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Home / Northeast Fruit Grower's Journals & Logs / Northeast Farmers’ Journal

Category: Northeast Farmers’ Journal

Posted on February 8, 2017 January 28, 2018

Reading as Meditation

Written by
Todd Parlo
Posted in
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 28, 2018

Coppice or Pollard

Written by
Todd Parlo
Posted in
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

Written by
Todd Parlo
Posted in
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 September 14, 2016 January 28, 2018

New for 2017

Written by
Todd Parlo
Posted in
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 !

Written by
Todd Parlo
Posted in
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 January 7, 2016 January 28, 2018

Branching Out Article

Written by
Todd Parlo
Posted in
Northeast Farmers' Journal, Northeast Fruit Grower's Journals & Logs

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

Written by
Todd Parlo
Posted in
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…

Written by
Todd Parlo
Posted in
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

Written by
Todd Parlo
Posted in
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

Written by
Todd Parlo
Posted in
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’

Written by
Todd Parlo
Posted in
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 5, 2015 February 7, 2018

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

Written by
Todd Parlo
Posted in
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 27, 2015

Scionwood

Written by
Todd Parlo
Posted in
Northeast Farmers' Journal, Northeast Fruit Grower's Journals & Logs, Walden Heights..."Captain's Log"

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 2, 2015

HMO Transfer

Written by
Todd Parlo
Posted in
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

Written by
Todd Parlo
Posted in
Northeast Farmers' Journal, Sustainable Farming and Organics

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 23, 2015

Newly Grafted Trees

Written by
Todd Parlo
Posted in
Apple Miscellaneous, Apple Planting and Care, Northeast Farmers' Journal, Tree Miscellaneous

Young grafts should be treated closer to vegetable starts than to trees. A nursery bed for that first year, at least, is required. Although the tree will require different environmental and nutritional needs than an annual, they do need the … Read more

Posted on February 17, 2015 January 28, 2018

Ask the Farmer : Tree Irrigation ?

Written by
Todd Parlo
Posted in
Apple Planting and Care, Northeast Farmers' Journal, Tree Miscellaneous

Do you see many orchards around here choosing to irrigate?

Irrigation of course, can mean a lot of things. What is being asked here I think is whether or not a constructed system is put in place to deliver the … Read more

Posted on February 15, 2015 January 28, 2018

Phosphorus for the Rest of Us

Written by
Todd Parlo
Posted in
Northeast Farmers' Journal, Sustainable Farming and Organics

Phosphorus, a much needed macronutrient in plant health, is yet another resource mismanaged in modern agriculture. Traditionally, farm and even municipal wastes were returned to the growing lands to be recycled into the ecological chain. Present in respectable amounts in … Read more

Posted on February 14, 2015

GMO Apples for America

Written by
Todd Parlo
Posted in
Northeast Farmers' Journal, Northeast Fruit Grower's Journals & Logs, Walden Heights..."Captain's Log"

The USDA approved on this day, Feb 13, 2015, the first genetically modified apples for sale and growing in the United States. The two  varieties under the trademarked moniker ARCTIC, are variants of Granny Smith and Golden Delicious. The new … Read more

Posted on October 28, 2014 January 28, 2018

Quality receives its accolades : The Jam Man is jamming

Written by
Todd Parlo
Posted in
Northeast Farmers' Journal, Walden Heights..."Captain's Log"

Congrats to Michael Fraley, owner and crafter behind the Green Jam Man label. Michael is a finalist for the prestigious Good Food Awards, from nearly 1500 applicants across the country. We are proud not just to have another Vermont foodie … Read more

Posted on October 16, 2014 January 28, 2018

Apple news in Vermont from Digin Vt

Written by
Todd Parlo
Posted in
Northeast Farmers' Journal

Blog – Food news from all across VT


1 October 2014 – by Helen Labun Jordan

It’s Apple Season!

Category: Seasonal Activities

Tags: u-pick, orchards

Have you gone apple picking yet?  Enjoy the beautiful orchards and the beautiful fall … Read more

Posted on January 11, 2013

2014 Call for membership

Written by
Todd Parlo
Posted in
Northeast Farmers' Journal
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We are making a more active effort to put together a northeast kingdom growers network to exchange ideas. If interested, please email us through the CONTACT box on the website. No fees, no pressure.… Read more

Posted on January 25, 2012

Fruit growers group

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Todd Parlo
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Northeast Farmers' Journal
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After much talk we are ready to spearhead a regional fruit growers group. We are in the early stages, so input concerning its structure from you folks would be helpful. It will be centered on both practical aspects and education, … Read more

Posted on January 24, 2012

Broken Limbs

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Todd Parlo
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Northeast Farmers' Journal
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We just finished watching this wonderful documentary and had to give it our highest recommendation. If you are at all interested in the complicated plight of our current food system, this is a must see.  To get a copy go … Read more

Posted on December 15, 2010 January 28, 2018

Triassic

Written by
Todd Parlo
Posted in
Northeast Farmers' Journal, Northeast Fruit Grower's Journals & Logs

Victim of the conventional food system in the triassic.… Read more

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