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Home / Author: Todd Parlo

Author: Todd Parlo

Posted on February 8, 2018

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Posted on February 8, 2018 February 8, 2018

Anoka

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Mercer X Duchess of Oldenburg : selected 1918, introduced 1920. Anoka is a large apple with yellow skin striped and patched with red. A good apple for pies and sauce. Pick early for firmer piemaking. Only good fresh eating if … Read more

Posted on February 7, 2018 February 7, 2018

Walden Heights in the News

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New England Gardens Article 

Branching Out Article – Acres USA

Hunt for Cold Hardy Pears – Good Fruit Grower Magazine

Radio interview with Walden Height’s Todd Parlo

Apple Pie in Local Banquet

It’s Apple Season – Dig In Vermont… Read more

Posted on February 7, 2018 February 7, 2018

Species variety in the Orchard

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pear, grape, black locust, cherry, birch
elderberry, apple, aronia, maple, birch, plum, blueberry, juneberry, currant, raspberry, blackberry, herbaceous spp.
blueberry, Siberian pea shrub, plum, aple, pear, strawberry, maple, birch, spruce, rose, raspberry, blackberry, cherry, lilac, Saskatoon
Leo apple tree, Leo
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Posted on February 4, 2018

Haralson

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History : A Malinda cross, the pollen parent formerly thought to be Ben Davis, but DNA testing has shown that Wealthy is the likely pollen parent developed at the University of Minnesota. Selected in 1913 and released in 1923. Originally … Read more

Posted on February 4, 2018

Antonovka 1.5

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Tart yellow fall apple from Russia.… Read more

Posted on February 8, 2017 January 28, 2018

Reading as Meditation

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Todd Parlo
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Northeast Farmers' Journal, Northeast Fruit Grower's Journals & Logs

Ok, maybe not meditation really. I have been shuffling through some self help/mindfulness/zen musings a bit these days. It is the stuff of rural winters… rest, calm, and reflection. The trouble is, I really don’t like the methods of most … Read more

Posted on January 21, 2017 January 11, 2018

Hedge your bets by betting on your Hedge

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Todd Parlo
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Northeast Fruit Grower's Journals & Logs, Sustainable Farming and Organics, The Kitchen Sink


There are a lot of species out there being sold as hedges. That is all well and good, but the truth is, a good deal of woody plants, including trees, can work nicely in this respect even if they haven’t … Read more

Posted on January 21, 2017 January 28, 2018

Coppice or Pollard

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Northeast Farmers' Journal, Northeast Fruit Grower's Journals & Logs, Sustainable Farming and Organics, The Kitchen Sink

alder coppice                            photo by Cat James

These will be new words for many of you. These are age old methods for being able to continuously harvest a woody plant. In most cases this really means a proper tree. Some species … Read more

Posted on January 14, 2017

New Classes at Lazy Mill

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Northeast Farmers' Journal, Northeast Fruit Grower's Journals & Logs

If you like what we do here at Walden Heights, you’ll likely be turned on by what our good friends are offering the next town ove

http://www.lazymilllivingarts.com/upcoming-workshops/

 … Read more

Posted on December 6, 2016 January 28, 2018

Organic Certification 2017

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Posted on September 14, 2016 January 28, 2018

New for 2017

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Northeast Farmers' Journal, Northeast Fruit Grower's Journals & Logs

 Fruit CSA    We will be offering a membership that will include fruit and fruit products from July through December, featuring apples, pears, apple cider, fruit juices, frozen berries and other fruit, fresh berries, and extras.  All products are certified organic … Read more

Posted on September 14, 2016 January 28, 2018

Attention Hard Cider makers !

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Todd Parlo
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Northeast Farmers' Journal, Northeast Fruit Grower's Journals & Logs

Attention hard cider makers !  We are making weekly pressings with a huge diversity of apple varieties for brewing. This is unpasterized and super fresh.

Ordering ahead of pickup is required. Use the contact box, or email [email protected]

7.00 gallon … Read more

Posted on February 13, 2016 January 28, 2018

Biochar – fact or fiction ?

