A neighborly little publication of cleaning know-how, seasonal tips, and Vermont-tested wisdom — twenty-two years and counting.
Chittenden County mud is, we'd argue, the most ambitious mud in New England. It finds its way into homes through doors that haven't opened in weeks. After two decades of mopping it back out, we've collected what works, what doesn't, and the doormat configuration that's saved more pine floors than we can count.
Inside this entry: the three-mat system, the mop water recipe we swear by, and a kind word about old hardwood.
Read the entry →Six selected pieces from the Pine Street Almanac.
Fifteen entries on doormats, entryways, and the great Vermont mud campaign.
Read entries →Opening, closing, and keeping a Lake Champlain camp through black-fly season.
Read entries →Hosting in foliage season: tips for the Airbnb crowd and the in-laws alike.
Read entries →Ash, salt, slush, and the mop bucket recipe that keeps pine floors honest till April.
Read entries →Four times a year — or once a season, if you're being old-fashioned about it — we send a single paper-style newsletter with a fresh entry, a printable seasonal checklist, and a kind hello from the crew.
We'd be neighbors about it. Twenty-two years of cleaning Burlington homes — and the Almanac is just what we've learned along the way.
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