Yestermorrow Blog

Trying to get the best out of parsnips

By Ian Reid, Cook & Gardener
Recipes are living things, always in need of review and reinvention. Working on a dish at Yestermorrow can be a funny process, since I don’t want to repeat menu items too frequently - so like a home cook might I come back to a dish every few weeks to work on it, whereas in a restaurant I might work on it consistently for several weeks....

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Cabinets and Junk Beds: Updates from the current Woodworking Certificate and Home Design/Build classes

By Sarah Johnson, Outreach and Student Services Manager
This week arrived with an extra hour of daylight and a foot of snow to the Mad River Valley, and our days are longer and brighter as a result. In the woodshop, our Woodworking Certificate spent their eighth week learning the ins and outs of cabinetry while building a set for one of our instructors.  In prior weeks, they have completed...

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Passive House News Round-Up

By Sarah Johnson, Outreach and Student Services Manager

Passive house principles, hailing originally from the German passivhaus movement, are gaining popularity in the net zero design industry for their simple efficiency. Passive houses harness the energy from the sun using intentional design based on the seasons and path of light. Large windows are used to heat the space using low winter sun, and overhangs to provide shade and cooling. As passive houses gain traction in the US as a viable and versatile option, more and more cities and organizations are incorporating these principles to create affordable, green public and private housing. We've done the research for you - here's the latest from the world of passive house building: affordable senior living in Boston, housing for victims of wildfires in Colorado, and new standards being set in Scotland.

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Starting Seeds

By Ian Reid, Cook & Gardener
On likely the coldest day of the year, my mind is on spring. This past week I received a few orders of seeds for Yestermorrow’s small kitchen garden - we purchased from Fedco, True Love Seeds, and the Experimental Farm Network. These will join a battalion of seeds I’ve saved and bred for the past few years while working on the coast of Maine....

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2023 Woodworking Certificate is under way!

By Tyler Anderson, Program Coordinator - Facilities & Woodshop
The 2023 Woodworking Certificate is off to an exciting start! The students spent the first week of class delving into the source material for our woodworking program via an in-depth forestry tour, sawmill demonstrations, and discussion around our relationship with the forest and the lumber we source from it. We bundled up and traveled off...

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