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Hi. I'm new  to this list, and I  have a veg. garden in zone 6, New  City 
New York.  Since  I have only a little place that has enough sun, it is
long and skinny, because my kids won't let me expand into the place they go
sledding.  Maybe it's about 10'  x 22'  or something close to that. This
year, we have 3 jalapeno pepper plants that are covered with lots of
peppers, but they don't want to turn red.   Any suggestions?  We also have
4 California Bell sweet peppers, and they are in the same state.   There
are 10 tomato plants: the Sweet Millions are  bearing very well, but the 
big ones are just sitting there green, because the nights are always cool
this year.  I have some kind of non bitter cucumbers that were  bearing
VERY heavily, but I thought I didn't have to spray these because the cuke
beetles wouldn't be attracted to them, but they came anyway, and I think
there is some bacterial wilt hitting them.  (No big deal, I have a lot 
still in the fridge!)  My husband banned zucchini after last year, so I'm
growing some sort of yellow kind, which doesn't show up with such a
vengeance, so everybody is happy.  I have pole beans,  but I  had set up a
tent in the back yard to dry out after a rainy  trip, and even though it
was staked down, the wind picked it up and smashed it into the tepees. 
They look very  strange now, but are still supplying us with plenty of very
tasty beans.  We have some Little Finger eggplants, that were just OK.  The
red  sails lettuce and Oakleaf, are also okay.  Basil  (just the regular
kind) is excellent this year.   This year we experimented with sunflowers.
We have some that are  about 12' tall, and are starting to  bend over with
the weight  of the flower heads.  I already saw goldfinches checking them
out (making dinner reservations?)   I just got some horseradish,
strawberries, and rhubarb  from a neighbor who was moving, so I just sort
of stuck them in the ground, there.  I have some spinach growing for the
fall, it just came up about a week ago.  I have 10 cabbage seedlings in
pots for when  something in the garden finishes, and I'll try growing them
in the fall.  I have a big woodchuck problem here, and this year had to
deal with 7 of them!  My garden is fenced with  3' chicken wire that is
sunk into the ground.  Sometimes they can climb  over the fence, but this
year  there were no geniuses.  I'd be interested in hearing anybody else's
methods of dealing with  these varmints.  I would also be interested in
knowing of anybody's methods with dealing with municipalities who make
compost but seem to be unwilling to divulge any info about what is in it,
as far as residues of chemicals  that may be in  it from the yard waste
it's made from.  That's all!

		-Lauren
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