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New Gardening NG!
Pgh.gardening is designed for Western Pennsylvania gardeners and is
sponsored by the Penn State Cooperative Extension in Pittsburgh! We would enjoy hearing from you! |
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New Gardening NG!
On Mon, 05 May 2003 12:09:52 -0400, George Wolf
wrote: Pgh.gardening is designed for Western Pennsylvania gardeners and is sponsored by the Penn State Cooperative Extension in Pittsburgh! We would enjoy hearing from you! What counties do you include in 'Western Pennsylvania' ? We're right on the middle of PA's east-west axis and I never know whether we're in Western PA or Eastern PA. Thanks. Pat |
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New Gardening NG!
Pat:
Are you also in zone 6A? George From: Pat Meadows Newsgroups: rec.gardens.edible Date: Mon, 05 May 2003 13:17:54 -0400 Subject: New Gardening NG! On Mon, 05 May 2003 12:09:52 -0400, George Wolf wrote: Pgh.gardening is designed for Western Pennsylvania gardeners and is sponsored by the Penn State Cooperative Extension in Pittsburgh! We would enjoy hearing from you! What counties do you include in 'Western Pennsylvania' ? We're right on the middle of PA's east-west axis and I never know whether we're in Western PA or Eastern PA. Thanks. Pat |
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New Gardening NG!
On Tue, 06 May 2003 09:50:20 -0400, George Wolf
wrote: Pat: Are you also in zone 6A? No, we're in Zone 5, but with a microclimate much more in line with Zone 4 because of our altitude. We're in the Appalachians, at about 1500 feet - Tioga County. Maybe I'll read it anyway. Pat |
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New Gardening NG!
Pat:
Sorry to cut my response short last time! You're certainly welcome! Please respond on pgh.gardening so that we can get things started. I would also appreciate if you point you other gardening friends in our direction. I have access to Penn State Certified Master Gardeners and graduate horticulturists who can be helpful! By the way, in your zone, when do you usually start planting? George From: Pat Meadows Newsgroups: rec.gardens.edible Date: Tue, 06 May 2003 11:33:19 -0400 Subject: New Gardening NG! On Tue, 06 May 2003 09:50:20 -0400, George Wolf wrote: Pat: Are you also in zone 6A? No, we're in Zone 5, but with a microclimate much more in line with Zone 4 because of our altitude. We're in the Appalachians, at about 1500 feet - Tioga County. Maybe I'll read it anyway. Pat |
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New Gardening NG!
On Wed, 07 May 2003 09:02:17 -0400, George Wolf
wrote: Pat: Sorry to cut my response short last time! You're certainly welcome! Please respond on pgh.gardening so that we can get things started. I would also appreciate if you point you other gardening friends in our direction. I have access to Penn State Certified Master Gardeners and graduate horticulturists who can be helpful! By the way, in your zone, when do you usually start planting? (Sending this to both rec.gardens.edible and pgh.gardening - BTW, I can't read pgh.gardening yet - my newsgroup provider hasn't picked it up yet - hopefully they will soon, if not, I'll write to them to request it be added.) Our 'last frost date' (theoretically!) is around June 1. We've only lived here (Tioga County, PA) two years and both years we had killing frosts in mid-June. Our neighbors tell us that we (very seldom, fortunately) can expect frosts in July or August. First frost date is theoretically the first week in October. Both years we've lived here, it was in fact October 8. I've had stuff planted out for quite a while now - but it's frost-hardy stuff - lettuces, chard, various Chinese greens, broccoli, and broccoli raab. They're mostly in big pots, and we are able to drag the pots into the garage when it's going to be very, very cold. We missed a few times (the weather forecast wasn't correct), and my lettuces, chard, and Chinese greens have survived one night of 15 F and one night of 16 F. Some of the lettuces and Chinese greens are ready to eat now, we're enjoying them both. I planted out two green peppers this week: however, they are both in pots (able to be brought in) and protected by WalloWaters. This week, I planted out one tomato plant in the main garden, again protected by a WalloWater, and 12 lettuce plants went into the main garden - that's the beginning. It's slow going as we are also making raised beds this year (from tires) and there's a lot of work involved: one time work. This year will be very tough for us, most of our efforts this year are devoted to improving the soil, getting the raised beds built (many little round raised beds!), building a cold frame, and building a hoophouse. Next year's gardening - and subsequent years - should be very, very pleasant and easy by comparison. The main enemy of gardening here appears to be the short season, and cold nights even in summer. That and the fact that our 'soil' (hahahahaha!) is very very heavy clay. We're not so much 'amending it' as 'replacing it' with spent-mushroom soil that we bought. Pat |
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