April 23, 2025
by Terence Bradshaw
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The recent warm weather has advanced apple bud stages significantly — we are at the half-inch green stage at UVM HREC and continued warm weather should keep things moving. I recorded a video at the orchard yesterday showing the bud … Continue reading
April 17, 2025
by Terence Bradshaw
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Join the University of Vermont Extension and Vermont Tree Fruit Grower’s Association at these hands-on field meetings at Yates Family Orchard in Monkton on May 8th and Wellwood Orchard in Springfield on May 9th from 4:30-6 p.m. We will discuss … Continue reading
April 15, 2025
by Terence Bradshaw
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I am trying out some 21st-century technology this week. First, I dictated my message while on my commute (with light editing), so the ‘writing’ style and length may be a bit different than folks are used to. Second, I recorded … Continue reading
April 6, 2025
by Terence Bradshaw
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I think burying my call for folks interested in receiving traps for orchard monitoring at the bottom of my first email last week left it unseen, so I’m resending on its own. Scouting season is almost here in Vermont orchards. … Continue reading
March 31, 2025
by Terence Bradshaw
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My longtime colleague and predecessor in this Extension role, Lorraine Berkett, always used to stress that “the growing season starts April 1”. By that she didn’t mean that we should be firing up sprayers by April Fools’ Day— although in … Continue reading
January 6, 2025
by Terence Bradshaw
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Happy New Year: I have news of two exciting educational opportunities coming up in the next few months. First, the Vermont Tree Fruit Growers Association will hold their 129th (!) annual meeting in conjunction with the UVM Fruit Program on … Continue reading
December 2, 2024
by Terence Bradshaw
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I have two ‘save the dates’ to get on your calendars for the 2025 winter meeting season: The Vermont Tree Fruit Growers Association / UVM Fruit Program 129th Annual meeting will be held at the American Legion in Middlebury, VT … Continue reading
June 19, 2024
by Terence Bradshaw
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Since the Vermont House of Representatives and Senate voted to override the Governor’s veto of H.706, An act relating to banning the use of neonicotinoid pesticides, I have received a number of questions about the bill’s impact on fruit growers. … Continue reading
June 15, 2024
by Terence Bradshaw
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Sorry about the delay in getting this out, graduating a kiddo from high school is more of an event than I’d planned. Anyway, there are a few orchard items I want to touch on. First and probably foremost, the heat … Continue reading
June 3, 2024
by Terence Bradshaw
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Passing this on from Mike Basedow at Cornell Cooperative Extension. -TB Weed Management Field Meetings June 20: Hudson Valley Mead’s Orchard 15 Scism Rd, Tivoli NY 12583 9am – 11:30am Join us on the morning of June 20th as we … Continue reading