Late Blight

Posted on by mmholthoff

Hopefully this isn’t going to be a repeat of the late blight disaster of 2009. If you can’t remember what the symptoms of late blight look like, please go to the Cornell website for tomato/potato diseases or just google late blight.

http://forumhome.org/late-tomato-blight-confirmed-in-grafton-county-p-14697-149.htm

If you suspect any of your plants of having this fungus you can ask either Kathy, William, or Susan to have a look. Copper based fungicides are supposed to work to keep it at bay.

Sorry for the nasty news…. keep an eye on your plants.

 

Garden Clean-up

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Hello Everyone,

Sadly, another gardening season has come to an end, and the fences have to be rolled up and carted away. This year we’ve chosen Saturday, Nov. 9 at 10:00 am, with the rain date on Sunday, the 10th for the upper and lower gardens.

This has been a super growing season, and we’ve seen lots of beautiful produce coming out of both garden gates. Hopefully, next year will be even better. We’ll probably be working on a chilly morning, so dress appropriately…maybe an extra pair of warm gloves.

Dartmouth asks that all tall stakes, upright sticks and large stalks be removed, and that plots be relatively free of weeds.

 

Final Plastic Plant Pot Collection

Posted on by mmholthoff

This is the final plastic plant pot collection of the year on Saturday, Sept 21, 9-noon, Longacre’s Nursery.

Drop off your pots next to Susan Edwards’ woodpile by Friday of this week or at Longacre’s Nursery on Mechanic St, Lebanon on Saturday morning.  We have sent many pallets of densely packed pots to their ultimate destination (Michigan) where they are remade into garden products.  Thank you for all your plastic pot contributions, every little helps.

Any time you want to help collect, let me know, we love having volunteers.  We actually have fun and it doesn’t take much brain power or special skills!

No need to wash the pots/trays or flimsy multipacks, just tap free of dirt.

Organized by the Sustainable Hanover Committee

Summer Weather

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The Valley news published today an interesting series of graphs showing some weather statistics for the area.  Their data is from the Lebanon airport.  How does it compare to the garden?

Valley News Garden
Wettest day July 2 with 3.46″ July 2 with 1.73″
Total days with rain 42 days 33 days
Hottest summer days July 17 and 19 at 95° July 17 and 19 at 92°

summer weather graphs