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It certainly would be easier to put compost on my flower garden after I put my garden to bed - when I don't have to deal with annuals, seedlings, and sprouting perennials. But I'm concerned that my plants will get the wrong idea and think that it's spring and begin to grow just in time to get zapped by winter. Is autumn an okay time for compost? |
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- Posted by lazygardens PhxAZ: Sunset 13 (My Page) on Fri, Oct 8, 10 at 11:22
Autumn is absolutely excellent for adding a layer of soil improvements. It will be further decomposed by the snow and rain and in the spring you are ready to plant right through it. |
- Posted by tiffy_z5_6_can 5/6 (My Page) on Fri, Oct 8, 10 at 11:30
Ditto!! I do a lot of it now and it saves a lot of work in the spring. Your gardens will be better for it as all the nutients will be available to them in the spring. Right now they will use it to grow great root systems. I often heard of the "plants will get the wrong idea and think that it's spring" syndrome but have found it to be false after mulching my gardens with compost in the fall for the last few years. It has made a positive difference. :O) |
I don't put compost down in the fall because by spring it will be gone and the heavy winter rains will have leached alot of the goodness away. Additionally, it will encourage wood lice, millipedes, slugs and symphylans that are active year round. In my opinion, compost in the soil has a limited time-span of usefulness. So why start the clock ticking before you have to. Our winters are very wet and mild and my soil is somewhat sandy. If I put that compost out on the soil in fall, I figure I'm wasting alot of its utility. I even put a plastic sheet over the compost pile to keep it from leaching over the winter. I have tried it both ways, I will never compost in the Fall again. Disclaimer: I live in zone 8 with heavy winter rains, mild winter temperatures, sandy soil, and many soil-dwelling arthropods. You're local conditions are likely much different. |
I'm in zone 6b on the SE coast of MA and I always put compost down in the fall, along with lots of oak leaves and pine needles. Snow cover is erratic here and the fierce winter winds can really dessicate any exposed plants. Some kind of mulch is essential and compost adds nutrients to the mulch. In the spring I just have to be careful to remove some of it before the bulbs have to stretch too far. The top few inches then go back into the compost pile. Claire |
- Posted by lakeeriebeth 5 (My Page) on Fri, Oct 8, 10 at 18:15
Thanks for all your replies. I live on the edge of Lake Erie in Canada. My soil is mainly clay, and the winter winds are fierce, hopefully tamed by the snow cover. If I can still get compost, I think I'll try it!! Thanks again. |
Spreading compost now is a good idea,even though some people that do not understand soil processes think it is gone by spring. The concept of not putting compost on a garden in the fall comes from "conventional" gardeners who have induced late growth in plants by spreading fertilizers which are very soluble and are picked up by the plants easily which can stimulate growth. The nutrients in compost are not very soluble, readily available to plants since they need to be worked on by the Soil Food Web to become available to plants. That Soil Food Web will work on incorporating your compost into your soil (why it appears to disappear) and your plants will uptake some nutrients which are stored in the roots for use when growth starts in the spring. The nutrients in your compost that are not very soluble and need the activity of the Soil Food Web to become available to your plants will be there to help with growth in the spring, if applied in the fall, but if you wait until spring those nutrients will not be available to the plants until late in the growing seaon. |
- Posted by phebe_greenhouse 7, Maryland (My Page) on Sat, Oct 9, 10 at 13:58
Nice post, kimmesr,and as my compost is ready in the fall, quite a lot of it, that's when I spread it. Garden by garden or barrow by barrow, what I call "rehabbing" and then I hope to be ready to plant in the spring without further ado except for perhaps forking a little. Compost and manure, just keep it coming, that's my idea. There's never too much. |
- Posted by tishtoshnm (My Page) on Sat, Oct 9, 10 at 14:15
I think it is definitely a good idea. The only problem where I am at is the winds are strong and snow cover is erratic so I worry that all of the compost will blow away. It is kind of a catch-22 as the areas with younger plants definitely need more compost but they do not have the size to help keep the compost in place. |
- Posted by nancyjane_gardener USDA 8ish No CA (My Page) on Sat, Oct 9, 10 at 23:01
I'm just making my compost now (stealing the neighbors' leaves etc!)and I'm a fairly lazy composter, so I spread mine in early spring, about a month before planting time. If I have extra leaves, I will dump those on beds that I won't be using over the winter. Helps keep the weeds down. I do now have a leaf sucker that chops them up (free at a garage sale!), so I might cover any bare beds with leaves this year! |
Weather, climate, soil type and many other factors all come into play when adding materials to soils. Up here, people often add compost and other organics to their gardens in the fall. It gives the soil organisms time to begin digestion of the material in the fall and gives a head start in the spring as well. If one wanted to apply in the spring, they would have to wait for the soil to thaw (frost can go down several feet up here) and dry out some before applying anything in the spring. It can be done but fall seems to be better around here. Lloyd |
Lloyd Are you ever able to plant a cover crop up there, or is that not possible with your harsh winters? I've had people tell me I should plant a cover crop, but we start snowing here on holloween, and don't see ground where the garden is until late march. Just curious Ken |
It is possible depending on what the last crop was. Late harvested crops may make a cover crop impractical with killing frost as early as mid-September. Most people I know do not use cover crops in their gardens, our growing season is just too short and the expense is just not worth it. The most successful gardeners till something in (can be compost, manure or just shredded leaf/grass mix) during the fall and then till again before planting in the spring. With the ground freezing solid over the winter, most of the material applied in the fall is still mostly available in the soil come spring. How deep our frost goes depends on how early the snow comes. Some years we get a lot of deep cold before permanent snow and that can send the frost down pretty deep. Exposed dark soil in the spring helps to warm the soil faster so black is good up here. Lloyd |
