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
Category: Northeast Farmers’ Journal
Coppice or Pollard
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
New Classes at Lazy Mill
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
New for 2017
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
Attention Hard Cider makers !
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
Branching Out Article
Overstating the Organic Revolution
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
Teen earthskill programs continue on…
A great experience to counter our current cultural desert. These guys are good friends and we highly recommend attending !… Read more
Natural Pools
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.
Hard Cider Material
We will have cider blends available for hard cider makers, but you need to pre-order. Email or call 802 563 3012… Read more
Cider Pressin’
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
F.H. King : Professor of Agriculture, Organic Pioneer
… Read more“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
Scionwood
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
HMO Transfer
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
GMO Update
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
Newly Grafted Trees
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
Ask the Farmer : Tree Irrigation ?
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
Phosphorus for the Rest of Us
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
GMO Apples for America
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
Quality receives its accolades : The Jam Man is jamming
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
Apple news in Vermont from Digin Vt
Blog – Food news from all across VT
1 October 2014 – by Helen Labun Jordan
It’s Apple Season!
Category: Seasonal Activities
Have you gone apple picking yet? Enjoy the beautiful orchards and the beautiful fall … Read more
2014 Call for membership
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
Fruit growers group
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
Broken Limbs
Triassic
Victim of the conventional food system in the triassic.… Read more