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nonayobusiness wrote:
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> -- [ From: nonayobusiness * EMC.Ver #2.3 ] --
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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
I'd like to recommend that you get Mel Barthomew's Square Foot
Gardening.  It's a fabulous way to grow just what you need (avoid crazed
husbands drowning in zucchini).  There was PBS special years ago.  There
is lots of info on the web and even a square foot gardener's list.
Use this site to get info:
http://www.flinet.com/~gallus/index.html
ps in my experience jalapeno's do not turn red, use them green.
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