Norwich’s Big Trees with the Norwich Public Library, AJ Follensbee, Windsor/Orange County Forester and the Norwich Conservation Commission. Last fall Norwich Public Library led a “Big Tree” project, identifying [...]
Nordic skiing trails in Norwich and beyond with John Morton, founder of Morton Trails, and the designer of over 100 trail projects across the United States and abroad. Learn [...]
February 1: Tales from the Schoolhouses with Wendy Thompson and Cam Cross, former teachers at Marion Cross. Did you know that at one time Norwich [...]
Two diaries, 150 years apart… For Ebenezer, November brought the return of cold weather, sleighs (and sleigh accidents), and family visits. Winter preparations included butchering, cutting wood, and [...]
Two diaries, 150 years apart... For Ebenezer, October brought cooler weather and the final harvest of corn, potatoes, beets, parsnips, turnips, carrots, and pumpkins. It was a very full cellar. [...]
Two diaries, 150 years apart… Ebenezer Brown, 1873 2 Hot sunny day…Charles worked for G.M. Slack. I hoed the sweet corn & worked in [...]
Two diaries, 150 years apart... September 2023 brought the first frost, rains, and warm days. The Brown family finished their haying and got in their wheat and oats. Family arrived [...]
Two Diaries, 150 years apart... Vermont Journal, July 5, 1873 July was all about haying. Ebenezer's son, Charles, had nine lots filled with hay to mow, rake, load into [...]
Two Diaries, 150 years apart... This month's post only features 1873. It was a busy time on Ebenezer's farm. They got the wheat field planted which involved plowing, [...]
Fifty Years in the Garden Join us for a celebration of fifty years of gardening with Janet FlandersJuly 15 (rain date July 16); and August 19 (rain date [...]