Forsyth Missouri Harvest Moon and Car Show - Oct 3, 2009

This coming October 3^rd, the Chamber of Commerce in Forsyth, Missouri will be celebrating a Harvest Moon Festival and Car show.  The event will be held in the Shadow Rock Park area proper. It will feature vendors from all over the area and includes a good old fashioned chili cook off. The cook off will be an interesting event for sure. There will be three categories of contestants; Professional, Amateur and Wacky. I think I fall into the wacky group. Not sure. My chili, should I pay the $10 entry fee, is still a work in progress. My last batch wasn’t all that good. OK, it was edible but on the sweet side of edibility. I think I will need to man-it up if I hope to walk away with a ribbon.Information concerning the event can found at the Forsyth Chambers web page. You can find a registration form and other information pertaining to the kind of chili they will accept. I don’t think CASI rules apply here, but if you have a doubt give them a call. For my entry there will definitely be some beans, a no-no in regular competition chili. I am of the group of chili lovers that believe if there are non beans, then there is no interest! 

 

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I think other than the Christmas Parade; this will be the last event of the year. The weather should be agreeable, and if you are a people watcher, like me this is a great event to attend. See you there! Oh, and I do plan to get video of this event up on You Tube. Look for it at Danomanno

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Is it Too Soon for Peppers?

OK. It’s only mid March here in southwest Missouri. The outside temperatures are doing wild gyrations up and down that are indicative of the approach of spring. Just this morning a brief but strong squall line of storms made a quick passage west to east and I saw the outdoor thermometer go from 72F at 9AM to 67F in just fifteen minutes. Tonight, the weather service is predicting a cool down to 40F or so. Not your typical pepper growing weather, for sure. However, seeing as how I will be keep my plants indoors for at least a month. I figured why not! The little plant pictured here is one of five the germinated a week or so ago and came from a packet called Big Dipper. The seed company is Burpee and I’ve always had good germination results with them.

Very shortly, I will be making a trip to the lumber yard here in town to purchase a few 2x6 boards in preparation for the building of another raised bed. This will be my third one in the back yard and will increase my growing space by another 32 square feet. I also plan to use a more custom soil mix containing peat moss, compost and vermiculite that will be separated from the ground by a weed barrier. (I’m doing my best to try and keep the local crabgrass from getting all the nutrients out of the soil). Once established, I hope too plant a wide variety of vegetables including romaine, peppers, radish and beans. I will try and videotape this from start and on into the growing season. It will appear on my You Tube page at DanoManno. Anyway, wish me luck.