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    in Important Thread Archives

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    This just came across my news feed.

    ELK COUNTY, Pa. (WJAC) — Elk County Coroner Michelle Muccio announced one person died today from an accident Tuesday at the Greentree Landfill in Fox Township, Elk County.

    Muccio said a 56-year-old man was trapped between the back of a tractor trailer and a tipping device just after 3:00 p.m. She said the man was pronounced dead at the scene at 5:36 p.m.

    Muccio said the cause of death is blunt force crush injuries to the lower abdomen.

    Gardens

    in Go Gardening and Nature

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    2 hours ago, Lupara said:

    One zucchini. One stink'n  medium sized zucchini. Kind of funny when I think about how I try to give them away. Cucs were just fair. Same with summer squash. The peppers were as Steelnut described. I ended up with some on stunted plants. I'll follow Petee's advice on pepper growing in the future. Tomatoes were scary slow out of the gate. Loosened the soil around them in early to mid July and within a week they took off.  I ordered an old favorite green bean in early May. The Kwintus pole bean , a nice heavy yielding Roman style bean. Gave some seed to my bother years ago. Later that summer he told me that on two occasions passers by came into his backyard to ask what kind of bean it was. I ordered from Amazon. Checked the tracking in late May to find out it wouldn't arrive until June 17! So beans would be late. Here they were neither Kwintus nor pole beans. An Italian style though. Yields were lower.  What was harvested was enjoyed.One thing though, I didn't see a single Japanese Beetle this year, a first for this garden. All in all I'd give the season a well below average grade. Looking forward to next year.  :)

    Did you do anything special to not have seen Japanese beetles? Every year we're inundated with them, I'm not a violent person, but when it comes to beetles, those disgusting horn worms, snakes and anything NE Patriot.....I just get the urge to hit something :)

    Gardens

    in Go Gardening and Nature

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    Just an update on this year's garden, our tomatoes not good at all. And we've got one pepper out of 4 dozen planted. The cukes, green and wax beans, squash, beets, kohlrabi, turnips, onions and cabbage did great. I was worried at the beginning because something cut off one cabbage plant, but I kept putting crushed eggshells around them and saved the rest of them.  

    Peppers

    in Go Gardening and Nature

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    41 minutes ago, sapphire said:

    Zoodles! Steelnut introduced me to them. They are very good....with everything. 😊

    Lol, we just had them today with home made pesto, we absolutely love them!

    Back to the garden, everything but the peppers look great and are doing well. I'm just so puzzled about the peppers because for over 30 years, not one problem except before the electric fence, the deer loved to munch them. We used to give away 4 - 5 bushels every year after I made spaghetti sauce, pickled peppers, peppers in sauce, pepper relish, sub peppers, stuffed hot sausage peppers that we froze for the winter and I know I'm forgetting some things.... Now two years in a row they're terrible, frustrating!!!

    Peppers

    in Go Gardening and Nature

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    22 hours ago, Petee said:

    Do a Penn State soil test to see if the necessary nutrients are available to the peppers.  pH is important with them.  If it's off, then they can't absorb what they need even if it's already in the soil.  Also, prune the plants so there is no central stem above the second set of leaves.  That forces the plant to get down to business and grow fruit in stead of leaves.  

    You can buy a pH meter from Amazon, or you may be able to find one locally.  You will use it a lot once you set started and realize how much soil pH can be off for specific plants even when you fertilize and water well. 

    We've done the soil tests and all was well. We fertilize every year, so we're stumped. Two years in a row after so many years of beautiful pepper plants. I've read everything I can find and still can't figure it out. :( 

    Peppers

    in Go Gardening and Nature

    Posted

    Soooo, once again looking for advice. We've had a garden at our home since we bought it 30 years ago. Some years things go well, some years not so well. One thing that always, always did well was peppers. I usually plant 6 different varieties. Last year was terrible and this year is a repeat. Anyone else having pepper problems? TIA

    Cabbage Plants

    in Go Gardening and Nature

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    I am sorry to be constantly asking for advice and tips, but every year I seem to be finding new things that I want to learn about.

    So, I started planting cabbage made 7-8 years ago and I had heard about sprinkling egg shells around the base to prevent cut worms, slugs, whatever. It's always worked. I just finally got the rest of the garden planted on 6/4. I did the sprinkling of the egg shells, I checked today and two were cut right off at the base??? Any ideas on what would cross the egg shells and do this? Thanks so much!

    Oh and so far, the eggplant and kohlrabi that are in the same raised bed are okay.

    Gardens

    in Go Gardening and Nature

    Posted

    On 6/3/2019 at 9:53 PM, lavender said:

    I'm going to have the rest of it in by tomorrow. This is my third session between the raindrops.  I'm picking lettuce that I got in weeks ago while it was dry. I think that there are areas of the garden that I won't be able to plant this year because it is so wet. We plant too much anyway!

    I've got white and yellow peonies blooming. The pink ones will be out soon.  Check out the one in the walled bed at the corner of Second Ave. by Penn State. It is in full bloom. 

    We finally got the plants in yesterday! As to the peonies, once they finally start to bloom, they should be beautiful. As of this afternoon, no blooms.

    Gardens

    in Go Gardening and Nature

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    Anyone have their entire gardens in yet? I have no idea when we'll be able to plant the rest of our plants. I hate to complain when so much of the country is going through so much more hardship with the weather. :( We live in the country and in an elevated area with a long paved driveway. I looked out this afternoon and from the barn all the way through the yard and down the driveway looked like a flowing creek. I can't even imagine what those in low lying areas are going through. I just want one week with no rain. I told hubby that I'm planting on Wednesday if I have to put his fishing waders on. 

    Black Eyed Susan Vine

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    On 5/11/2019 at 9:22 PM, lavender said:

    Good luck with them! I'm back to using the ornamental sweet potatoes in the downtown pots. The black eyed Susan vines wanted to climb rather than dangle. They are pretty though. 

    They aren't my pictures but are from Hanzely's facebook page. Some nice picture there. 

    I fell in love with the sweet potato vines too, I make a hanging basket of them every year for the middle of our gazebo. I just freaking so love spring time and planting and watching everything grow! And I wanted to say a big thank you to you for all of the help you've given me over the years, so very much appreciated! :)

    Black Eyed Susan Vine

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    2 hours ago, lavender said:

    Hey steelnut,  these pictures are from Hanzely's greenhouse. Here are your black eyed Susan vines. Note the white ones. I've had mixed colors but don't remember ever having seen a white one. 

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    Thank you so much Lavender. I'll go out tomorrow. And I will threaten hubby dire straits if he dares to get rid of them again without saving the seeds. :)

    Edited: I forgot, I've had all colors in the past including white. I've been told that you don't know what color you'll get, I love them all!

    Watermelon Radish Seeds

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    19 hours ago, lavender said:

    I haven't seen them but you could check Lowes. They have the best seed selection I've seen so far this year. Also, check Amazon. Some of the shipping prices are reasonable and if you can find one that is Prime I'll order them for you and there will be no shipping cost. 

    Thanks Lavender, I did check Lowe's, but they didn't have them. I ordered some last night. But thanks so much for the offer, much appreciated! Now, crossing fingers that they'll do well.

    On another subject, will you have any black eyed Susan vines at your plant sale this year? After you told me a few years ago how to keep them to replant, that's what I've been doing. Then last year, I was gone for a day and hubby decided to be very helpful. He emptied all of my annual planters for me. But, he forgot about keeping the seeds, kernels, or whatever they're called. :) I couldn't be too mad, he did a great job of everything else!

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