Gardening, Puttering and Adventure Thread, Oct. 22

Hello there! I was walking around the neighborhood the other evening at twilight and had the distinct feeling I was being watched.
Of course I said hello! Doesn't everyone talk to owls?
nurse ratched

Hi, everybody! I guess we are sneaking up on Halloween! Looks like a nice owl above. The photo might look slightly spooky to some people. How about you?

The Cincinnati Zoo has a nice feature on Screech Owls. If you open the thread, there's one in a cowboy hat.

Despite their small size, screech owls are exceptional night hunters using their keen sense of hearing to pinpoint prey in the dark. pic.twitter.com/I2m4509ecp
— Cincinnati Zoo (@CincinnatiZoo) October 21, 2022

Edible Gardening/Putting Things By

I finally pulled the trigger and got a freeze dryer. My first project were some cherry tomatoes. They turned out so airy. And I powdered half the batch to add flavor to recipes. Very tasty to eat as a snack.
S.Lynn, Idaho

They look great! Anyone else still harvesting?

Adventure

Greetings:

Lurker "RS" here. You previously and kindly featured a few photos of my daughter's Alpine excursions. I thought I'd send a few more recent ones, for use if you have a "slow news day.."

The first five are from a multi-day trek some weeks ago near Berchtesgaden in southern Bavaria. Note the summit cross on a smaller peak. The sunset photo was taken at an Alpine "hut," where hikers can overnight in dormitory accommodations and get a warm meal and (ahem) cold beer. Quite civilized and obviates the need for schlepping tents and food around. The huts are supplied by helicopter, mule trains or cargo cable car.

The remaining photos are from last week in Garmisch, a favorite weekend getaway popular with American military personnel back in the day. Daughter wanted to bag the summit of the highest mountain in Germany, but the weather didn't cooperate. (Yes, there's a cable car to the top, but what fun is that?)

Anyway, keep up the good work.

Cheers.

Recognize this alpine flower?

Thrilling mountain scenes and grand adventures! Thanks!

Adventure and History

These are of American Chestnuts at the old arboretum above Carson WA. It's a nice trail around it and the trees are all marked.
Notsothoreau

This is great. American chestnuts were planted in Washington to preserve virus-free (oops: fungus-free) stock of trees as they died out in the East. Such a loss when the magnificent American chestnuts were lost there.

Thinking of going to New Mexico?

Fall colors aren't limited to leaves. Look down for these wildflowers in yellow, white, and purple.

Gardens of The Horde

Don in Kansas always takes great photos, with interesting commentary.

A morning glory that survived hard freezes:

An orchid that retained color even after falling from the plant Happy Halloween:

Hope everyone has a nice weekend.

If you would like to send photos, stories, links, etc. for the Saturday Gardening, Puttering and Adventure Thread, the address is:

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Week in Review

What has changed since last week's thread? Gardening, Puttering and Adventure Thread, October 15

Any thoughts or questions?

I closed the comments on this post so you wouldn't get banned for commenting on a week-old post, but don't try it anyway.

Posted by: K.T. at 01:29 PM

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1 Good afternoon Greenthumbs

Posted by: Skip's phone at October 22, 2022 01:30 PM (xhxe8)

2 Wrapping up hoses before they freeze

Posted by: Skip's phone at October 22, 2022 01:31 PM (xhxe8)

3 nurse owls bring messages, you didn't get one?

Posted by: Skip's phone at October 22, 2022 01:32 PM (xhxe8)

4 Had rain for the second time in 4 months. It has been a very dry summer, but the good news is that it is mostly over.
My wife is picking the last of the grapes for a friend of hers, and I am eyeing the tomatoes to see if I can freeze or can the rest

Remember, tomorrow (Oct 23) is National Canning Day!

Posted by: Kindltot at October 22, 2022 01:38 PM (xhaym)

5 Owl for one, one for owl!

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko Solutions at October 22, 2022 01:40 PM (oJpPh)

6 Owls are so interesting. I was walking at dawn once, and an owl was directly in front of me, up about 20 feet. He made his "hoo hoo hoot" sound right at me. I swear I felt it resonate in my chest. I know all sound is vibration but that really brought the lesson home.

