers’ Association holds its annual Maplerama event – an excuse for sugarmakers from around the state to get together, talk… -
Truck Diving Bear
by Dave Mance III | August 3rd 2009
When we tout the benefits of country living, safety is often at the top of the list. (“I never lock my doors!”) Break-ins and vandalism… -
Wet Weather Wondering
by Dave Mance III | July 28th 2009
It’s been one of the cooler, wetter summers in memory, enough so that everyday banter about the weather seems even more ubiquitous than usual. A… -
Thymelicus Lineola In the Fields
by Dave Mance III | July 10th 2009
We were on a gravel road that wound through a hayfield—just walking through, talking as we went. At first the butterflies were so tiny that… -
Vermont’s Current Use Program
by Dave Mance III | June 26th 2009
Vermont’s Current Use Program is one of those rare pieces of legislation that garners high praise from both the left and right side of the… -
Why Hire a Forester?
by Dave Mance III | June 19th 2009
So the other day a mass mailing went out to landowners in Corinth, Vermont from a timber harvest/tree removal company in New Hampshire. The company… -
Sinkhole Mystery
by Dave Mance III | June 12th 2009
My friend E’s a barrel-chested logger who lives down in southwestern Vermont. He’s a tough hombre, as is anyone who makes their living cutting trees.… -
What Should I Plant?
by Dave Mance III | June 5th 2009
My brother and his fiancé just built a log cabin home on a broomstick lot in southern Vermont. It was a bit of a nightmare… -
Lynx and Logging
by Dave Mance III | May 29th 2009
The good news is that Canada Lynx are thriving in Maine. Hundreds of the leggy, snow-loving cats are breeding in the state’s vast north woods,… -
The Early Garden
by Dave Mance III | May 22nd 2009
There’s something about the beginning of things; Bohemian poets are always reveling here: new lovers, fresh starts, changed perspectives. For those of us with underdeveloped… -
Don’t Get Lost in Migration
by Lora Nielsen | May 15th 2009
As Charles W. Johnson began in our April 20, 2009 Outside Story article on biological clocks, “It is a magical time we anticipate for months…the… -
Amelanchier By Any Other Name
by Steve Long | May 8th 2009
Our first showy tree blossoms of spring are popping out all around us now. Alternatively known as shadbush or serviceberry, assorted varieties of Amelanchier are… -
Foraging for the Springtime Ramp
by Dave Mance III | May 1st 2009
While experienced foragers can make gourmet meals out of any number of wild plants – from cattail roots to stinging nettle leaves – most amateurs…
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