The INDEPENDENT, November 20, 2003
Can You Dig It…
By Schann Nelson
Wow! What a change since last month!
We went from hot, almost summer-like
days to a very cold freeze for several days.
Now we are having what seems like more
typical fall windy, stormy, rainy weather.
The Austrian field peas I threw out in the
garden beds in Septem-
ber have started to
grow. By spring they
will be a solid mass of green vines that could
be chopped up and tilled in. I’m too lazy for
that, so I just kind of roll it up and use it for
mulch.
I hope you all have your garlic in. I don’t
have my garlic in yet, also apparently to the
aforementioned laziness. The other alternative
is, as my Dad says, Old Timers Disease and I don’t want to con-
sider that. I actually did just kind of forget to plant the stuff. I’m
having trouble deciding where to put it. I’d like to plant a little
more, since my sale of garlic braids at Jamboree went pretty well
for a first effort.
I actually got ripe peppers in my garden this year. Of the three
varieties I planted, the Golden Bell actually produced full sized
lovely yellow peppers late in September. If I can get a ripe pepper
off this variety, nearly anyone should be able to, since my garden
is so shady. The other pepper that would probably be successful
for most people was Autopick, a mild jalepeño type that all gets
ripe at once. Unfortuately, in my case, I didn’t realize they were all
nearly ripe (they were hiding in the foliage) until after the freeze.
For the first time this year we got to make cider from apples off
our own trees. It was great to be able to eat apples for a month
and still be able to make cider from the apples we couldn’t
eat fresh. If you’ve never had truly fresh cider, don’t miss an
opportunity to taste it. Fresh cider is totally
unlike the stuff you buy in stores, even
when it’s labeled cider, not juice. The closest
you can get is in organic food stores in season.
I’ve applied for the Master Gardener program
this year. I’ve been wanting to do this for many, many
years and I’m seizing my chance. Hopefully, you will
see more scientifically-based stuff in this column as a
result. Anybody out there want to car pool? Sign up
now and call me. See related article on this page.
Stuff to do now (beside staying warm and dry):
• Rake and destroy leaves from diseased fruit trees.
• Plant, or move, landscape trees and shrubs.
• Trim chrysanthemums to 4-6 inches after blooming.
• Clean and oil tools for winter storage.
• Force bulbs for indoor blooms.
• Apply lime.
• BAIT for slugs, bait for slugs and bait for slugs!.
Church Directory
V ERNONIA C OMMUNITY C HURCH
F IRST B APTIST C HURCH
S EVENTH D AY A DVENTIST
Grant Williams, Pastor
957 State Avenue
Vernonia, 503 429-6790
John Cahill, Pastor
359 “A” Street
Vernonia, 503 429-1161
Kevin Reiner, Pastor, 543-2254
2nd Ave. and Nehalem St.
Vernonia, 503 429-8301
Sunday
Breakfast 10:00 a.m.
Morning Worship 10:45 a.m.
*B.L.A.S.T. w/Nursery 11:00 a.m.
*Bible Learning and Scripture Training
Youth Group 6 -8:00 p.m.
(Jr. & Sr. High)
Wednesday
Prayer Meeting 7:00 p.m.
Sunday School 9:45 a.m.
Morning Worship 11:00 a.m.
Sabbath School 9:15 a.m.
Morning Worship, 11:00 a.m.
Prayer Meeting, Wed. 7:00 p.m.
G RACE R EFORMED B APTIST
C HURCH
D.J. Dickey, Pastor
Grant & North Streets
Vernonia, 503 429-1919
Sunday Services: Adult Prayer &
Children’s Sunday School 9:45 a.m.
Morning Worship 11:15 a.m.
Evening Worship 5:00 p.m.
Evening Service will change to
3:00 p.m. on Sept. 7,2003
Wednesday Service:
All Family Bible Study, 7:00 p.m.
A SSEMBLY OF G OD
Darwin Harvey, Pastor
662 Jefferson
Vernonia, 503 429-4615
Sunday School 9:45 a.m.
Morning Worship 11:00 a.m.
Evening Worship 6:00 p.m.
Bible Study, Wednesday 7:00 p.m.
Youth & Kids , Thursday 7:00 p.m.
Evening Worship
Saturday, 6:00 p.m.
N EHALEM V ALLEY B IBLE C HURCH
S T . A UGUSTINE (C ANTERBURY )
E PISCOPAL C HURCH
Gary Tayor, Pastor
500 California Ave
Vernonia, 503 429-5378
The Rev. Robert Grafe, Pastor
375 North St. (Vernonia Grange Hall)
Vernonia, 503 429-3700
Sunday School 10:00 a.m.
Morning Worship 11:00 a.m.
Nursery available
Wednesday Service 7:00 p.m.
Sunday Services 10:00 a.m.
S T . M ARY ' S C ATHOLIC C HURCH
Pastoral Associate
Juanita Dennis
960 Missouri Avenue
Vernonia, 503 429-8841
C HRISTIAN C HURCH
410 North Street
Vernonia, 503 429-6522
Sunday School 9:30 a.m.
Morning Worship 11:00 a.m.
Mass Schedule
Sunday 12:00 Noon
Every Wednesday:
Ladies' Bible Study 9:15 a.m.
Children’s Choir 3:00 p.m.
Family Bible Study 6:30 p.m.
Religious Education
Sunday 10:30 a.m.
Women's Fellowship, 2nd & 4th
Wednesdays, 1:30 p.m.
C HURCH OF J ESUS C HRIST
OF L ATTER D AY S AINTS
V ERNONIA F OURSQUARE C HURCH
Jeff Cheney, Branch President
1350 E. Knott Street
Vernonia, 503 429-7151
Sacrament Meeting, Sunday 10 a.m.
Sunday School & Primary 11:20 a.m.
Relief Society, Priesthood and
Young Women, Sunday 12:10 p.m.
850 Madison Avenue
Vernonia, 503 429-1103
Sunday Worship Service: 10:30 a.m.
Children’s Sunday School
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Master Gardener
class scheduled
Home gardeners in Colum-
bia County with a thirst for
more gardening knowledge,
and a willingness to pass that-
knowledge on to others, can
still join the Oregon State Uni-
versity Extension Service Mas-
ter Gardener program.
The Master Gardener pro-
gram is designed to teach vol-
unteers how to make better
use of their gardening re-
sources and abilities. They, in
turn, teach others. Volunteers
are given training in soil man-
agement, vegetable gardening
techniques, landscape mainte-
nance, pest control, and many
other aspects of gardening.
Then during the gardening
season, these new Master
Gardeners help teach others to
do a better job of growing and
caring for plants, fighting off
pests, and making our commu-
nities a better place to live.
Beginning January 5, class-
es will be held for 11 consecu-
tive Mondays from 9:00 a.m. to
4:00 p.m. in St. Helens. There
is a fee of $45 for reference
materials.
For more information about
the program and about how to
enroll, contact the Columbia
County Extension office, locat-
ed at 505 N Columbia River
Hwy in St. Helens or call 503-
397-3462.
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