Monday, August 7, 2000
"Not in my backyard," read a recent "Journal" article about the proposed trail that would connect Spring Valley to the Root River Trail system. "Not in my backyard," say the neighbors of the Reiland dairy farm and the Mi
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"Where Fillmore County News Comes First"
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The Blight is Everywhere
Comments
Monday, August 21, 2000
Can we talk enough about Tomato Blight? I don’t think so. Up until last week I was so full of myself. Oh no, I had added compost and mulched and done all the right things, you all had blight, but not me. But I have been humbled. The Blight is everywhere, (except for one of my neighbors who has no blight, but he has no fruit yet either.) So without being redundant here is everything you ever wanted to know about blight, but were afraid to ask.
What is Tomato Blight?
Firstly, there is Early Blight and there is Late Blight. Early Blight is characterized by concentric rings of dark brown or black leaf spots that form a target. Leaves will go brown and wither. This disease usually shows up mid- to late- summer.
Late Blight shows up when the nights are cool and the days are warm and things are really wet. Plants look like they have frost damage. It usually comes on fast. In a matter of a few days the leaves will look water-soaked and may have a white downy fungus growth on the underside of the leaves. Fruit may also be injured and may have large, wrinkly, discolored dark spots that look like the tomatoes were frozen.
Both are fungal diseases that can be soil borne or wind-borne. But there is more. Another common disease of tomato is Septoria Leaf Spot. This is also a fungal disease and is very similar to Early Blight. Septoria Leaf Spot usually doesn’t show up until after fruit set but Early Blight can show up anytime. And like Early Blight it can defoliate an entire plant. Now to look at a tomato plant and see the leaves covered in dark spots, going yellow then brown and always working it’s way from the lowest leaves upward you could have either the Early Blight or Septoria Leaf Spot. To tell the difference you have to look closely at the spots themselves. The spots of Early Blight as we mentioned have a target pattern, they form rings of dried tissue and can show up anytime. The spots formed by Septoria Leaf Spot are smaller, more numerous and usually have white or grey centers.
So what can you do? Fellow M.G. Opal Schrock recommends total removal of all infected plants and I agree. Anytime you are dealing with a fungal disease every little spot is a spore-producing factory spreading more and more fungus. Once you have signs of blight there isn’t a lot you can do.
As you plan your garden for next year don’t plant tomatoes or other nightshade family members including potatoes or .....
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Can we talk enough about Tomato Blight? I don’t think so. Up until last week I was so full of myself. Oh no, I had added compost and mulched and done all the right things, you all had blight, but not me. But I have been humbled. The Blight is everywhere, (except for one of my neighbors who has no blight, but he has no fruit yet either.) So without being redundant here is everything you ever wanted to know about blight, but were afraid to ask.
What is Tomato Blight?
Firstly, there is Early Blight and there is Late Blight. Early Blight is characterized by concentric rings of dark brown or black leaf spots that form a target. Leaves will go brown and wither. This disease usually shows up mid- to late- summer.
Late Blight shows up when the nights are cool and the days are warm and things are really wet. Plants look like they have frost damage. It usually comes on fast. In a matter of a few days the leaves will look water-soaked and may have a white downy fungus growth on the underside of the leaves. Fruit may also be injured and may have large, wrinkly, discolored dark spots that look like the tomatoes were frozen.
Both are fungal diseases that can be soil borne or wind-borne. But there is more. Another common disease of tomato is Septoria Leaf Spot. This is also a fungal disease and is very similar to Early Blight. Septoria Leaf Spot usually doesn’t show up until after fruit set but Early Blight can show up anytime. And like Early Blight it can defoliate an entire plant. Now to look at a tomato plant and see the leaves covered in dark spots, going yellow then brown and always working it’s way from the lowest leaves upward you could have either the Early Blight or Septoria Leaf Spot. To tell the difference you have to look closely at the spots themselves. The spots of Early Blight as we mentioned have a target pattern, they form rings of dried tissue and can show up anytime. The spots formed by Septoria Leaf Spot are smaller, more numerous and usually have white or grey centers.
So what can you do? Fellow M.G. Opal Schrock recommends total removal of all infected plants and I agree. Anytime you are dealing with a fungal disease every little spot is a spore-producing factory spreading more and more fungus. Once you have signs of blight there isn’t a lot you can do.
As you plan your garden for next year don’t plant tomatoes or other nightshade family members including potatoes or .....
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"Please Don’t Touch the Rattlesnakes!"By John LevellMonday, August 21, 2000
Rattlesnake! The single word most likely to elicit a response from those who live or play along the Root River State Trail, especially during these more temperate, ple .....
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Rattlesnake! The single word most likely to elicit a response from those who live or play along the Root River State Trail, especially during these more temperate, ple .....
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Further tales of White Beaver
Monday, August 21, 2000
A few weeks ago I wrote a feature article in the Journal regarding the historical origins of Lanesboro’s Buffalo Bill Days, (It all started with White Beaver, July 31, 2000). Due to the usual constraints of space, the f .....
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A few weeks ago I wrote a feature article in the Journal regarding the historical origins of Lanesboro’s Buffalo Bill Days, (It all started with White Beaver, July 31, 2000). Due to the usual constraints of space, the f .....
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Cars
Monday, August 14, 2000
My grandfather on my father’s side was quite mature when I was born. I’m sure he must have been almost seventy. I don’t think that I got to know him very well before he passed on. He wasn’t the type to bounce you on his .....
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My grandfather on my father’s side was quite mature when I was born. I’m sure he must have been almost seventy. I don’t think that I got to know him very well before he passed on. He wasn’t the type to bounce you on his .....
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A conversation about farming
Monday, August 14, 2000
A farmer friend of mine, who has been milking cows for the past 30 years, was recently lamenting the fact that all of his immediate neighbors no longer milk cows for a living.
“The valley used to be full of dai .....
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A farmer friend of mine, who has been milking cows for the past 30 years, was recently lamenting the fact that all of his immediate neighbors no longer milk cows for a living.
“The valley used to be full of dai .....
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The Country Squire
It seems as though it was yesterday but it has been al-most ten years since I retired. As a matter of fact, I can barely remember what it was that I did for a living. I can remember how I well I prepared for my retirement. I bought books on the birds
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Journal Profile # 77
Name: Pat Hudella
Home: Carimona
Age: 56
Profession: Retired Medical Secretary
Family: Husband Roger; 2 daughters, Laurie & Bonnie; 6 grandchildren
Hobby/Interests: Reading, watching the many b .....
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Home: Carimona
Age: 56
Profession: Retired Medical Secretary
Family: Husband Roger; 2 daughters, Laurie & Bonnie; 6 grandchildren
Hobby/Interests: Reading, watching the many b .....
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Peach Pecan Pie
1/4 cup soft butter or Oleo
1/4 cup sugar
2 tablespoons flour
1/2 cup light corn syrup
1/4 teaspoon salt
3 eggs
1/4 tsp vanilla
1-1/2 cups diced fresh peaches
1 unbaked pie shell
• Cream together the butter, sugar, and flo .....
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1/4 cup sugar
2 tablespoons flour
1/2 cup light corn syrup
1/4 teaspoon salt
3 eggs
1/4 tsp vanilla
1-1/2 cups diced fresh peaches
1 unbaked pie shell
• Cream together the butter, sugar, and flo .....
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