- Posted by prairiemoon2 zone 6a/MA (My Page) on Mon, Oct 11, 10 at 6:55
Are you talking about finished compost? I have a large bin that I start passively collecting leaves in the fall, then start adding grass clippings and plant material to from spring until fall of the next year. Before the leaves fall again, I empty the bin of the unfinished contents and spread it as a mulch in my beds, around perennials and shrubs. I add the top, most recent layers when I am creating a bed using the lasagna method. As I get to the bottom of the pile and it is almost finished or fully finished compost, I add some of that to the Asparagus bed and the other vegetable beds. Then the bin is empty and ready to start all over again. So, I guess I'm wondering if I am approaching this in the most ideal way, for my situation, with a passive compost pile? |
- Posted by phebe_greenhouse (My Page) on Mon, Oct 11, 10 at 10:57
Prairiemoon, I guess both of us do "passive" composting -- otherwise known as "let it rot." If you like your system it's the best way -- sounds good to me. I add a half year to your time table, one year Jan,. 1 to Dec. 31 to collect and compost and half a year to mellow. So mine goes thru the summer and is more useable throughout, though I never turn it. Like you, I don't call the top layers "compost," I just fork them into the adjacent working compost bin. That stuff gets more time. But using it as mulch would work, makes me think of all those rose bushes. |
- Posted by prairiemoon2 zone 6a/MA (My Page) on Mon, Oct 11, 10 at 11:36
Thanks phebe, I have left it longer some years. I guess laying it down in the fall seems like it has from October to April in the beds and that ends up being that extra 6 months to break down further in place. Also I suppose, shoveling it and moving it adds air to it and speeds up the finishing more than if I left it alone in the bin. This fall we're extending a perennial bed and layering, fresh leaves and grass clippings, cardboard, newspaper and 3 wheelbarrels of that top layer from the compost bin right on top of the grass. I will try to plant it in the spring. We had a lot of worms the last time we did that. Thanks for the reminder about rose bushes. I'll have to pay particular attention they get their fair share. |
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PHOENIX, Arizona – The Arizona Department of Education Character Education Team had the pleasure of attending the 2014 Behavior, Education, and Technology Conference this past week at the Desert Willow Conference Center in Phoenix. Attending the conference gave the Character Education Department the opportunity to showcase its program to various school administrators, curriculum directors, staff developers, technology coordinators, superintendents, principals, K-12 teachers, special educators, psychologists, counselors, social workers, mental health professionals, charter schools, private schools, alternative schools, college professors, and policy makers from all levels of government. In addition to showcasing the program and the Character Education Matching Grant, program administrator Dr. Ann Hart and JoAnne McCoy encouraged table visitors to choose which of the seventeen character education attributes were the most important in their everyday lives. The results of the poll will be posted on the program's Twitter account within the next week.
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MINNEAPOLIS, MN (CBS2/FOX28) - A former Cedar Rapids Kernel has a new title; Most Valuable Player.
During the 85th All-Star game at Target Field in Minnesota, Mike Trout received the MVP award.
Trout was drafted in 2009 and played with the Kernels in 2009 and 2010 before eventually joining the Los Angeles Angels.
Along with Tuesday nights big honor, Trout had another big moment; he got to play alongside one of his role models, Derek Jeter.
22-year-old Trout is the second youngest player to win this particular award.
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Nor do they mention the research showing how the aftermaths of financial crises are much, much worse than after regular recessions. Here's Carmen Reinhart and Kenneth Rogoff, showing how our downturn compares to the typical one associated with a big financial crisis:
This paper examines the depth and duration of the slump that invariably follows severe financial crises, which tend to be protracted affairs. We find that asset market collapses are deep and prolonged. On a peak-to-trough basis, real housing price declines average 35 percent stretched out over six years, while equity price collapses average 55 percent over a downturn of about three and a half years. Not surprisingly, banking crises are associated with profound declines in output and employment. The unemployment rate rises an average of 7 percentage points over the down phase of the cycle, which lasts on average over four years. Output falls an average of over 9 percent, although the duration of the downturn is considerably shorter than for unemployment. The real value of government debt tends to explode, rising an average of 86 percent in the major post-World War II episodes. The main cause of debt explosions is usually not the widely cited costs of bailing out and recapitalizing the banking system. The collapse in tax revenues in the wake of deep and prolonged economic contractions is a critical factor in explaining the large budget deficits and increases in debt that follow the crisis.
This isn't to excuse Obama for failing to bring the economy back around much quicker. It's just to be honest about the hand he was dealt.
Of course, creating the false impression that stimulus has failed, that Obama greatly increased spending when he came into office, is a key part of Romney's campaign strategy.
Peggy Noonan's column today in the Journal fits right in there:
It became apparent some weeks ago when the president talked on the stump—where else?—about an essay by a fellow who said spending growth is actually lower than that of previous presidents. This was startling to a lot of people, who looked into it and found the man had left out most spending from 2009, the first year of Mr. Obama's presidency. People sneered: The president was deliberately using a misleading argument to paint a false picture! But you know, why would he go out there waving an article that could immediately be debunked? Maybe because he thought it was true. That's more alarming, isn't it, the idea that he knows so little about the effects of his own economic program that he thinks he really is a low spender.
