lavender

It might help but there are a number of conditions that provide moss with good growing conditions. Moss does like a low pH and lime will raise that but perhaps not to the level that will kill the moss. If you get the pH too high other plants won't grow as well.  Moss also grows in moist, shady conditions. Trees may have grown up over the last 7 years and shaded the ground.  It will grow where the soil has a low nutrient content and other plants will not grow.  Have you fertilized and maintained the soil? You might want to check for these conditions and not just rely on liming the soil. 

One of their favorite hiding places is the pockets of fitted sheets. 

So is there an explanation for a boulder moving uphill other than the supernatural one? 

Who knows? I'm never sure where anything goes. It might be in the dimension to which all of the lost socks find their way.  

Yeah, we've lost some of the better ones over the years. Either Steve bans them or they go away mad. 

Very true. And y'all got a new pet monkey

When did eating ice cream get so complicated? 

My peppers and basil all have black leaf spot or just are stunted. Too much rain. I did spot one nice pepper today so I'm thinking that the larger bell peppers are going to set fruit.  Curling leaves can be caused by anything from insect damage to environmental stress. I agree with your solution. Since we won't starve if the pepper plants bite the dust the simplest thing is to pull them up. It's frustrating but not as time consuming as trying to save them. I did spray all the tomato plants this year for a fungus that has taken up residence in my soil and rots the stems of the small plants. It took care of the problem and the most amazing thing is that the tomato plants put out roots above the problem area on the stems after treatment. It is hard to kill a tomato plant. 

Looks as though the tomatoes will be fabulous. Lots of cukes. Fair crops of broccoli and cauliflower. Nothing much with the peppers and eggplant so far. Onions are larger than usual. I'll be trying the cardoon soon. Cabbage looking good. Odds and ends are doing well. 

Update on our garden. All is very well, the only problem this past week is that it rained everyday and we couldn't get into it. So we had some very large squash, green and wax beans. I'm so happy that it's doing so well, but to be honest, it's kicking my butt this year trying to keep up with everything  Here's hoping everyone is having a great garden!

I agree. Years ago someone told hubby to keep the crows away from the fruit trees, to shoot one and let it lay in the tree area because they wouldn't come around a dead crow. Yeah right!!! That one dead carcass brought all of the crows in a ten mile radius right to us.

I put that crushed bug spray to the test about 10 years ago when it was a semi-popular theory.  I had a terrible infestation of striped squash bugs in the garden. Overcoming the ick factor I collected a handful of them. I tossed them in an old blender container with some water and gave it a whirl. I strained the resulting mess and sprayed it on the squash. The the other striped squash bugs loved it. They came from miles around apparently thinking it was a family reunion. The only think I can think of is that I released pheromones that were  very attractive. My conclusion was that hanging a dead coyote might frighten off his kin and hanging a dead crow may have a similar effect but squished bugs just attract more bugs. It's kind of like hanging a Japanese beetle trap among the roses.  

No ticks on the dogs at all. The ducks will NOT eat Japanese Beetles or gypsy moth worms!!

I have some on my rose bush. I also have the ducks swimming pool on the top of the steps landing. I filled the pool one day with fresh water & the next day I had these weird bugs in it. My hubby said those are Japanese Beetles with the color taken out of them from the water.

We use Seven too, but this year it just wasn't working. Hubby got his spray yesterday and sprayed. I looked around this evening and all looks good. Fingers crossed

Seven dust works for me.  We have had fewer insects this year and no deer damage. (Knock on wood!) I don't know what is going on. I'm sure all the rain had something to do with it. Maybe this batch of deer don't like Asiatic and daylilies. 