Posted by: gourmand du jour, in vino veritas at October 22, 2022 01:41 PM (jTmQV)

7 Greetings:

Early on in my deportation to California, the sweetheart and I took a trip to Death Valley, she being under the sway of some near-propaganda about the springtime bloom of the local flora.

Well, there was indeed flora but their "blooms" were mostly less than a half-inch on diameter.

Posted by: 11B40 at October 22, 2022 01:41 PM (uuklp)

8 The owl pic that nurse ratched submitted looks like an offering from the Morning Art Thread. Like a mash-up between photorealism and surrealism.

Fantastic!

Posted by: kallisto at October 22, 2022 01:42 PM (dCxaZ)

9 Remember, tomorrow (Oct 23) is National Canning Day!
Posted by: Kindltot

I thought it was no Bra Day !

Posted by: JT at October 22, 2022 01:42 PM (T4tVD)

10 Isn't every day No Bra day? Maybe I'm doing this wrong.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at October 22, 2022 01:44 PM (Wy1BU)

11 Remember, tomorrow (Oct 23) is National Canning Day!
Posted by: Kindltot at October 22, 2022 01:38 PM (xhaym)

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Awesome! Let me grab my switch!

oh wait... you said "canning"

Posted by: No One of Consequence at October 22, 2022 01:44 PM (uPgE/)

12 Never did get anything more than what I could eat in a day this year

Posted by: Skip's phone at October 22, 2022 01:45 PM (ou54U)

13 They only planted SIX! ?????

Only 6???????!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: CloseTheFed at October 22, 2022 01:45 PM (LeNk3)

14 7 Greetings:

Early on in my deportation to California, the sweetheart and I took a trip to Death Valley, she being under the sway of some near-propaganda about the springtime bloom of the local flora.
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Well, there was indeed flora but their "blooms" were mostly less than a half-inch on diameter.
Posted by: 11B40 at October 22, 2022 01:41 PM (uuklp)

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The fauna is also small, and will kill you dead

Posted by: No One of Consequence at October 22, 2022 01:46 PM (uPgE/)

15 The Death Valley spring bloom is entirely dependent on whether it gets any winter moisture.
Next spring should be good, because southern CA, AZ and NV got a lot of rain recently. Flash flood levels of rain.

Posted by: gourmand du jour, in vino veritas at October 22, 2022 01:48 PM (jTmQV)

16 Isn't every day No Bra day? Maybe I'm doing this wrong.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench)

You are to be commended !

Posted by: JT at October 22, 2022 01:48 PM (T4tVD)

17 6 Owls are so interesting. I was walking at dawn once, and an owl was directly in front of me, up about 20 feet. He made his "hoo hoo hoot" sound right at me. I swear I felt it resonate in my chest. I know all sound is vibration but that really brought the lesson home.
Posted by: gourmand du jour, in vino veritas at October 22, 2022 01:41 PM (jTmQV)

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Once was walking along a river with the family, looked up, and saw a bald eagle perched in the tree. Closest I've ever been to one in the wild. Kind of intimidating.

Posted by: No One of Consequence at October 22, 2022 01:49 PM (uPgE/)

18 2 Wrapping up hoses before they freeze

Posted by: Skip's phone at October 22, 2022 01:31 PM (xhxe

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What happens if they freeze?

Posted by: Ciampino - the plumbing is all wrong at October 22, 2022 01:50 PM (qfLjt)

19 My boy spawn and his girlfriend are in Massachusetts for the weekend. Both are big on Halloween and are doing Salem witch tours.
My girl spawn got her drivers license yesterday and today we will be adventuring to the local Mexican restaurant to celebrate.
Then we will adventure on over to check on the boys cat.
Obviously we like to live dangerously.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at October 22, 2022 01:51 PM (Wy1BU)

20 I never made it over to Berchtesgaden, but for awhile I lived southeast of Munich, and the pictures from the area - including Garmisch - make me miss being there even more than normal. And... I see that I can actually travel there again! Woot!

Posted by: Katja at October 22, 2022 01:53 PM (GDvjU)

21

What-Ho, Chaps!

Posted by: Biggles Flies Undone at October 22, 2022 01:54 PM (kOFPS)

22 Never seen Garmisch without snow on the ground. It looks good in green.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com - Email for morons. at October 22, 2022 01:54 PM (Bd6X8)

23

Will be drying apples this weekend. And making salsa.

