winter
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Ask A Master Gardener: Late Winter Pruning
Get out there and prune your trees and shrubs. Late winter is the perfect time to revitalize your plants.
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Lake Champlain fully freezes for the first time in 7 years
Frigid temperatures have caused Lake Champlain to fully freeze for the first time since March 2019.
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Bundling up: soil microbes in winter
Mcrobes rely on a thick coat of snow to stay warm.
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Poem: Winter Love Song … for Tillie
‘We didn’t know we would mourn today.”
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Road salt supplies are low, drive carefully
Town officials say roads will stay icy longer as a bottleneck in the supply chain means depleted salt supplies can’t be replaced.
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Houseplant care during the winter
Don’t “over-love” your houseplants this winter… Find out how to properly care for your plants.
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December is the start of bird feeding season
Winter bird feeding is a great way to observe and learn about our year-round bird residents such as black capped chickadees, nuthatches and blue jays.
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Middlebury might ease up on winter parking ban
The Middlebury selectboard is considering changes to the town’s overnight winter parking ordinance.
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Jessie Raymond: At last, winter comes to Vermont
Finally, we’re having a proper Vermont winter. In contrast, two Februarys ago I was walking on bare trails in the woods. A year ago, Mark and I were…
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Ask a Master Gardener: How to compost in winter
Compost, the dark, crumbly, earthy-smelling material produced by natural decomposers, provides many benefits to gardeners and non-gardeners alike. Converting garden waste, kitchen scraps and various paper items into…
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Winter temperatures are rising in county
The unusually balmy winter has affected some local businesses whose offerings rely on cold weather and reflects a larger trend of warming winters driven by human-caused climate change.
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How to weather the winter blues in Vermont
For some Vermonters, winter in New England is far from the most wonderful time of the year.
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Jessie Raymond: Warm weather ruins my bad attitude
I love winter in Vermont. At least, I love it for a few weeks.
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High winds lash Vermont, downing power lines and closing roads
Winter storm downs trees on Friday, look out for fast falling temperatures late Friday afternoon.
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Plan ahead for the big winter storm
Green Mountain Power on Wednesday was tracking multiple forecasts that anticipate very high winds gusting up to 65 mph across Vermont starting Thursday night and lasting through the…
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New help offered for home weatherization projects
A new program announced last week will add to a suite of incentives available to Vermonters who want to weatherproof their homes.