New England Foliage Blog
Meet Jeff Folger, or as we call him, Jeff Foliage. Jeff is a Yankee reader just like you and a frequent contributor and moderator to our Foliage Forum. A big fan of both foliage and Halloween, Jeff lives in Massachusetts with his wife, Lisa, and is retired from the U.S. Air Force. A professional photographer, he won Yankee's first annual Fall Photo Contest in 2004. He welcomes your photo questions, as well as your best suggestions on where to view New England's greatest show on earth -- the fall foliage.
2009 fall foliage season comes to a close
Photo retrospect of the 2009 foliage season
December 20, 2009 at 11:50 AM | Post a Comment
Greetings Leaf Peepers!
This will be a short missive since today is the last day of Fall (If you ignore the 8 inches of the white stuff outside my window). Tomorrow at 7:10AM you can go celebrate the Winter solstice at Marblehead's Beach Bluff Park Sun Circle.
2010 fall foliage prediction by Jeff Foliage
Winter moth may take a bite out of tourism
December 15, 2009 at 11:41 AM | Post a Comment
Greetings Leaf Peepers! 6 Days until winter means 6 days of fall left!
Well I don't know how many of you found this year's fall foliage season but from my emails everybody was very happy with what they found from peepers in Israel to Wisconsin, everybody was happy. I myself give this year a 7 on the Jeff Foliage scale. The rain was for me a deciding factor and let's face it; given the choice to photograph on a sunny afternoon or a rainy one, most of us will take the sunny one.
How to find iconic fall foliage images
The yellow book of Vermont scenic locations
December 1, 2009 at 1:06 PM | 2 Comments | Post a Comment
Greetings Leaf Peepers! 20 Days until winter means 20 days of fall left!
If you have shots from this fall there are many places to show them off (besides your computer screen). First you can click on this link to go over to USA Today's On Deadline you can find instructions for submitting your fall picture. AND we would love to see them over on the
Are Sugar Shacks magnets for Fall Foliage?
A natural subject for fall pictures
November 23, 2009 at 11:47 PM | 2 Comments | Post a Comment
Greetings Leaf Peepers
One of the things that make a great fall foliage picture is a strong subject and without that you pretty much just have color which is wonderful to behold but if you want to take your photos to a higher level read on...
Fall foliage affected by weather in Sept/Oct
Yankee's Old Farmer's Almanac accuracy
November 16, 2009 at 11:14 AM | Post a Comment
Greetings Leaf Peepers
I was asked to rate the 2009 foliage season and compare it to the last few years. I've thought this over and I didn't consider it fair to just go by my observations. So I judged it by the photo results on Yankee's reader gallery to see how others reader's photos along with mine turned out. Great by the way...