Of course, most of the spending in 2009 was baked into the cake when Obama came into office. Four months of the fiscal year were already over. The budget deficit was already at $1.2 trillion for 2009 the day Obama took office. It's utterly misleading to blame him for most of that increased spending.
But that's just part of the air they breathe over at The Wall Street Journal opinion pages.
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Pretty much all of those advantages used to tout BTC are better achieved through a specie currency like gold.
Alternative chat rooms (250 comments)
I've been using a skype text conference as an invite-only chat room for some of my online friends. Why not IRC? Because skype keeps track of all history and logs so you don't have to idle in the room 24/7 to see what people said when you were away. I have found nothing as convenient and suitable to our purposes. Now, I'm starting to worry about the future. Does anyone have a suggestion for a different system?
China to lose even more money on high-speed rail? (387 comments)
Their existing high speed rail lines are racking up serious debt. This plan to expand it is difficult to believe.
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Googling the researcher's name and his institution only brings up this story. Looks like you someone successfully trolled slashdot.
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One thing that I never got was how an volcano in Antartica actively emitting hydrogen chlorine cannot contribute to stratospheric chlorine. Anywhere else, HCl would just stick to a water droplet and rain down, but we are talking about the most arid continent on earth, with very little precipitation.
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Wrong. The specific technology in question: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backscatter_X-ray
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Climate change?
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Sounds like the first step towards Asimov's future of being educated by tape, because some people's brain patterns are suited to different professions.
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They had to pay people to use their search engine?
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Could someone tell me if there is anything wrong with using a light gas cannon as the first two stages of a rocket as John Hunter proposes? Is the amount of propellant needed to fire the gun more than would be required by a traditional kerosene/LOX motor? It sounds to me like a space cannon would be an inexpensive way to launch non-living cargo mass. Has nobody invested in this sort of project because the space gun people all went to work for Saddam Hussein?
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It is not new at all that quantum tunneling is an important mechanism in the electron transport chain. The iron-sulfur centers are optimally positioned to optimize the tunneling rate of electrons between them. They knew about this several years ago, when I learned this in an undergrad biophysics class.
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The FDA is an affront to medical freedom in the US. Like all regulatory agencies, it has formed a cartel with the businesses it was implemented to regulate. We are left with mainstream medical knowledge subject to lobbyists. The FDA pushes flawed studies as irrefutable science, dangerous drugs, and a diet not suited to humans.
Private, voluntary certification companies like Underwriters Laboratories have an incentive to be honest, because they will go out of business if discredited. Likewise, pharmaceutical companies need the certification of an outside party to gain and keep the trust of consumers. The FDA should not be that party. Unlike the UL, it is a government bureaucracy that does not need to maintain a good reputation to stay in power.
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The Gates Foundation is trying to distribute antimalarial drugs to all the poor people in Africa. Too bad there is already a cure for malaria orders of magnitude cheaper: DDT. In epidemiology, you eradicate a disease by preventing its spread, not treating every infected individual. Malaria was already eliminated in places like Sicily by using DDT.
DDT does not thin eggshells of birds. It is not carcinogenic either. I can't tell whether Bill Gates is trying to accomplish anything or just spend lots of money on others out of penance. If the Gates Foundation wants to improve the world, they would have more money for useful charity if they just applied DDT in Africa.
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The daggers the Sikhs carry is more of a challenge not to unsheath them unless Muslim tyrants (Mughals) return.
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Iron is unlikely to be depleted any time soon
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Bill Mercer, United States Attorney for the District of Montana, announced today that during a federal court session in Billings on August 24, 2009, before Chief U.S. District Judge Richard F. Cebull, DREW RUDY WHITESHIELD, a 23-year-old resident of Lame Deer, pled guilty to sexual abuse of a minor. Sentencing is set for November 24, 2009. He is currently detained.
In an Offer of Proof filed by Assistant U.S. Attorney Lori Harper Suek, the government stated it would have proved at trial the following:
During the summer of 2006, the victim was staying with WHITESHIELD'S mother in Lame Deer. At the time, the victim was 13 years old and WHITESHIELD was 20. After the summer, the victim returned to Oregon and, in December of 2006, she disclosed that she had been raped by WHITESHIELD. She said that she was in a downstairs bedroom, WHITESHIELD turned off the light, pushed her down on the bed and forced her to engage in sexual intercourse.
During the investigation, WHITESHIELD was interviewed and admitted that he had sexual intercourse with the victim at his mother's house. He claims that the sexual intercourse with the victim was consensual.
WHITESHIELD faces possible penalties of 15 years in prison, a $250,000 fine and lifetime supervision.
The investigation was conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
A copy of the Offer of Proof can be obtained by contacting Sally Frank at (406) 247-4638.


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We've already had a couple of trailers for 22 Jump Street [see here and here], and now Columbia Pictures has debuted the first poster for the upcoming comedy sequel, which sees Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum reprising their roles from the 2012 box office hit….
After making their way through high school (twice), big changes are in store for officers Schmidt (Hill) and Jenko (Tatum) when they go deep undercover at a local college. But when Jenko meets a kindred spirit on the football team, and Schmidt infiltrates the bohemian art major scene, they begin to question their partnership. Now they don't have to just crack the case – they have to figure out if they can have a mature relationship. If these two overgrown adolescents can grow from freshmen into real men, college might be the best thing that ever happened to them.
22 Jump Street is is once again directed by Phil Lord and Chris Miller (The LEGO Movie) and sees Ice Cube, Dave Franco, Rob Riggle and Nick Offerman back alongside new cast additions Craig Roberts (Submarine), Jillian Bell (Workaholics) and Amber Stevens (Greek). The sequel is set for release on June 6th in the U.K. and on June 13th in North America.


