Finding Your Orchard

As some of yous may bring noticed the weblog of late got a makeover of sorts.  I had a lot of fun looking at the dissimilar templates they had available in addition to playing only about alongside fonts in addition to colors, but I wouldn't fifty-fifty pretend to know how to manipulate html codes.  I volition salvage that for an incredibly rainy day.  Among the changes, is the improver of some navigational links at the top of the page, which I promise volition assistance people to navigate to areas of involvement inside the blog.   One of the links leads to a purpose to a page that is non even then developed.  "Orchard Listings" is something I of late stance upwardly that I shout out upwardly would brand a squeamish improver to the blog.  My stance is to get-go a database of sorts, although initially it volition only last a long listing of orchards, alongside a brusque bio in addition to orchard info.  I realize the listing could last interminably long beingness every bit at that topographic point is a plethora of wonderfully unique orchards in addition to growers out there.  It occurred to me that a adept house to get-go would last orchards I am already familiar with.  This is where yous come upwardly in.  If yous bring an orchard or orchards in  yous cervix of the woods that yous adore, or ones yous are aware of through other channels ship me the refer in addition to information yous have.  I volition practice a footling of my ain enquiry if needed to circular out the bio in addition to add together them to the list.  You tin e-mail me here.  Alternatively yous tin only operate out a comment on this post.
My promise is that eventually a listing of orchards inwards numerous states in addition to bio-regions volition last accessible to people looking for a local beginning of fruit or a immature human grower inwards their area.  In the long run it is my promise that this listing could fifty-fifty serve to connect pickers alongside jobs in addition to apple tree enthusiasts in addition to educators alongside numerous learning opportunities.  Why non aim high?  I am interested inwards minor hobby growers or large established orchards, organic, sustainable in addition to conventional alike.  I shout out upwardly some of the most interesting places mightiness last something yous would never honor on a Google search, then I am depending on give-and-take of mouth.  Spread the word!

On a minute note, I attended the Hudson Valley Commercial Fruit Growers School yesterday.  The 4 24-hour interval school, 2 days of which are dedicated specifically to apple tree growing, is pose on past times the Cornell University Cooperative Extension.  I was surrounded past times apple tree growers, orchard managers, in addition to educators who seemed to embody a interesting amalgamation of professionals in addition to one-time farmers who had pose on their sun cloths for the occasion.  In betwixt speakers numerous conversations virtually pollinators, the latest pruning techniques or autumn foliar nitrogen applications could last heard only about the large conference room.
The information encompassed a broad arrive at of topics from reason in addition to foliage analysis in addition to integrated pest management to fruit marketing ideas.  It was an informative in addition to interesting glimpse into the  commercial apple tree growing industry.  I invention on going over my notes in addition to dissimilar publications I gathered acre I was there, hopefully finding some adept stuff for some upcoming posts.

In the meantime pose on your thinking caps!

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