Posted by: My Pimp Shot My Dealer at October 22, 2022 01:55 PM (kOFPS)

24 23

Will be drying apples this weekend. And making salsa.
Posted by: My Pimp Shot My Dealer at October 22, 2022 01:55 PM (kOFPS)

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My wife requested I make an apple pie, so I picked up some Granny Smith's yesterday. Need to work on the crust today.

Posted by: No One of Consequence at October 22, 2022 01:58 PM (uPgE/)

25 Hubbymayhem is currently adventurously tearing the dryer apart to find the source of an unpleasant squeaking noise.

He may even putter around the kitchen stove to determine why the smell of gas is lingering around there.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at October 22, 2022 01:58 PM (Wy1BU)

26 I connected with someone in a chestnut preservation group. He is in southern OR but went up to see those chestnuts. He was impressed! Said the Forest Service database said they hadn't done well but here they are. I don't know if he was able to get some of the nuts. He did see the chestnut oaks up there too. Unfortunately the trail is not being maintained.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 22, 2022 01:59 PM (uz3Px)

27 Wish we'd taken a photo of our Sweet Potato harvest.

MiladyJo found a sweet potato that had been neglected and sprung several sprouts. So, with no more preparation than throwing dirt in a pot, she planted it in a hanging basket on the porch.

With the freezing overnight a few days ago, she checked to see what we had. Surprisingly, we had sweet potatoes. Little, finger-sized misshapen but cute, and one that actually looked small but the right shape.

Not much of a meal, but, proof of concept.

Posted by: mindful webworker - deplored by YouTube tyrants at October 22, 2022 02:03 PM (zv2At)

28 I love Garmisch. I was stationed about an hour and a half drive north of there. Beautiful!
There is a gasthaus just outside of Garmisch called the Hotel von Post where I took Mrs D for dinner mumble...mumble years ago. One of the finest meals I have ever had anywhere. Chateaubriand. OMG!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at October 22, 2022 02:03 PM (anj39)

29 I wish owls could be trained to be falcons.

Posted by: sven at October 22, 2022 02:07 PM (Lzpvj)

30 Owls are cool.

Posted by: definitely not an owl at October 22, 2022 02:07 PM (KFhLj)

31 I've been puttering a bit with cutting off dead tree branches and burning some tumbleweeds and a few goats head burrs that escaped my spraying. The branches are needed as the tumbleweeds are too green to just burn solo right now.

Posted by: PaleRider is simply irredeemable at October 22, 2022 02:07 PM (3cGpq)

32 Remember, tomorrow (Oct 23) is National Canning Day!
Posted by: Kindltot

I thought it was no Bra Day !
Posted by: JT at October 22, 2022 01:42 PM (T4tVD)

Embrace the concept of both.
And post pictures of those cans!

Posted by: Diogenes at October 22, 2022 02:08 PM (anj39)

33 Was in the Smoky Mtns with a cousin in the spring, and we visited a restored log cabin community which the guide said was made partly from the old chestnuts. We got to talking, and she surmised that up in the mountains nearby there was probably a fortune in chestnut wood from the old trees that had died from the virus and fallen (chestnut wood doesn't rot) but there was no easy way to recover it.

Posted by: skywch at October 22, 2022 02:11 PM (uqhmb)

34 30 Posted by: definitely not an owl at October 22, 2022 02:07 PM (KFhLj)

auditory driven long vision hunters who see in black and white.

Posted by: sven at October 22, 2022 02:11 PM (Lzpvj)

35 I spent a month in Germany when my brother was stationed in Kaiserslautern with his wife and baby. My aunt and I dragged them to castles. Neuswanstein, Heidelberg castle, any castle we could get to. They removed check point Charlie the last weekend we were there. I still wish we could have witnessed that.
Fun fact... Hubbymayhem arrived in K-town and met my brother a week after I left. I had to wait 10 years to meet the man.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at October 22, 2022 02:12 PM (Wy1BU)

36 Your home is a frozen mass you can't wrap it up, In early spring use it

There is not 1 cloud outside

Posted by: Skip's phone at October 22, 2022 02:13 PM (ou54U)

37 10 Isn't every day No Bra day? Maybe I'm doing this wrong.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at October 22, 2022 01:44 PM (Wy1BU)
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Obligatory
https://twitter.com/stikovaornella?lang=en

Posted by: Ciampino - Squirrels don't wear bras either at October 22, 2022 02:16 PM (qfLjt)

38 The owl pic reminds me of something Man Ray would do.

Will be drying apples this weekend. And making salsa.