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While "We Are Makers" was the first documentary looking at the burgeoning Maker Movement, it certainly won't be the last. As of this week, we know what the next one will be: The team behind 2011's Design & Thinking doc are gearing up for their next effort, Maker, whose successful Kickstarting period ends today.
The paltry $15,000 budget belies what we're hoping will be a meaty flick on the movement, this one feature-length and interviewing more than two dozen folks ranging from Chris Anderson to Autodesk CEO Carl Bass to Local Motors designer Jacob Ferguson.
"Maker" delves deep into [the] ecosystem of design and manufacturing in the Internet era. The film explores the ideas, tools, and personalities that are driving the Maker Movement - and returns with a timely snapshot of one of the transforming influences of the current age.
Due to budget constraints the doc will only examine the Maker Movement in America, though the finished film will screen in over 40 countries worldwide. And while most of the shooting has already been completed, postproduction is expected to be time-consuming, with a projected launch of sometime "before May of 2014." In the meantime, you'll have to sate yourself with the trailer:
Hit the jump for the rather impressive list of subjects they've already managed to lense:
- Alec Foege: Author of "The Tinkerers"
- A. Red Ukachukwu: Production Engineer of Shapeways
- Barry Katz: Consulting Professor in the Design Division at Stanford University
- Beth Comstock: CMO of GE
- Carl Bass: CEO of Autodesk
- Chris Anderson: Author of "Makers: The New Industrial Revolution", CEO of 3D Robotics
- Dale Dougherty: CEO of Maker Media
- Danae Ringelmann: Founder of Indiegogo
- David Lang & Eric Stackpole: Co-Founder & Founder of OpenROV
- Eri Gentry & Raymond McCauley: Executive Director & Principal of BioCurious
- Eric Migicovsky: CEO of Pebble Watch
- Hugh Dubberly: President of Dubberly Design
- Jacob Ferguson: Interaction Designer of Local Motors
- Jeremt Conrad & Helen Zelman: Founding partners of Lemnos Labs
- Mark Dwight: Founder/CEO of Rickshaw Bagworks; Founder/Chairman of SFMade.org
- Mick Ebeling: Founder and CEO of The Ebeling Group (TEG)
- Jim Newton: Founder of TechShop
- Navi Radjou: Co-author of "Jugaad Innovation"
- Nemo Gould: An artist and sculptor
- Peter Platzer: CEO of Nanosatisifi
- Scott N. Miller: CEO & Co-Founder of Dragon Innovation
- Tanya Menendez & Matthew Burnett: Founders of Maker's Row
- Tim O'Reilly: Founder of O'Reilly Media
The team reports that there are yet more individual makers that'll be in the final cut. You can keep abreast of developments here.


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Houndsmen turned out in force Tuesday to oppose a bill that would allow trapping of mountain lions and support one that would allow the Fish, Wildlife and Parks Commission to authorize hunting black bears with hounds.
Supporters of House Bill 144, sponsored by Rep. Bill Harris, R-Winnett, touted the use of hounds to hunt black bears as a way to promote family time together, remove bears that are preying on elk calves, remove dangerous bears and those causing problems with homeowners and beekeepers.
"Hound hunting is far more effective than the spot and stalk method," said Matthew White, a Butte houndsman who testified.
FWP's wildlife management chief, Ken McDonald, spoke in opposition to the bill on behalf of the department, saying the current spring and fall bear seasons already do a good job of managing black bear populations and that hound hunting raises social concerns. Dogs have not been allowed to pursue bears in Montana since 1921, he said.
Some of the concerns McDonald cited were the overlap of the fall season with other hunting seasons; that female bears could be unnecessarily separated from their cubs; and a concern that dogs can't distinguish between black bears and grizzly bears, which are listed as an endangered species.
"The grizzly bear issue is a big one for us," said Nick Gevock, speaking for the Montana Wildlife Federation in opposition to the bill. "I think we're getting close to a season on them and delisting, and we wouldn't want to jeopardize that."
In questioning by one of the committee members, McDonald said that the concerns about hunting bears with hounds would exist even if the bears weren't killed.
No one spoke in favor of HB 29, sponsored by Rep. Ted Washburn, R-Bozeman, which would allow trapping of mountain lions, but houndsmen did rise in opposition, citing the animal's status as a trophy big game animal.
Jim Daine, of Hamilton, told the committee, "Mountain lions deserve more than a predator status. They are an important resource and should be managed with respect." He added that lion hunting has brought a lot of revenue to the state.
Gevock said trapping is needed for wolves but not for mountain lions. Dave Pauli, of Billings, said trapping is nonselective and could harm dogs.
McDonald said FWP didn't have a problem with the bill if it could be rewritten. He said there are situations where it's not practical to hunt lions with dogs and where trapping would be a good alternative.
Washburn said all of the large predator species in the state are overpopulated. He noted that trappers are very good at being selective about what they take.
