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When does spring start? In Vermont, it depends.
The calendar marked the equinox as March 20. But locals know the arrivals of maple and mud seasons vary based on where you're planted in the state.
The calendar says spring started on March 20. But tell that to the Thurber family at West Brattleboro's Lilac Ridge Farm, where the third generation of maple sugarmakers fired up the sap boiler at the beginning of the month.
Or talk with lift operators at the Killington Resort some 72 miles up the map and 4,000 feet up the mountain, where the state's largest snow-sports area launched its spring pass last week.
Welcome, spring!
‘This is a meal for after a long day outside, because it is simple and quick and satisfying — nutritious, too — and I just happen to love beans’
BELLOWS FALLS-Happy Spring! Shh, the snow has gone. I am saying this quietly, lest I tempt the fates and end up with a surprise blizzard. It's happened in the past if I celebrate the turning of the wheel too early. But the snowbanks finished melting over the weekend, and...