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Happiness is Gold & Lavender

Season 9 Episode 902 | 26m 46s

This week, host Richard Wiese visits Golden Dog Farm in Vermont, where the owners’ motto, “Happiness is golden,” applies to everything from their wine and syrup to their pack of golden retrievers. Host and Yankee senior food editor Amy Traverso experiences the lavender harvest at Pumpkin Blossom Farm in New Hampshire, making lavender wreaths and sampling flower-infused treats.

Aired: 04/04/25
Distributed nationally by American Public Television
Extras
Visit Pickering House Inn, watch winter skiing in Maine and see Nantucket floral designs.
Visit Glazy Susan doughnuts, Mount Monadnock and Wozz! Kitchen Creations.
Explore Rockland, Maine, meet a glass artist and discover romantic home products.
See glamping in Maine, fishing in Connecticut and tour Duparquet Copper Cookware.
See Nubble Light in Maine, Boston’s famed North End and Vermont’s Farmhouse Pottery.
Visit Tanglewood, meet shopkeepers in Maine, surf cast on Cape Cod and more.
Bangs Island Mussels, Arethusa Farm and a visit to the Trapp Family Lodge.
Tanglewood music festival and an artists’ colony in Peterborough, New Hampshire.
Newport, Rhode Island and a classic New England general store.
A look at Nubble Light in Maine. Boston’s famed North End. Vermont’s Farmhouse Pottery.
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See glamping in Maine, fishing in Connecticut and tour Duparquet Copper Cookware.
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