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Drivers traveling through Charlotte on Route 7 may be too distracted by the view of Lake Champlain to notice the modest entrance to Horsford Nursery. Its grounds lie at the base of an embankment, down a twisting dirt drive, so they’re hidden from the road. That’s too bad, because the 45-acre spread — open from mid-April until Christmas — is really quite spectacular, especially in May, when the lilacs and crabapple trees are blooming.... Read more

CHARLOTTE - As potential subdivision sites grow scarcer in Chittenden County, conflicts between current residents and housing developers are becoming more common as well as more heated. One such controversy in Charlotte predictably centers on the flashpoint of environmental protection. Not so typically, however, green concerns are being invoked by both sides in this showdown.... Read more

Chuck Eller is worried that people think he's closed his business. Rumors began swirling two years ago, after a possession-purging yard sale and the acquisition of a sizeable motor coach, followed by a 3-and-a-half-month "vision quest" journey with wife Ava. Then there was that purchase of land in San Pancho, on the Pacific coast of Mexico, and the fact that his Charlotte sound-recording studio and the home attached to it were on the market. The properties were taken off for a while, but then suddenly sold. Partly.... Read more

The holy trinity of energy management - conservation, efficiency and renewables - can be illustrated in terms of a common household lamp: Conservation means shutting it off; efficiency means fitting it with a compact fluorescent light bulb; and renewables means installing a solar panel to power it. Off-grid houses usually combine all three methods.... Read more

VERMONT -- Brian Thompson had visitors at his Charlotte home last Saturday -- 45, to be exact. His house, which uses a wind turbine and solar panels to generate the energy that runs his appliances, lights and hot water, was one of five stops on the Greater Burlington Renewable Energy Guided Tour. "On a day like today," Thompson said, indicating the brilliant sunshine and steady breeze, "my electric meter spins backwards."... Read more

A soft knock on the door of the recording studio in Chuck Eller's Charlotte home sets off his two Cairn terriers, Ruby and Bing. I flinch at the sudden disruption to a recording session inside, then instantly recognize my own naïvete. Obviously, no one can hear the barking dogs from inside a soundproof room Ñ or my knocking, for that matter.... Read more