Varmints! Hostility Grows In The Garden

Lois Shea — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 20:00:00 +0000

Summer may be winding down, but for many gardeners in New Hampshire, the season’s not quite over. There are still tomatoes and beans to be gathered. And rich fall squashes are just emerging. This summer’s gardening season has been a challenging one. Mainly because of a few creatures that have enjoyed her plants.

Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote: “I have no hostility to nature, but a child’s love to it. I expand and live in the warm day like corn and melons.”

I suspect that deer were not eating Mr. Emerson’s corn, or melons.

A Different Look At What It Means To Be A New Hampshire Native

Lois Shea — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 16:01:28 +0000

I have done a lot of things in New Hampshire.