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  • Field Report for April 22, 2026
    2026/04/22

    I will be including brief field reports in the feed through the growing season, featuring real-time reports from extension specialists in New England, New York, and the mid-Atlantic states.

    Pay close attention to where some of these reports are coming from because we’ll be covering a wide region and please reach out if you need help connecting with your local extension specialist wherever you are. We’ll get you hooked up with the right expert in your area!

    Leek moth information center

    https://www.uvm.edu/extension/leek-moth-information-center

    Allium Leafminer Factsheet

    https://cals.cornell.edu/integrated-pest-management/outreach-education/fact-sheets/allium-leafminer

    More information about cabbage maggot

    https://newa.cornell.edu/cabbage-maggot/

    https://cvp.cce.cornell.edu/submission.php?id=919

    https://extension.umaine.edu/ipm/ipddl/publications/5005e/

    More information about damping off

    https://extension.umn.edu/solve-problem/how-prevent-seedling-damping#:~:text=Low%20light%2C%20overwatering%2C%20high%20salts%20from%20over,are%20all%20associated%20with%20increased%20damping%20off

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    11 分
  • Kasi is a pillar of the community
    2026/04/20

    Kasi is a non-commercial farmer in Montana's Bitterroot Valley and a Granger!

    In this conversation we discuss what it takes to build community, what happens when winters get less wintery, and some insider information about the winter Olympics.

    Learn more about the Grange!

    Find my conversation with UNH Extension's Jeremy Delisle about what could go wrong when starting and maintaining a home orchard.

    Music: With the Homes, Sarah the Illstrumentalist; Patina, Ryan James Carr

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    35 分
  • Field Report for April 15, 2026
    2026/04/15

    I will be including brief field reports in the feed through the growing season, featuring real-time reports from extension specialists in New England, New York, and the mid-Atlantic states.

    Pay close attention to where some of these reports are coming from because we’ll be covering a wide region and please reach out if you need help connecting with your local extension specialist wherever you are. We’ll get you hooked up with the right expert in your area!

    Drought map for the northeast

    https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/CurrentMap/StateDroughtMonitor.aspx?Northeast

    Cabbage maggot temperature model

    https://newa.cornell.edu/cabbage-maggot

    Leek moth resource

    https://www.uvm.edu/extension/leek-moth-information-center

    Allium leafminer resource

    https://cals.cornell.edu/integrated-pest-management/outreach-education/fact-sheets/allium-leafminer

    Thrips on tomato

    https://blogs.cornell.edu/livegpath/gallery/tomato/thrips-and-their-feeding-injury/

    Ethylene damage

    https://vegcropshotline.org/article/ethylene-damage-on-tomato-2/

    Salt injury

    https://extension.psu.edu/dealing-with-high-soluble-salt-levels-in-high-tunnels

    Vern Grubinger's POTTING MIXES FOR ORGANIC GROWERS

    https://www.uvm.edu/vtvegandberry/factsheets/OrganicPottingMixes.pdf

    https://extension.psu.edu/potting-media-and-plant-propagation

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    12 分
  • Will has his eyes peeled for swede midge
    2026/04/13

    Will is an extension educator in northern New Hampshire and he's helping his growers manage a new and unusual pest attacking broccoli. We talk to experts in NH, ME, and VT to understand the state of the art in monitoring and management of swede midge.

    Vegetable IPM Reports for New Hampshire

    Watch the full interview with Dr. Tom Rounsville, Director, Applied Genetics and Genomics Lab at the University of Maine

    Summary of swede midge review article from Hodgdon et al. 2024

    Learn more about swede midge from this NYIPM resource

    Learn more about leek moth from the UVM resource

    Music: With the Homies, Sarah the Illstumentalist; Back at It, Mizlo; Patina; Ryan James Carr; Una Noche en Lagos, El Flaco Collective; Libertalia, Arc De Soleil; Snow Glow, John Runefelt

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    30 分
  • Kasi got her bingo bean seminkis
    2026/04/06

    Kasi is a non-commercial farmer in Montana's Bitterroot Valley, and she's been reading about Luther Burbank alongside a pile of seed catalogues. We discuss what makes crops "true to seed".

    Music: With the Homies, Sarah the Illstrumentalist; Libertalia, Arc De Soleil; Overture, Dozeoff; Can't Handle It, Ryan James Carr

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    29 分
  • Susan grows off-season
    2026/03/30

    Susan is a professor of agriculture at the University of New Hampshire. We discuss the ins and outs of growing in unconventional situations and talk spiders.

    Learn more about the Farm2You program at UNH

    Learn more about the research project Optimizing pest management in high tunnels to increase the resiliency of local food systems

    Learn more about pesticide regulation

    With the Homies, Sarah the Illstumentalist; Aquatic Flower Dance, Ryan James Carr; Oh Please; Gerhard Feng; Overture, Dozeoff; Talk 2 Me, Ryan James Carr

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    27 分
  • Kasi is interested in insect husbandry
    2026/03/23

    Kasi is a non-commercial farmer in Montana's Bitterroot Valley, and accidental grasshopper rancher. The ins and outs regarding the rearing and farming of insects is discussed.

    One of many popular ant forums can be found on Reddit

    Learn more about the Schmidt Pain Index

    With the Homies, Sarah the Illstrumentalist; The Doom and Gloom Choir, Luella Gren; Drinkin' & Jivin', TAGE

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    31 分
  • Caleb begrudgingly discusses plant sap
    2026/03/16

    Caleb Goossen joins us for a deep dive into the interplay between fertilization and pest severity.

    TL;DR Overfertilizing your crops might make some pest infestation worse, but underfertilizing won't solve all your pest problems.

    We review data from Laybourne & Aradottir 2022 and Nowak & Komor 2010.

    Music: With the Homies, Sarah the Illstrumentalist; Overture, Dozeoff; Riding High, John Runefelt

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    37 分