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Recent Resources
- Sunflower Cover Crop for Pollinator Habitat, Soil Health, and Agritourism
A Case Study: Rich and Connie Hourihan, Cabot Smith Farm Background Cabot Smith Farm in Cabot, Vermont has been owned and operated by Rich and Connie Hourihan since 2001. They grow 80 acres of wholesale vegetables and 4.5 acres of pick your own berries. Many of the farm’s crops are dependent on or enhanced by …Continue reading “Sunflower Cover Crop for Pollinator Habitat, Soil Health, and Agritourism”
- Vermont Vegetable and Berry News – June 1, 2026(Underhill) A cool and damp spring pushed the sweet corn schedule back about a week. We’re trying some transplanted and direct seeded in bioplastic this year to try to get corn sooner than August. The transplants are looking good so far. Pumpkin planting looks to remain on schedule after this next cool weekend. Some of …
Continue reading “Vermont Vegetable and Berry News – June 1, 2026”
- Grasshoppers in May? What’s going on? Usually, we think of grasshoppers as a summer or fall vegetable pest. That is why we were surprised to hear from a grower with a plague of them in his Vermont high tunnel in early May (Fig. 1). This grower had never noticed grasshoppers in the spring before but, this year the succulent new growth of his high tunnel cucumbers has been reduced to lacy shadows of their former selves (Fig. 2). Becky Maden has observed grasshoppers …
- Wild Hill Organics Blueberry Workshop
Thank you to our wonderful hosts Peggy and John at Wild Hill Organics! And thank you to everyone who showed up and contributed to the conversation- farmers, UVM Extension, NRCS, and Vermont Center for Ecostudies to the on-farm workshop on May 19th 2026 in Fairlee, VT. Please take a few minutes to complete a workshop evaluation at the following link, https://qualtrics.uvm.edu/jfe/form/SV_0jKs4hjCCgLTuHc … - Soil Compaction on Vegetable FarmsSoil compaction is causing trouble for many vegetable farmers, even if they don’t know it. That trouble may be in the form of reduced yields, excessive runoff and soil erosion, or an increase in root disease. Just because compaction is out of sight doesn’t mean it should be out of mind. Understanding Compaction Soil is …