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Done. It's official. On August 15, 2014, Washington Avenue Pier was opened to the public. In 2010 when the Washington Avenue Green Park was dedicated, little was known about the adjacent pier. It had been abandoned in 1965 after a massive fire. Its impressive history was known, dating from the very beginnings of Philadelphia, but what was not known was that in the years of disuse, the rotted piers and eroded shoreline had become a nursery for migrating fish and a permanent home for several species of mussels. Both native and non-native plants had taken hold and flourished. On September 6, 2012, the Delaware River Waterfront Corporation (DRWC) awarded a $1.5 million contract for the design and building of a new pier park to Applied Ecological Services, Inc. (AES) — a national firm with local offices in Conshohocken. The AES contract included a mix of DRWC capital funds and grants from the William Penn Foundation, the state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, and the Federal Coastal Zone Management Program. Funding was provided by the Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the US Department of Commerce. The entire project was administered by the PA Department of Environmental Protection. AES has managed to reconcile the historical significance of the Pier with its new identity as a wetland park. Many of the artifacts from the Pier's past functions were incorporated into the design; original timbers and old bricks from the immigration pier have been used as structural elements. Debris washed up on the shoreline has been incorporated along the pathway. Old mulberry trees that had taken over the pier since 1965 have been pruned but allowed to stay. New plantings have been introduced. |
The Washington Avenue Pier was a shipbuilding site during the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812; a significant port during the Civil War; part of the nation's first Navy Yard; an immigration pier; a municipal pier; and is now a waterfront park. In a tribute to the Pier's notable history as Pier 53 and as the Ellis Island of Philadelphia, there is a 'land buoy' at the end of the Pier, with a stairway for visitors to look out to the river. At the top of the buoy is a solar-powered light that will be seen at night, both from land and from the river. The pier was designed by Applied Ecological Services (AES), and built by AES and Neshaminy Contractors, and the "land Buoy" It was at this place exactly that over a million immigrants entered America between the 1870's and the mid 1920's. Jody Pinto is the artist. In the photo above she is standing at the top of the stairway. Jody's grandparents arrived in Philadelphia from Italy. And for the first time people will be allowed to explore the beach and actually touch the water and observe the changing tides. There is now a fishing pier, for fishing, walking, and flying kites. Here's the link to the Plan Philly Story. | Next to be developed is Pier 68 to the south, with Pier 53/Washington Avenue Green Pier as the northernmost element in a string of wetland parks joined by a bicycle/pedestrian trail. On September 29, 2014, there was a massive cleanup of debris and trash. Volunteers collected 133 abandoned shopping carts and over three tons of other trash which included bottles, cans, and paper. Renovations of Pier 68 are scheduled to begin next spring, 2015. Under the Central Delaware Master Plan, the area between the Washington Avenue Pier and Pier 70 to the south is planned to include mixed-use developments by private builders. Ongoing at Washington Avenue Green is the Pier 53 Project—a historical study of the immigrants who arrived at the Pier from 1876 to the 1920's, their stories, and the stories of their descendants. Each story is part of a mosaic that contributes to the history of Philadelphia and its waterfront, and ultimately to the history of immigration in the United States. Here's the link to the Pier 53 Project page on this site. Pier 53 Project |


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The era of Big Solar has arrived, and at the moment there are none bigger than Ivanpah. Now, Ivanpah records another milestone: The first renewable plant to receive POWER's Plant of the Year Award. Comprising three self-contained units with a total capacity of 392 MW (377 MW net), Ivanpah is a joint effort between BrightSource Energy, NRG Energy (through its subsidiary NRG Renew, formerly NRG Solar), Google, and Bechtel.
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General Motors: Why Companies Should Buy More Renewable Energy
GM's director of sustainability asks how we can frame up the needs and challenges for NGOs and corporate buyers, to ultimately make renewables more affordable for all companies
Another Big Solar Project Gets Under Way in California
The 135-MW Quinto Solar Project, a solar photovoltaic (PV) plant under construction in California's Central Valley, officially broke ground on July 29.
San Jose–based SunPower Corp. is building the plant in Los Banos, and will sell power from the facility to Southern California Edison under a 20-year power purchase agreement. The project is due for completion in late 2015.
Massachusetts Lawmakers Lift NEM Cap, But Fail to Act on Broader Legislation
With the clock running out on its 2014 session, the Massachusetts Legislature has agreed to a short term fix to address the bottleneck of solar projects across the Commonwealth by immediately raising the cap on net metering.
Massachusetts Approves Legislation Designed to Expand SHC Technologies
In a move expected to spur solar heating and cooling (SHC) deployment across the state, the Massachusetts Legislature has approved SB 2214 and sent it to Governor Deval Patrick for his signature. This important legislation will allow renewable thermal technologies, including SHC, to be eligible for alternative energy credits under the Massachusetts Alternative Portfolio Standard (APS).
New Poll Shows Growing Support for Solar in Massachusetts
A new statewide poll shows that nearly 70 percent of Massachusetts voters believe the solar power industry is important to the Massachusetts economy – up 10 percent since June. The poll, conducted by Princeton Research Associates and released today by the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), also shows that nearly 60 percent of voters see direct benefits from solar power in their cities and towns.
SEIA Expresses Concerns About Newly-Released Senate Tax Plan
WASHINGTON, D.C. – After reviewing a draft tax plan released today by Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, Rhone Resch, president and CEO of the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), released the following statement:
U.S. Solar Industry Records Second Largest Quarter Ever
WASHINGTON, D.C. AND BOSTON, MA — GTM Research and the Solar Energy Industries Association® (SEIA®) today released U.S. Solar Market Insight: 3rd Quarter 2013, the definitive analysis of solar power markets in the U.S., with strategic state-specific data for 28 U.S. states and the District of Columbia.
SEIA Applauds White House Efforts to Boost Use of Renewable Energy
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Reacting to today's presidential memorandum requiring the federal government to get 20 percent of its electricity from renewable sources by 2020, SEIA President and CEO Rhone Resch released the following statement:
Chip Bircher Joins Solar Heating and Cooling Alliance
WASHINGTON, DC – The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) today announced that Chip Bircher, longtime coordinator of the Department of Energy's Utility Solar Water Heating Initiative (USH2O), will be joining SEIA's Solar Heating and Cooling (SHC) Alliance.
