Vermont Spring

Winter just would not give up this year! Spring arrived late to Vermont as snow piles lingered and cold temperatures hovered over our farm! Then, just when we thought winter had finally released us from its grip, we woke to an early May snow. So our spring has looked a bit like this… I escaped to the deep south for … Read More

Vermont Spring-A Season of Contradictions

I was born and raised in the south where spring ushered in green grass, flowers, and warm weather. Then, I moved to the north, where my preconceived notions of what each season represented was challenged. Vermont spring is a season of contradictions: warm temperatures-frigid temperatures delightful blue sky-gray snowy sky beautiful daffodils-sad droopy daffodils green fields-white fields open greenhouse-close greenhouse … Read More

Springtime in Vermont

Friends and family are the first to tell us that spring has arrived. They boast of warm sun, daffodils, blues skies, and buds on trees. We have to leave the farm to experience this kind of spring. For while spring has come in full force in other parts of the country, it stops and hesitates here on our Vermont farm. … Read More