Posted by: My Pimp Shot My Dealer at October 22, 2022 01:55 PM (kOFPS)

I'm starting to do holiday baking, goodies that can be frozen and enjoyed Thanksgiving to Christmas.

Posted by: kallisto at October 22, 2022 02:20 PM (dCxaZ)

39 The mountain pics remind me of the tiny chapel hidden up on Mt. Pilatus.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at October 22, 2022 02:24 PM (aBjno)

40 Lemon curry?

Posted by: Sen Yor Bee Glays at October 22, 2022 02:40 PM (1bgdu)

41 25 Hubbymayhem is currently adventurously tearing the dryer apart to find the source of an unpleasant squeaking noise.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at October 22, 2022 01:58 PM (Wy1BU)
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He may uncover a treasure trove of socks.

Posted by: Ciampino -- Squirrels don't wear bras either at October 22, 2022 02:42 PM (qfLjt)

42 Love all the photos but the morning glory and orchid are spectacular. I'm amazed they retained so much after a frost. And owls are just so damned cool!

Posted by: JTB at October 22, 2022 02:42 PM (7EjX1)

43 On our pre-dawn doggie walk this morning, we heard an owl hooting in the woods to the west of us and, to the east, the neighbor's rooster crowing. Quite a soundtrack.

Posted by: mindful webworker - declared persona non grata by the YouTube Karens at October 22, 2022 02:43 PM (zv2At)

44 When the dog and I get up in the morning it's still dark when we go out. At least half the time we can hear screech owls. If you don't know what it is, it's a pretty eerie sound.

Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at October 22, 2022 02:44 PM (UBPZX)

45 We are seeing some fantastic color around here, especially brilliant in full sun. Even our oak tree, which usually just goes to brown autumn leaves, has clusters of brilliant golden yellow. It's a beautiful sight in the first morning sunshine.

Posted by: JTB at October 22, 2022 02:45 PM (7EjX1)

46 Just finished painting my concrete planters and laying the rest of the red lava rock. Now just need to decide what type of bush to plant in the planters. In my other two planters I've planted bushes called Snowfall almost two months ago. They look like they are in good shape but they haven't really become any larger.

Posted by: polynikes at October 22, 2022 02:46 PM (0Af6/)

47 I've planted bushes called Snowfall almost two months ago. They look like they are in good shape but they haven't really become any larger.
Posted by: polynikes

So, they're no Leons....

Posted by: JT at October 22, 2022 02:52 PM (T4tVD)

48 We got our best indication of the arrival of fall weather: the redbud in our front yard. It is incredibly fast to blossom in spring and loses its leaves almost overnight in the fall. Another few hours of cold, windy weather and it will be just branches with a bunch of brown seed pods for the next five months.

I should look into saving some of the seeds to try for seedlings for 2023. If it works I'll have fee shrubs. If it doesn't, the redbud won't miss the pods. Win-win!

Posted by: JTB at October 22, 2022 02:56 PM (7EjX1)

49 We have Great Horned Owls here, every once in awhile they are in our trees at night calling each other

Posted by: Skip at October 22, 2022 02:59 PM (xhxe8)

50 Well this might not be good. Hubbymayhem, still working on the dryer, said whew doggies.
Him: problem
Me: should we call Vanilla Ice or do we need Jerry Lewis to spin up a telethon?
Him: it may be hammer time.

This may not end well.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at October 22, 2022 03:01 PM (Wy1BU)

51 I know we have owls in the neighborhood. I can hear them when in the backyard. But once I went out there and a huge owl of some type was perched on a stump. (The stump is no longer there.) The damned thing looked like it could have swooped down and picked up a cocker spaniel.

Wish I could have got a photo of it framed against our lilac bush.

Posted by: JTB at October 22, 2022 03:02 PM (7EjX1)

52 Raspberries are petering out but still plucking about a dozen per day. Last homegrown anything till strawberries in May.

Posted by: Cumberland Astro at October 22, 2022 03:06 PM (d9Cw3)

53 I thought it was no Bra Day !
Posted by: JT at October 22, 2022 01:42 PM (T4tVD)

Easy mistake to make, conflating National Canning Day with National Cans Day.