Solar Energy Has Finally Arrived
Solar energy in 2013 removed its training wheels and started competing with traditional energy sources. In the fourth quarter alone, the average weighted price per watt of solar capacity installed dropped by 15%, averaging $2.59 compared to more than $6 in 2010.
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In 2013 there was a 47 percent jump in the number of home solar installations in the U.S., and by the end of the year more than 400,000 American homes had solar power. Don Dahler meets one man who uses imagination to help power the change.
California Electric Grid Sets Solar Generation Record
California set back-to-back solar power records last week, the state grid operator said on Monday. The amount of electricity produced from carbon-free solar facilities connected to the grid reached 4,093 megawatts on Saturday, surpassing the day-earlier record of 3,926 MW, the California Independent System Operator (ISO) said in a statement.
The Red Faces of the Solar Skeptics
If the faces of renewable energy critics are not red yet, they soon will be. For years, these critics — of solar photovoltaics in particular — have called renewable energy a boutique fantasy. A recent Wall Street Journal blog post continues the trend, asserting that solar subsidies take money from the poor to benefit the rich. But solar-generated electricity is turning into a powerful environmental and economic success story.
Illinois Rural Electric Cooperative Opens Solar Facility
Illinois Rural Electric Cooperative held a ribbon cutting for its new 500 kilowatt solar facility which is located south of Winchester on Illinois Route 106, next to one of the substations that serves the cooperative's 7,800 members. The installation is the first utility-scale photovoltaic solar energy system by a cooperative in Illinois.


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I hope this time, this wins =D
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I love all of your shirts, every one in the do-over gets my vote =D
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Grats on the placing of the do-over! =D
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My favorite Edgar ever. Crisp, accessible, and looks good on a shirt.
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This would have been perfect for the Pixel themed derby!
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Updated: June 27, 2013 6:02AM
Here's a look at what Southlanders from the SouthtownStar's East region are accomplishing in college.
News includes Lansing, Beecher, Calumet City, Chicago Heights, Country Club Hills, Crete, Dolton, Flossmoor, Glenwood, Harvey, Hazel Crest, Homewood, Lansing, Markham, Matteson, Monee, Park Forest, Posen, Richton Park, Sauk Village, South Holland, Steger and Thornton.
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Christopher Patrick Keene, of Lansing, received a bachelor's degree from Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa.
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Several area students were named to the fall semester dean's list at Purdue University Calumet in Hammond, Ind. They include:
Beecher — Caitlyn M. Bruinsma, Michael Gerard LaBanca, Shelby Marie McDermott, Matthew Aaron Meier, Maria Ana Villasenor Flores, Nicole Erin Weishaar
Calumet City — Jaime Ulises Alvarez, Tyler Michael Daw, Ashley Jessica Garza, Marco Damian Gonzalez, Miena S. Gorgi, Charlene Haymond, Dawn M. Moore, Zila E. Velazco Serna, Versa R. Weems
Chicago Heights — Patricia Elizabeth Newenhouse, Rebecca S. Rossi, Thomas Joseph Kargas
Country Club Hills — Karen E. Frazier-Lloyd, Rashunda J. Lee, Fehintola O. Adeusi Oyeyemi, Brittany Rolewicz
Crete — Steve James Banasiak, Carrie Pearl Hays Bruns, Joseph Hantak, Amanda Marie Terpstra Kooienga, Matthew D. Moscatel, Tyler Allen Paul, Tavia Ireshia Smith, Jessica A. Smits, Nicolas James Waldmarson
Dolton — Kristen Joi Cantrell
Flossmoor — Janeen Marie Morris James, Jeremiah Munro, Keith Pullen
Glenwood — Raymond Edward Davis, Catherine M. Hopkins, Delana McGrew
Harvey — Samir M. Vohra
Hazel Crest — Katherine Lopez
Homewood — Allison M. Armstrong, Jacqueline Calhoun, Robert Alexander Marsh, Pamela Marie Peoples, Deanna L. Smith, Mary Margaret Williams
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Chicago Heights — Gino G. DiGiulio, Sydney A. Nehf,
Crete — Michael D. Cameron, Joseph T. Verbeke
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Flossmoor — Michael Blankenberger
Homewood — Mark T. Cudiamat
Park Forest — Michael L. Wilson
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Several area students were named to the fall 2012 dean's list at Illinois State University in Normal. They include:
Beecher — Stephanie Alise Johnson, Kristeen Ann Peo, Anthony Michael Pignatiello
Crete — Elizabeth Ann Brei, Kelsey Lynn Cavanaugh, Elizabeth Ann Doorn
Dolton — Meghan Brittney Brownlee
Flossmoor — Emily Rose Blankenberger
Homewood — Clarissa Terese Discher, Lindsay Ann Doyle, Allison Marie Fadke, Jessica Marie Hank, Timothy Charles Testroet
Lansing — Amanda Paige Maricich
Markham — Shaina Lynette Ficht
Matteson — London Maurice Conley, Christopher Alexander Johnson, Heather Marie Marquardt
Park Forest — Amanda Elizabeth Dickman, Bethany Anne Kolkebeck
South Holland — Tara Breanne Russell, Paige Elizabeth Vanderschoot
Steger — Caitlin Jill Perry
Beloit College
Isaac Makos and Krista Nelson, of Homewood; and Winston Pennington-Flax, of Crete; were named to the 2012 fall semester dean's list at Beloit College in Beloit, Wis.
