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Hubby just gave away a grocery bag full of tomatoes this morning, and I have another to go tomorrow. We've been eating them for a couple of weeks. I will make some juice with some, but I quit making sauce. The black ...whatever...cherry tomatoes were first. I'm not crazy about them. So far we have done 2 bushel of beans and gave away one. Did 20 pints of beets so far, 15 doz ears of corn cut off and frozen. Stuffed and froze 60 peppers. We had a really good cantaloupe yesterday and have some nice watermelon soon ready. We planted 50 lb. of potatoes, so those will have to be dug soon. We've been eating them for a while. I think I took some pictures, perhaps I can post them sometime soon. We've been watering when nature didn't. We set up one of those big liquid holding tanks to catch rain water and with it being elevated a bit from the garden there is enough pressure to water with a hose.

Tomato plants are loaded. Got a few cherry tomatoes and one larger one ripe. There is a cauliflower ready to be picked that is 8-10 inches across. It is he nicest of the year. The early rain did in a lot of my plants.

Investigation looking into sludges as part of Greentree landslide by Kody Leibowitz Friday, August 18th 2017 The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection is still looking into what caused the landslide that killed William Pierce, and the cracks that developed at the site. (WJAC) KERSEY – For the most part, we know what goes into a landfill. Food scraps, paper, plastics -- it’s trash. That’s what we throw in our dumpsters. What we don’t see, though, are sludges. Sludge can be described at times like top soil. Other times, it's a wet, mud-like product. One investigation continues into the February collapse at Greentree Landfill. The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection is still looking into what caused the landslide that killed William Pierce, and the cracks that developed at the site. OSHA finished its investigation in August, but back in April, DEP officials confirmed that sludges are a part of its ongoing investigation. The department won’t say to what extent sludge may be involved, only confirming a few details, including that it’s “reviewing the composition and handling of these sludges.” According to DEP officials, sludge should be mixed with incoming waste and garbage and spread on the current working face to insure structural stability. John Shoeman is the plant operator at the Logan Township Treatment Plant. His job is getting clean water back out to his local community. The byproduct of that process is sludge. Shoeman said waste comes into the plant, it’s processed and by day’s end, a portion of the waste is removed and sent to anaerobic digester tanks. The sludge stays in the tanks for about six months at a time. Then, the sludge is pressed and hauled off to a landfill. Sewer manager David Pozgar said in Logan Township’s case, their sludges are usually hauled to Greentree. Except this year, they weren’t because of the landslide. “Because of the problems this year with Greentree, we had to press and hold a box in here for two weeks before we could even send it,” Pozgar said. The DEP approved a special permit for Logan Township to give sludge annually to Greentree in 2013, according to the most recent DEP documents. Pozgar said his plant produces 320 tons of sludge a year. He said the Township pays the landfill about $18,000 to take in the sludge. That total tonnage is part of at least 173,000 tons of new sludge that Greentree took in since January 2013, numbers compiled from state records show. On Monday, an OSHA spokesman said they evaluated sludge intake procedures as part of their investigation. On Tuesday, another spokesperson provided additional details, saying, “Blending sludge material and solid waste was supposed to be part of a regular procedure for receiving sludge at the landfill. However, during the course of the inspection, it was determined that the procedure may not have been followed for every single delivery of sludge material, and/or the procedure may not have been correct.” After the collapse, state records show Greentree cut sludge intake into the landfill to 92 tons. That was March 13. A month later, DEP officials said Greentree temporarily stopped bringing in municipal sewage sludge. In June, the DEP allowed Greentree to resume accepting sludge. DEP officials said waste must be “disposed in a new cell away from the cell where the landslide occurred.” The DEP investigation is ongoing. DEP officials have not determined what caused the landslide, only saying they are looking at sludges as part of the investigation. As for OSHA, they did not pinpoint an exact cause of the landslide, saying it was likely a combination of events. SEE VIDEO REPORT; http://wjactv.com/news/local/investigation-looking-into-sludges-as-part-of-greentree-landslide

Well, I went to the garden tonight and lo and behold hidden inside of a 4' plant, I found the first ripe tomato, hubby and I split it, delicious! We also have maybe 10-12 that are starting to ripen, yeah!!!!!