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Vermont Town Meeting Day, March 4, 2025 - Speaking Out
Fruitlands is 50 miles from Quebec, Canada. We have a great admiration for Canada and its people. We have many college friends who live...
Dale Newton
Mar 41 min read
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November 10, 2024: Applesauce Day at Fruitlands
Applesauce Sunday at Fruitlands. Start to finish it will be about 4 hours. 80 lbs. of organic Cortlands. Most of this will be served to...
Dale Newton
Nov 10, 20241 min read
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We Love Bikers and Hikers Who Visit Fruitlands
We just said au revoir to our guests from Quebec City. They biked here from a round- about trip from Waterbury and are returning there...
Dale Newton
Aug 23, 20241 min read
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The Many Faces of Fruitlands July 27, 2024
Our flower gardens are in their glory right now. You are invited to visit and to walk around our gardens. You do not have to be a B&B...
Dale Newton
Jul 27, 20241 min read
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Biking Season in Vermont. Fruitlands Is Here to Help.
We had five guests last night, July 4th. The three fellows in the photo biked here from Newfound Lake in NH. 80+ miles. This morning they...
Dale Newton
Jul 5, 20242 min read
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We Tend This Garden...On This Father's Day
Brian McCandless, our guest this weekend at Fruitlands,, graced us at the Memorial Garden with several songs on his highland bag pipes....
Dale Newton
Jun 16, 20241 min read
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Bag Pipes and the Vermont Highland Games June 15
Brian McCandless is our guest at Fruitlands. He is both playing his bag pipes and teaching at the Vermont Highland Games today at the...
Dale Newton
Jun 15, 20242 min read
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Let the Show Begin
June 12 is still very early for flowers here at Fruitlands at 1,800'. There are, however, some early faces of joy. We are thankful that...
Dale Newton
Jun 12, 20241 min read
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June 6, 2024 - The Rhododendrons Are Lovely
This has been several years of TLC and sweat, but the 300' (34) rhododendrons are lovely this year. They are just about fully open. In...
Dale Newton
Jun 6, 20241 min read
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Early Morning at Fruitlands September 10, 2023
A cloudy morning brightened by the many faces at Fruitlands still holding on to summer and blossom season. The two apple photos show one...
Dale Newton
Sep 10, 20231 min read
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The Many Lily Faces At Fruitlands, July 31, 2023
Since our U Pick is closed today due to our being picked clean on Sunday and needing a day for ripening, there was time this morning for...
Dale Newton
Jul 31, 20231 min read
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Biking At Its Best In Vermont
Four gentlemen bikers from Central MA stayed with us last night. They had quite the adventure with the raging thunderstorms Friday...
Dale Newton
Jul 8, 20231 min read
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If You Are Biking Long Distance on the LVRT
One of the most exciting additions to the northern part of Vermont is the completion of the LVRT, the Lamoille Valley Rail Trail. At 93...
Dale Newton
Jul 2, 20231 min read
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Even -38 Degrees Can't Stop Them All
That one night of -38 this winter really killed off most of the buds on the rhododendrons, but we are thankful for what did make it....
Dale Newton
Jun 16, 20231 min read
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June 1, 1843...The First Fruitlands Is Born
On this day in 1843, a group of three adults and five children made its way from Concord to the town of Harvard. Their destination was an...
Dale Newton
Jun 1, 20231 min read
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Less is More - Nearly 50 Years of Pruning at Fruitlands
I can't think of a more fitting poem than this as I complete this spring's pruning tasks. When you look at an apple tree's structure...
Dale Newton
Apr 29, 20231 min read
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Another Part of Our Lives - The Origins of Vermont Plants Sunflowers for Ukraine Solidarity Action
Another day begins for VPSU. In being interviewed Monday by Rachel Hellman from Seven Days, Janet reminded me that this journey began in...
Dale Newton
Apr 23, 20231 min read
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Winter Sunrise at Fruitlands
These may be the shortest and darkest days of the winter, but lately we have had some stunning displays rising over the eastern...
Dale Newton
Jan 8, 20231 min read
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October 15 and the Colors Are Still Stunning
We were able to take another drive this afternoon to see how the hard rains and wind this week had affected the autumn colors. In the...
Dale Newton
Oct 15, 20221 min read
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Oct. 8, 2022 Autumn Colors in the Area around Fruitlands
These photos were taken today during a three-hour slow drive around the back roads in Peacham, Barnet, Danville, Walden, Greensboro, and...
Dale Newton
Oct 8, 20221 min read
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