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Temperature Comparisons in Southern New EnglandMay 12, 2016

One of the WeevilTrak sites we are monitoring is a charter member of the program, so we have eight years of data from Tumble Brook Country Club in Bloomfield...

Spring Arrives in Western MassachusettsApril 29, 2016

Spring is finally springing in western Massachusetts, and we began to see Forsythia in the "half green - half gold" (HGHG)stage earlier this week in many...

Playing the Waiting Game in Southern New EnglandMarch 22, 2016

The topsy-turvy temperatures of the past two weeks throughout the Northeast and the Mid-Atlantic regions have gotten a lot of people talking - talking...

Annual Bluegrass Weevils in MAJune 2, 2015

The warm weather of the past two weeks accelerated the development of the annual bluegrass weevil (ABW) in the Northeast even more than we had seen previously.

New England is Warming UpMay 15, 2015

The warm weather this past week pushed degree day accumulations and plant phenology very quickly in New England. We went from Forsythia "half green-half...

Degree Days are AccumulatingMay 7, 2015

Much of New England has enjoyed a slow start to the spring, with temperatures remaining well below the five year average. But the weather pattern shifted...

Annual Bluegrass Weevils in New EnglandApril 17, 2015

Annual bluegrass weevils (ABW) are finally on the move in New England. We visited a site about 20 miles from the University of Massachusetts campus earlier...

The Calm Before the StormApril 1, 2015

As spring-like conditions slowly make their way back into the Northeast, we can consider this the "calm before the storm". We have not yet accumulated...

Southern range: expect ABW movement soonMarch 16, 2015

Winter is finally showing signs of loosening its grip on the Northeast, in spite of this photo of the Watchdog monitor I maintain in my backyard.

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