Baylor University
Lauraetta Anne Smith, of Matteson, was named to the 2012 fall semester dean's academic honor list at Baylor University in Waco, Texas.
Marquette University
Rachel Longawa, of Flossmoor; and Natalie Bush, of Homewood; were named to the fall 2012 semester dean's list at Marquette University in Milwaukee.
William Penn University
Arman Rasul, of Richton Park, was named to the fall semester dean's list at William Penn University in Oskaloosa, Iowa.
Truman State University
Candice Avis Alcaraz, of South Holland, was named to the fall president's list at Truman State University in Kirksville, Mo.
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i just bought a small dwarf spruce from lowes and want to make this into a bonsai, but nothing i have read shows how to do this. is there a starting point, such as do I prune the roots first and then the top. when pruning the top, do I prune down to make the tree shorter and then start with branch pruning for wiring? any help would be good. this is the first bonsai i'm trying and would like to get into a forest planting, so i'm shooting for thin straight trees, just on a mini scale. any help would be great. |
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I'm assuming it's a dwarf Alberta, most common anyway. You didn't give much info about it so I'll say this: For this year I'd just 'slip' pot it into a larger pot disturbing the roots just a little and let it grow on some. You can do a lot of checking on the web for styles but it sounds like you're interested in a semi or formal upright which is what these lend themselves to best of all. I'd suggest looking at the tree, looking at some upright styles and doing some simple drawings first. These trees make great informal and formal uprights, they can be cut and pinched hard in spring--and pinched hard all summer. Yes, they also lend themselves to great forest plantings. If I get a chance--and Photobucket behaves itself--I'll try and post a pic of a big 9 tree planting I did on a slab of rock. Bob |
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Hi! We have a lot of pole green beans that are nice & green with loads of blossoms, but no sign of green beans. Anyone know why that would be? Thanks, Karen |
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What are your temperatures like? Although beans like hot weather, it it gets overly hot for any length of time the blossoms abort. |
How arid is your location? In my experience, in addition to heat stress, water stress can also cause blossom drop. Mulching around the plants will help retain moisture between rains, or between waterings (if you irrigate). I increase my irrigation schedule slightly when beans begin to blossom, it seems to reduce blossom drop for almost all species of beans. |
It was hot for awhile, but cooler temps the last week and a half. Irrigation seems to be good. We picked some beans off of our bush beans, but I can't find any start of any on pole beans. Arghh! And we have 2 rows of 50 feet of pole beans that need to produce! They are a dark green, so I do wonder if we put too much fertilizer on them? Thanks, Karen |
My pole beans are loaded with blossoms. Soon after a blossom wilts, a tiny bean pod is left behind. They are so small that from a couple of feet back, you wouldn't notice any pods at all. They are nearly microscopic. Well, maybe 1/4" long. The vines show promise of producing one heck of a lot of beans. My bush beans, planted at the same time, are now in the mature, shelly stage. So I think different types and different varieties have very different DTM. Jim |
My pole beans are not producing either. I had the same problem last year as well. When the temps are really high, it does something to the pollen. I think I have picked 10 beans off of my trellis and I have had 4 pickings from my bush beans. I just planted more bushbean plants 3 days ago and they have emerged, figure that will take my throuugh the fall. I hate bending down and picking them, but at at least there is something to pick. I don't know if I am going to plant pole beans next year. They are in the same place as last year, but I add in lots of compost and till my garden very well so I don't think that would make a difference. Maybe I will try them in another location, I don't know. |
- Posted by barbara_mel 6b (My Page) on Tue, Aug 22, 06 at 12:28
I planted pole and bush beans as well. I do think the heat slowed down production. I picked a lot of bush beans but not as much as I would have if it were not so hot. My poles are just now producing. Like you said I had nice green leaves but not many beans. But since it cooled of a little I see quite a few beans comming on. So I will get some. Just hang in there you may still have some beans. What kind of pole beans did you plant? I planted blue lakes. Mel |
Could the problem be related to pollination or lack thereof? This year, there seems to be very few insects around. Perhaps similarly at your area? I've thought of inviting a beekeeper to set up a hive in my yard. |
Marquette, beans are not dependent on pollinators; in fact they do little good. Beans are self-pollinating, and drop their pollen the night before the flowers open. Concievably, high humidity could effect pollen drop---as it sometimes does with tomatoes. But the presence or absence of bees and other pollinators has no significant effect. |
I think that Karen's problem was simply having a late variety. Pole beans vary widely in maturity dates. For example, Mennonite Purple Stripe was producing 6 weeks ago while Fat Man gave me the first small pods today. Martin |
I've had the same problem - pole beans and scarlet runners. Loads of flowers, healthy plants, maybe 6 pole beans. Weather here has been decent this summer, not too hot, not too cool, not too humid, not too dry. Just the right balance for the most part of humidity, temps, rain, sun. The puzzle remains and I'm running out of time to get beans to eat this summer! |
- Posted by ruthieg__tx z8 TX (My Page) on Mon, Aug 20, 07 at 19:37
I don't know how long they have been in the ground but Pole beans just take longer than bush beans...When I first started growing them, every year I would go through the same worry...I'm not going to have any beans...I bet if you are patient, you will have beans soon. |
