old farm boy

How many here are aware of this "organization" and it's history? It's soirees into Jefferson County, especially Falls Creek and the Tannery?

4 hours ago, Bub said:

You gotta be careful bringing  in raw manure. You could end up with weeds  you never imagined in your garden before. I speak from experience so good luck! 

I know, this manure will be piled up and other compost added to it

Anyone know where I can get manure? Preferably cow, horse or chicken. Looking for a pick up load or two, delivery would be great....I'm no spring chicken anymore Also looking for hay/straw. Going to try lasagna gardening this year. It's supposed to be weed free, my old back loves that idea!!

In the early 60's  a neighbor kept sulky horses there. I can remember a few times in late fall/early spring that we got heavy rains and we had to get the horses out of the barn. Very swampy back then.

16 hours ago, WMJ77 said:

well yea.....dads freak out and are useless

Hey now

My paternal grandmother died of this. My father was also very sick with it at the time but survived. He was 6.

On 7/20/2017 at 2:56 PM, Lyndsey33 said:

Mine is back to where i have to scroll to see the last thing posted. It was automatically taking me there but doesnt now. Anyone else having this issue or is it just mine?

Mine is also not going to "last post read"

Love the pics of the Daugherty mine, it was not far from the old Beechwoods school and church. Also just over the hill from our farm. My best friend growing up was a Daugherty, we spent a lot of wintery Saturdays delivering coal to DuBois and surrounding area homes, shoveled a lot of coal in those days. The coal from that area down to Westville was very high quality, some of it was chosen to fire the Queen Elizabeth on her maiden voyage.

old farm boy:  What window do you keep them in?  North , south, east or west?

I only have one window suitable for house plants (basement apartment) and it's on the north. I do have a two tier plant light system though.

Very nice! I've never tried orchids, always been afraid because people say they're hard to grow. I do have good luck with African Violets though!

So am I correct in assuming that hostas should be divided in the fall. I have quite a few that have become medium size bushes!! Would like to transplant along a shady tree line. Any hints on how to divide will be greatly appreciated, thanks in advance.

With the high cost of razor blades anymore, I use mine till it starts pulling whiskers instead of shaving them!!

Me....*raises hand*

why should a gardener at his own home have to fence off his garden to keep the PA. game commission's little pets out of it?

Any frost protector touching the plant will allow the plant to be frosted, you need to have a layer of air between the plant  and the protection!

 

nah.....ya think?? 8)

just a guess on my part   ;D

 

Old Roosters become mean, lazy and pretty much useless in old age.

 

They strut around yelling at all the other chickens trying to tell them how to think, talk and feel.

 

At this point Old Roosters need butchered.

 

lol.......methinks there's some sarcasm there and maybe a lightly hidden message ;D

No deer or groundhog  damage  I have a fence around the garden plus I have no groundhogs in the area. It does look like something ate it but I don't think so because they started out wilting and progressed to this stage. I figured the fly was just taking a breather and landed there to rest but thought I would take a pic anyway. I was thinking some kind of root fungi or virus. Thought I would get others opinion and see if they have had this happen. Mostly sweet peppers are affected. The other thing I failed to mention is the peppers on some of these plants are mushy as well and wilting.

How high is the fence? Deer can  easily jump over a 5-7 foot high fence. The best deer fence I've seen is 6 foot high, with another section on top angled outward...but it's expensive!!

There are still a lot of perennials, tomatoes, but no peppers although I had seven trays to start out with.  No garden veggies to speak of.  Lots of annual flowers.

Glad I got there early yesterday, I was able to get some of the "Keystone Peppers", which I wanted to try! Also got to meet Petee, a very knowledgeable plant lady!

I'll guess April, 1945....flag at half-mast for FDR......shrubbery is not yet in full bloom so might be spring....car is 40's or early 50's I think, but more likely mid 40's

And yeah...what's the prize for guessing correctly? :X