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Northeast Fruit Grower's Journals & Logs, Sustainable Farming and Organics

Biochar is being touted as the latest silver bullet in both the agricultural realm and that of environmental stability. There is some evidence that the substance can improve productivity in poor soils, and as another (of many) temporary sequesterers of … Read more

Posted on January 7, 2016 January 28, 2018

Branching Out Article

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The following is a PDF of article in ACRES USA that included Walden Heights Nursery and Orchard.… Read more

Posted on January 6, 2016 January 28, 2018

Overstating the Organic Revolution

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Todd Parlo
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Northeast Farmers' Journal, Northeast Fruit Grower's Journals & Logs

Growing your own food may not just be a way to fill our plates more economically, it may be the only way to obtain healthy and sustainable food with certainty. While it is apparent that grocers now stock their shelves … Read more

Posted on January 5, 2016 January 11, 2018

Teen earthskill programs continue on…

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Northeast Farmers' Journal, Northeast Fruit Grower's Journals & Logs

A great experience to counter our current cultural desert. These guys are good friends and we highly recommend attending !… Read more

Posted on January 4, 2016 January 28, 2018

Natural Pools

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Northeast Farmers' Journal, Northeast Fruit Grower's Journals & Logs

After being intrigued by Butler’s ideas in a podcast I recently heard, I found the following introduction to producing an aesthetically pleasing and healthy alternative to a chlorinated swimming pool.

Natural Pool Manual Free PDF Version… Read more

Posted on October 12, 2015

Hard Cider Material

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Todd Parlo
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Northeast Farmers' Journal, Northeast Fruit Grower's Journals & Logs

We will have cider blends available for hard cider makers, but you need to pre-order. Email or call 802 563 3012… Read more

Posted on October 12, 2015 February 7, 2018

Cider Pressin’

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Northeast Farmers' Journal, Northeast Fruit Grower's Journals & Logs

Well over a hundred varieties have found their way into the blends adding to maximum flavor. It is all our fruit, all certified organic, all tree picked.

Available in half gallon plastic jugs for 5.00. Also available in nice glass … Read more

Posted on April 28, 2015

Walden Heights interview on WGDR

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https://waldenheightsnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Curse-of-the-Golden-Turnip-Apr-19-2015-Todd-Parlow-Walden-Heights-Nursery-Grafting-Fruit-NutTrees.mp3

Listen to the interview with Todd on “Curse of the Wild Turnip”, with Alan Lepage on WGDR.… Read more

Posted on April 5, 2015 February 7, 2018

F.H. King : Professor of Agriculture, Organic Pioneer

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Todd Parlo
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Northeast Farmers' Journal, Sustainable Farming and Organics

“Man is the most extravagant accelerator of waste the world has ever endured. His withering blight has fallen upon every living thing within his reach, himself not excepted; and his besom of destruction in the uncontrolled hands of a generation

… Read more
Posted on March 30, 2015 January 28, 2018

Evaluation of apple and pear varieties for cold humid climates under certified organic management

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Todd Parlo
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Sustainable Farming and Organics

The supporting tables and documents can be viewed by clicking: Pome Study Tables and Documents
 Made possible through a grant from the SARE (Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education)
Click to view the study as a PDF document

Summary

The aim … Read more

Posted on March 30, 2015 January 28, 2018

Pome Study Tables and Documents

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Sustainable Farming and Organics

Table 1 – Tree Physical Characteristics

Table 2 – Bloom time Master Sheet

Table 3 – Dates of First Bloom

Table 4 – Dates of Full Bloom

Table 5 – Dates of Petal Fall

Table 6 – Fruit Scab Evaluation… Read more

Posted on March 27, 2015

Scionwood

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Scionwood is still available and will be until May 1st. Wood is dormant and in the cooler. This will be good news for latecomers, and those who want to do late spring bark grafting while topworking old trees.… Read more

Posted on March 3, 2015

Protected: Apple Test Results 2014

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Apple Miscellaneous, Tree Miscellaneous

This content is password protected. To view it please enter your password below:

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Posted on March 2, 2015 January 28, 2018

Record Breaking Cold in 2015

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The only thing that annoys me more than nay sayers  of global climate change (that’s right not global warming), are those ready to embrace some idea of a local warming trend. That is, with the newly restructured zone hardiness map … Read more

Posted on March 2, 2015

HMO Transfer

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Northeast Farmers' Journal, Sustainable Farming and Organics, The Kitchen Sink

To the question of whether or not GMO apples can transfer genetics to other apple specimens, the answer is, you bet. Any alteration in the dna of an organism is transferable through sexual reproduction. It should be kept in mind … Read more

Posted on February 28, 2015

GMO Update

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An update, for those interested in such things. That homey little biotech company (supporters of the new technology were loving this referral of the

tiny less than a dozen concern)…has…who’da thunk…been aquired. Yes, a week after the release of ARCTIC … Read more

Posted on February 25, 2015 January 28, 2018

Orchard Cleanliness Reduces Apple Scab

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Todd Parlo
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Apple Disease Management, Northeast Fruit Grower's Journals & Logs

The following was authored by Louis Lego of Elderberry Pond,  with assistance from Brian Caldwell of Cornell University.

Summary

Apple Scab is perhaps the most devastating of all disease or insect disorders impacting apple production in the Northeast. While there … Read more

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