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match for our Lydia Haviland, she chose to abandon her tepid
efforts to recover the bird and Lydia quite rightfully
adopted the bird into her more able, worthy, and
knowledgeable care.

Questions:
Nancy Chance asked how to prune wisteria. Advised to go
about it in a major way and September is a good month for
it.
Mo Chance asked if there was any good corn around. Lydia
Haviland allowed as how her first batch was smallish but
nice. Other reports were discouraging due to the lamentable
shortage of rainfall.
Flora Goff offered mysterious seeds for identification. They
were tagged as from a luffa sponge plant which does well in
these parts.
Bill Hartge inquired about deer sightings. A herd of 11 were
sighted on Haviland Mill Road and Priscilla Allen spotted a
spotted fawn near Amersely.
Tom Farquhar is finding it difficult to get his spinach to
germinate. Aduna Hanel displayed peat pots with 4 or 5 seeds
on top of potting soil with damp paper towel over top of
them.
Mary Grady wants to transplant lilac bushes. Advised to go
ahead.
Lydia Haviland's porgilaca has stopped blooming. Suggested
she leave it alone.
Betty Hartge asked if anyone uses milky spoor any more. Yes,
the Extension Service still recommends it highly. Once
applied it will maintain itself as long as there are
japanese beetles around to prolong the life of the spoor.
Does anyone around here use zoysia grass for ground cover?
No mention of it - consensus is that it's too ugly most of
the year for local tastes.
Nancy Pruess pruned back her peonies to the ground. It was
advised to just take off flowerhead next time. Consolation
was offered that peonies are rugged plants and might come
back.
More on peonies came from Tom Farquhar whose plants have
languished this summer while he's seen others do fine. It
was suggested that water may be the problem.
John Hartge wondered whether this venerable society could be
dragged kicking and screaming into the computer age. Much of
the wisdom repeatedly imparted over the decades could be
catalogued onto computer disks so that maybe the 7 dozen
most often asked questions could become an integral part of
our records. The response was mixed and John was encouraged
to spearhead the effort as cautiously as possible.
Buzz Hussman asked about groundhog control. With gentleness
and delicacy, Priscilla Allen suggested smoke bombs, car
exhaust, traps, gasoline, lye, guns, waterhose treatment,
and voodoo.
Beth Bullard mentioned squash borers; while on vacation the
bugs back home killed all the Bullard's squash. Advised next