Gardenlad says: "beans are not dependent on pollinators; in fact they do little good. Beans are self-pollinating, and drop their pollen the night before the flowers open" I don't doubt Gardenlad's thorough bean knowledge and expertise, bus his statement begs explanation. If indeed beans are self pollinating, then why do bean varieties cross pollinate despite being grown twenty feet apart? Makes me wonder.... Also, to get pure bean seed, I understand that the plants must be bagged or caged if more than one variety of the same kind grows nearby (especially if bumblebees are pollinators, since they travel relatively far). If the pollen has been dropped before the flower opens, then when the flower opens there is supposedly no pollen left for the bees to carry to the next flower, and cross pollination would supposedly not be possible. Gee, my head's a'spinning...... |
Ruthie nailed it. Pole beans are procrastinators (like me). My White Willow Leaf limas finally have miniscule pods. They've been producing their tiny blossoms for a long time. Keep the faith. So far as Gardenlad's statement about self-pollination is concerned, notice how carefully worded it is. It says "not dependent on pollinators", which is not quite the same as "not pollinated by pollinators". In my limited experience, beans are likely to have a small percentage of cross pollination from insects. If it's important to have a pure strain you need to prevent that. Otherwise, don't worry about it. How many other varieties are being grown in the vicinity is also a consideration. BTW, I communicated with Gardenlad recently because I missed his presence here and was concerned. I was glad to hear that his absence is for good reasons and things are well with him. Jim |
Anyone familiar with 'Musica' green beans? Renee's Garden. Something is wrong...when beans are perfect, they are reasonably long, flat, and scrumptious. This year the beans, with a few exceptions, stay in a comma shape, and either get tough, or fall off. What's happening??? And my other Blue Lakes are barely producing at all. It's the 1st of September - I live in the Santa Cruz Mtns in CA and temperatures have been in the low 100s. I've also been using beautiful worm compost from my beautiful worms, and I'm thinking: 'too much nitrogen'? Too much of a good thing? Help... |
- Posted by georgia_grow north east (My Page) on Sun, Aug 1, 10 at 16:13
bit saddened by this First time attempting this kind of thing and made a Teepee for the kids.. lots of green but NO BEANS! |
I bet you'll yet get beans. I've had more issues with this problem this year, which makes me think "conditions." Some varieties seem slower to produce pods. But I'd be surprised if they didn't eventually produce. George |
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My pole beans a full-vined but few blossoms appear. Is there anything I can do? |
I have been growing pole beans for 30 years (10 in California & 20 in Missouri) and this is the first year that I have beautiful plants, lots of flowers and no beans. It was very hot (over 99) for over 15 days, but I've seen hot weather before and still got beans. The plants get regular water (from sprinklers) daily. the weather is back to normal and I am waiting patiently or results. I think maybe the seed (gurney's) is sterile. You just don't know with commercial seed anymore and their genetic engereening. i try to watch this and avoid buying GES. Beans for me usually come in in August with slow start in Late july, here it is middle of Aug and NO sign of even starting to produce. /is anyone else having the same results this summer? |
- Posted by susanzone5 z5NY (My Page) on Fri, Sep 7, 12 at 17:20
I had the same problem. Now I'm getting loads of beans, finally! Glad to hear I'm not the only one. The curved beans (and cukes) get that way from insect bites. We had an infestation of stinkbugs (green and black stages) which suck the juice out of the beans and also, I notice, cause the tiny new beans not to develop. After tapping the bugs into a can of soapy water twice a day, they seem to have decreased in number enough for the beans to start heavily producing. I read that beans like cool weather, so now that autumn is near, they seem happier. |
sooo how hot is too hot. we've had temperatures over 100 for at least a week. not only am I not getting flowers but my leaves are drying up and dying...help! |
- Posted by donnabaskets 7b-8 MS (My Page) on Thu, Aug 22, 13 at 16:33
I can only share my experience in very hot Mississippi. When daytime highs are above 90, production of pole beans begins to drop off. When they are over 93, production stops almost altogether. This summer our temps have stayed at or just below 90 for most of the summer and it has the best bean crop I have ever had. Two teepees of Rattlesnakes have yielded 1-2 gallons of beans a week since mid June. Bunnies got into them last week and cut the beans off at the ground. Oh, well. I have fall plantings of Emerite and Fortex starting to run up the poles. |
We had a pretty productive year despite the heat and all the rain Most productive were: MEEKS RUNNING RATTLESNAKE TURKEY CRAW/GIZZARD BLUE MARBUT LA.PURPLE POD GRANDMA ROERTS HICKMAN NEON GOOSE ALA.#1 BINGO SPECKLED CRANERRY The white seeded did not fare as well except DALE and MONTE CRISTO Did not get the first pod from any bush bean as they all rotted vine and all. The pole buttereans and cowpeas are loaded Charlie |
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Where is Mr. Zeedman. He is my trusted authority on beans. I have learned (from my source !) that different growing conditions can produce different results. My beans (mostly bush and semi-bush) are doing ok. I have kinda staggered planted . the first and the second batches are producing and the third is not yet. My few scarlet runners(Planted just for flowers) are fruiting more than before. |
My Dallas area pole green beans are sleeping on the vine this year. I have picked maybe a dozen beans from a 30' row along my back fence. I have to start them a bit late since they are on the north side of a wood fence and don't get good sunlight until April 15 or so as the sun moves (the earth moves) into the northern hemisphere. Add the DTM and it falls just about when we get hot. Today is 63 days (estimating) but the temps are expected to be 92 or 93. See the above post and you have my dilemma. Perhaps this is better for the fall garden. The alternative is Southern peas. They handle the temps better. But what gardener does not like green beans? |
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