Tiny homes offer one remedy for ongoing housing crisis

Hundreds of Vermonters are in desperate need of permanent housing and have been for a long time. “Saying it’s been a challenge to find housing would be an understatement. I’ve been in Vermont for about 13 years and we’ve moved 15 or 16 times,” Kate Bentley told the Independent in August.

Wasn’t Addison County a beautiful place this past summer? Certainly the colorful and interesting gardens cultivated by local residents added to the appeal of this place.

As fall advances and many of us are thinking about wrapping up our properties for the season ahead. It’s time to put the garden to bed, patch the porch, and repair that piece of trim under the eaves before the wasps move in to overwinter.

Every year the Middlebury Garden Club gives awards to public and private gardens in Addison County. To be considered, a garden must be able to be seen from the roadside and cannot belong to a current member of the club. 

This year, you could consider installing window inserts, a crafty alternative to cranking up the heat or throwing on an extra layer. 

Vermonters who want to upgrade their home water heater have a chance to win a brand new, highly-efficient electric heat pump water heater installed at their residence thanks to a contest held by Vermont Gas Systems, in celebration of its three decades as … (read more)

While doing your fall yard clean-up, envision and decide on an area for a new flower or vegetable garden or a space to relax.

Did you know that many houseplants sold in stores are actually tropical perennials?

A sustained boom in home sales has seen many homeowners eschew minor or cosmetic renovations to enhance the value of their abodes, and instead focus on major overhauls or rebuilds to either capitalize on the current market or enhance their investment.

Energy efficiency is the gift that keeps on giving, and Efficiency Vermont encourages Vermonters to treat themselves to some savings.

Capstone Community Action this month launched GreenSavingSmart, a new service connecting financial coaching with energy savings for low- and moderate-income Vermonters to ensure that a cleaner, greener Vermont is something everyone can be a part of.

The 2020 Census counted people where they were on April 1 of that year but it also counted where they were not.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has published the following list of programs and resources to help homeowners with home repairs and improvements.

The Vermont Department of Health urges everyone living in older housing to seal in or get rid of old lead-based paint that may be coating walls, ceilings, window trim and other surfaces.

I thought for the holidays I’d get us a 30-foot strand of solar-powered lights — the kind with golf-ball-sized clear bulbs set a foot apart, like you might see strung across barn rafters at a country wedding reception or illuminating a Christmas tree lot … (read more)