Vermontville gardener switches from selling vegetables to bouquets By Betsy Kepes The soil at Ellen Beberman’s one-acre farm in Vermontville is thin and rocky. It’s taken a few years to find her agricultural niche, but now on this small farm … [Read more...] about A farm full of flowers
Social long-distancing on the Northville-Placid Trail
Friends along the way make easy work of thru-hiking By Betsy Kepes We huddled under a flapping tarp, but our flimsy shelter at Mud Lake wasn’t keeping out the rain. Heads bowed, Teresa, Clare and I gulped down a few bites of lunch while the … [Read more...] about Social long-distancing on the Northville-Placid Trail
Summer reads: New releases by regional authors
North Country scenes and themes fill recent reading list Most of us didn’t spend 2020 browsing in bookstores, so here’s a shout-out for some of the new Adirondack books that came off the press while we were at home washing our masks. These four … [Read more...] about Summer reads: New releases by regional authors
‘Forests Adrift’
What you need to know about Northeastern forests After a slow start, “Forests Adrift” (Yale University Press, 2020) gives a good overview of the state of our Northeastern forests. Ecologist Charles Canham brings his keen eye to what causes … [Read more...] about ‘Forests Adrift’
‘Iron Sharpens Iron’
If you’ve missed the Ironman race Sports books aren’t my favorite genre, but Herb Terns’ novel “Iron Sharpens Iron” (The Troy Book Makers, 2020) is more than a series of training tips. Colden McIntyre, a Lake Placid native, wants to win the gold … [Read more...] about ‘Iron Sharpens Iron’
‘The Power Line’
Your fix of Adirondack lore Christopher Shaw mined memories of his conversations with Adirondack old-timers when he wrote his novel “The Power Line” (Outskirts Press, 2020), set mostly in the 1920s. His characters Fran Germaine and Lonnie Monroe … [Read more...] about ‘The Power Line’