Dave Mance III, Author at Vermont Almanac

About Dave Mance III

This author has not written his bio yet.
But we are proud to say that Dave Mance III contributed 253 entries already.

Entries by Dave Mance III

Now that the garden is planted, it’s time to replant. As usual, some seeds didn’t come up, some little plants have been chopped off by cutworms, and around here root maggots are creaming the brassicas.

June 14, 2021 in Ginny's Calendar, June 2021 /by Dave Mance III

Bear Tracks

June 12, 2021 in Ginny's Calendar, June 2021 /by Dave Mance III

Meander through a freshly-turned meadow.

Current Events

June 8, 2021 in Bill Torrey, Dispatches, June 2021 /by Dave Mance III

Credit Robert Frost for the proverb “Good fences make good neighbors.” This may actually be true. I would fine-tune it and add that good electric fences make good, cautious neighbors and can supply a fair amount of entertainment. This windfall of amusement was discovered with the electrification of the fences around our farm when I […]

Turtles are crossing roads. If conditions permit, a helping hand might keep one of them from being hit by a careless vehicle.

June 6, 2021 in Ginny's Calendar, June 2021 /by Dave Mance III

EAB monitoring in full swing

June 5, 2021 in Dispatches, June 2021 /by Dave Mance III

Henry Martinka, from Shaftsbury, prepares to hang an ermerald ash borer (EAB) trap in his back meadow. The trap is designed to provide data that will help monitor the bugs’ spread. Emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis) is an invasive insect from Asia that was first detected in Vermont in 2018. It’s currently been detected in […]

When people aren’t complaining about drought, conversations turn to dog ticks. How many did you pick off your dog or yourself today?

June 3, 2021 in Ginny's Calendar, June 2021 /by Dave Mance III

The dry weather continues in most places. The US Drought Monitor has most of Vermont listed as “abnormally dry,” with the eastern part of the state listed as “moderate drought.”

June 2, 2021 in Ginny's Calendar, June 2021 /by Dave Mance III

Turning a Patch of Lawn into a Vegetable Garden, Part 3

June 1, 2021 in Dave Mance III, Dispatches, June 2021, Uncategorized /by Dave Mance III

It’s time to figure out a fence for the garden, and the options seem endless and imperfect. I’m going to want to keep cottontails, woodchucks, deer, and birds out, and so the logical solution is a 2,000-foot cage. Of course I also want an aesthetically pleasing place to be, so right away the practically-perfect is […]

It continues to be scarily dry and crunchy in the woods, with no major rains in the forecast. Even a short-lived thunderstorm would be eagerly welcomed at this point.

May 25, 2021 in Ginny's Calendar, May 2021 /by Dave Mance III

If, by chance,

May 13, 2021 in Ginny's Calendar, May 2021 /by Dave Mance III

you found a baby barred owl hatchling in the grass beneath a nest that was 30-feet-up in a dead white pine — way too high to climb — you might find a nearby tree cavity that you could reach and stow the little one in there. Feed it freshly trapped, chopped-up mice. Wait for the […]