I don't. I'll take off bottom leaves and plant more of the stem in the spring. This will encourage root growth. After that you only prune indeterminate tomatoes if you are going to do it at all.  Pruning determinate ones will lower your yield considerably. If you stake your tomatoes taking out the suckers will control the plant and perhaps increase the size of your tomatoes. It may also lower your yield. Late in the season some people top the tomatoes. If you take off the top it will no longer grow taller and will give the tomatoes on the plant a chance to ripen before the frost. Removing the side shoots will also increase air flow which might be a good idea if there is a lot of rain and high humidity that increases the chance of fungus diseases. It just depends on what your are aiming at. Highly controlled pruned plants are more likely to give you big, perfect tomatoes. Letting them grow will give you a higher yield 

That is those flea beetles. Seven takes care of them. The rain may not make much difference if that is what you are using. Either it sticks or it kills them off so quickly that it works despite being washed off. Gramps always said dust with lime but I never did think that worked. They will ruin the eggplant unless it grows so quickly that it replaces the leaves faster than they can turn them to lace. 

There is usually more than one way to do almost anything. There is no "my way or the highway" in gardening.  As Lyndsey pointed out sometimes it is a big rock.  Personally, I usually start with the simplest form and work my way up the scale.
 I grow the variegated form of Japanese knotweed,  Fallopia japonica 'Varigata", as an ornamental. It is a very pretty plant. I keep it under control by growing it in the shade. It doesn't grow as big or as rambunctious. 
If no other method works you could try eating it. 
Japanese Knotweed Crumble
Prepare a knotweed compote (similar to stewed rhubarb) by cutting tender spring
knotweed shoots, no longer than about 12"-18" (the thicker, the better; leaves removed)
into inch chunks. Steam till soft -- about 10 minutes. Add sweetener to taste -- perhaps
1/4 c. sugar per 2-3 cups of steamed knotweed -- and a squeeze of lemon juice. A drop of
red food coloring will give it a very appetizing look.
Mix equal parts flour and oatmeal, say 1/2 c.each, with a bit of cinnamon, some sugar and
a dash of salt. Cut in butter, 1/3 stick at minimum and more if you like a richer crumble.
Butter a baking dish. Put in the knotweed, cover with crumble mixture and bake in a
medium hot oven, 350 degrees, for a half hour or so. As you notice, measurements, times
and temperatures are variable. This basic technique is flexible and adaptable – just like
knotweed! Have fun, use up our invasives, and get something for nothing

The only way to get rid of an invasive plant that multiplies by rhizomes is to cut it back and put a tarp over it. It must have no holes in it and preferably be black. The heat helps kill the rhizomes. Spray any remaining foliage with glyphosate weed killer and watch the edges of the tarp for more plants creeping out. Kill them! Eventually the rhizomes will die. Whatever you do don't let it flower. 

The only way to get rid of an invasive plant that multiplies by rhizomes is to cut it back and put a tarp over it. It must have no holes in it and preferably be black. The heat helps kill the rhizomes. Spray any remaining foliage with glyphosate weed killer and watch the edges of the tarp for more plants creeping out. Kill them! Eventually the rhizomes will die. Whatever you do don't let it flower. 

The fungus feeds on dead or rotting wood so it doesn't actually cause the problem but it a sign that the tree or roots are bad.  It won't invade healthy wood.I agree with Petee and Lavender. I wouldn't use bleach on the soil. 

The world of fungi is weird and wonderful. I used to find this one along the fence of my veggie garden. It is known as dog penis fungus or less salaciously as dog stinkhorn (Mutinus caninus). They give them such great names. I don't know where that name came from but I have from a reputable source that when a mushroom guide was recently compiled the publisher insisted of common names for all of the 'shrooms. Some of them didn't have them as they were of no interest to anyone but the people who studied them so the person consulted made them up as he went along. He had a very whimsical imagination.  Here is the dog penis fungus

You might have buried Fido a little deeper there Lav.

Like Steelnut, I like Celebrity for eating and San Marzano for canning. Both grow under adverse conditions. I'm trying a cultivar of Celebrity this year it is called Celebration. Celebrity seeds are difficult to come by. I try something new each year also. This year beside Celebrity it is Maestro. I also saved seeds from the Kumato and we shall see if they are an open pollinated plant or a hybrid.