Ask any sugarmaker and theyll surely tell you: theres a certain romance to the art of tapping your own maple trees. From the smell of the sugarshack wood smoke, to the pling, pling sound of sap in the galvanized bucket, to the crunch of snow and the bracing cold of the winter woods on your cheeks, its all too easy to fall in love with one of [...]

Deep in what is now forest past our property in the early/mid-19th century, there was a village and workshops, the cellar holes of which can be found off the trails that run toward Reading, Vermont. In the early to mid-20th century, the area around the house, on the other side of Darling Road, was high summer [...]

by Brian Handwerk for LandVest

When the sun warms northern forests each spring, the sap starts to flow, producing the beloved maple syrup used to saturate the nation's pancake breakfasts. But that's not all. The sap run also generates an appetizing revenue stream for owners of timberland propertiesone that can augment or even match the [...]

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to live in one of LandVests properties? We invite our owners to tell us a bit about their experience, what they love about their homes and a bit of their history. We spoke with the owner of [...]