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Tomatoes almost ready!

For whatever reason our tomatoes have been talking their time this year.  I was happy to see them starting to ripen this week.  Even though ours haven’t been ready, we’ve been getting some good tomatoes in Island Pond, VT at both Teds Market and Kingdom Market.  We’ve also gotten some very good sweet corn in town. However,  we can’t wait to pick our own home grown tomatoes.  They will go very well on my favorite sandwich this summer,  a BLT with cheese on toasted wheat bread.

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Tomatoes starting to ripen in Island Pond, VT

 

Fall like feel in the NEK

Today sure does feel more like September than it does mid August here in the Northeast Kingdom of VT.  The current temperature at 2PMi in Island Pond is 59° under partly sunny skies. The forecast is calling for mostly cloudy weather with a chance of showers right through the upcoming weekend. Temperatures will also remain be, ow normal with highs in the 60s.

August 10th Super Moon

The supermoon occurs when the moon becomes full at the closest point in its orbit to Earth, called a perigee full moon. Although there has already been a supermoon earlier this year on July 12, this one will be particularly striking. It will become full at the same time as its perigee, making it the most super of the supermoons this year. The moon is expected to appear 12% bigger and 30% brighter than it did in January 2014, when the moon was full at the farthest point.

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8/10/14 Super Moon taken in Island Pond, VT