Good Morning everyone, I am finding a lot of seeds germinating in the garden. Right now I have a lot of Columbine Woodside Variegata coming up every where, these will either bloom pink or dark purple, the leaves are variegated light green and dark green. And I also have a few Keys of Heaven also germinating. If anyone is interested in these I will pot them up for the trade in September. They are growing nicely but I want to add mulch to the area they are growing and they need to come out. Thanks, Cathy

OK, I missed this. Opening of our camping season here at our backyard campgrounds on Berlin Lake, the stress and confusion of them drilling an oil well on our property about 100 feet from our house and the winding down of the school year (I'm a bus driver). Can't imagine how that happened. If anyone is game we do have ours coming up in Deerfield, Ohio on June 12th. Only about 40 minutes from the PA/OH line. Expecting about 2 dozen or so at the moment. Of course you never know one way or the other for sure. I have about a dozen GW traders interested and close to that many locals. Covered Dish Luncheon, Door Prizes, Silent Auction, Garden themed Craft Project and a local Soap Crafter all lined up. Let me know. Denice Let me know.

Hi Janette, nice to here from you. Our swap is shaping up nicely. We will need a covered dish of some kind, Linda is making Sloppy Joes this year, I will be bringing a side dish and the buns. I will also bring the plates and plastic ware. We will have everthing set up probably on Friday evening, that's when I plan on taking my plants down. We are probably going to do a door prize, like last year, everyone who brought something for a doorprize when into a hat and we picked that way. I need to come up with a door prize myself yet. I sure hope this weather cools down, I want to divide more hosta to bring. New ones this year, some of my large hosta I divided in the spring and they are doing great, they have been there pot all summer. See ya soon, Cathy

Like Lubadub I'm in central PA but I have difficulty responding to your post since I thought this was a good tomato season and I can't define a single variety of over 280 that I've grown this year that was not worth giving another try. There are a few hybrids and a few heirloom varieties that I really admire but nothing stands out as a failure. If you want any tomato to harvest before August you just need to plant earlier. I planted most of my tomatoes in high tunnels by late March and was harvesting by late May. I'm still picking although the majority of fruits I've picked lately are for the green tomato market. I'll likely pick for 2 more weeks and then call it quits. Didn't grow 4th of July this year but it was always one of the first (and last) to pick. That size tomato is just not a great seller for me. I'd probably like to try it again next year and mix fruits in with the BumbleBee series from Johnny's Seeds. I believe it would help to show those better in a display. Since you commented on Ghost peppers I will comment that they did not do well this year for me and from comments of a few people who bought plants from me they were not doing well for others. Larger fruited hot peppers and sweet peppers did well though. I'm still picking (from under fabric) and sales are going well. I guess in summary I'll admit that this was a cooler and wetter year than normal but I have little to complain about. I believe I'll aim to have another high tunnel in operation by next spring and possibly plant a few more heirloom varieties that don't have the typical hybrid appearance (Mortgage lifter just looks like another red tomato).