(denounces self)

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 22, 2022 03:07 PM (x8tC2)

54 Raspberries are petering out

So is pride month.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko Solutions at October 22, 2022 03:08 PM (bTN5Q)

55 51 ... I checked online. I think the owl mentioned in 51 above was a great horned owl. Since I usually see small song birds in the yard, that thing looked like a Sikorsky sky crane.

Posted by: JTB at October 22, 2022 03:08 PM (7EjX1)

56 Geico commercial:

Wife Owl: "Just so you know, I'm having brunch with Megan tomorrow."
Husband Owl: "Who?"
Wife Owl: "Megan, from work?"
Husband Owl: "Who?"
Wife Owl: "Seriously, you've met her like three times..."
Husband Owl: "Who?"

I laugh every time I see that.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at October 22, 2022 03:09 PM (PiwSw)

57 In My Cousin Vinny, they're spending the night in the cabin in the woods and Vinny hears an owl. Hilarity as he fires a pistol randomly into the woods.

https://youtu.be/A4mogrWHTS4

From IMDb: According to director Jonathan Lynn, the eastern screech owl in the scene in the woods was a real owl that had a little prior training so it wouldn't be scared away by the gunfire. The crew got it to open its mouth by giving it little pieces of beef, and artificially induced screeches were added to the film in post production. The owl's reaction to Vinny shooting the gun was authentic and needed only one take. The director states on the DVD commentary, "we got amazingly lucky with that screech owl".

Posted by: mindful webworker - YouTube cancelled me at October 22, 2022 03:11 PM (zv2At)

58 Here in SE Wisconsin, we're enjoying some lovely fall weather - warm and sunny. (However, we could use some rain.) My cherry tomatoes are still bearing a few tomatoes. My pepper plants are bearing heavily, both green peppers and banana peppers - delicious in salads and stir-frys. The broccoli plants are still sending out side-shoots; we'll be having some with supper tonight. (If you haven't had broccoli that's fresh from the garden, you haven't had broccoli.) I've also sown a fall crop of greens in the cold frame; we'll see if anything comes of it. And there's still some potatoes out there that need to be dug up. Otherwise, I'm shutting things down; the next big job is to tear down the compost pile, spread the compost, and dig it into the gardens - perhaps the biggest job of the year.

Posted by: Nemo at October 22, 2022 03:13 PM (S6ArX)

59 Flower might be edelweiss.

Posted by: Lirio100 at October 22, 2022 03:13 PM (w/VHS)

60 Love the owls! I had the opportunity to visit the National Aviary in Pittsburgh bc (before covid) and they were a very entertaining part of the exhibit.

And making freeze dried AND powered cherry tomatoes, super! I'm learning a lot about the joys of canning and dehydrating from so many of you & hope to give it a good try in the future.

The flower, Edelweiss, so pretty and made me think of The Sound of Music. But at my very best many years ago, I don't think I could have hiked those mountains. Your daughter is an amazing young lady.

The American chestnut tree, which has been lost in the east, is a lovely tree. I didn't know they've been planted in Washington to preserve the species. Glad, as they really need to be. (We're now losing old pin oaks, most more than 70 - 90 feet tall, in the region. Hopefully, they, too, will also be grown and preserved somewhere.) And all of the flowers are just a joy to see; thanks for sharing.

This is a beautiful thread. Thank you.

Posted by: Lola at October 22, 2022 03:13 PM (NIYa7)

61 (If you haven't had broccoli that's fresh from the garden, you haven't had broccoli.

that can be said about practically anything that is home-grown or cultivated. Such a difference in fresh-picked taste!

Posted by: kallisto at October 22, 2022 03:15 PM (dCxaZ)

62 To back up what others said, google lens IDs the flower as Edelweiss too

Posted by: wodun at October 22, 2022 03:16 PM (lFga6)

63 Owls all have distinct calls, easy to find out species by that alone.

Posted by: Skip at October 22, 2022 03:19 PM (xhxe8)

64 To back up what others said, google lens IDs the flower as Edelweiss too
Posted by: wodun at October 22, 2022 03:16 PM (lFga6)

Well, now you have done it. Google will now flag you as "Nazi-curious".

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 22, 2022 03:20 PM (x8tC2)

65 Owls all have distinct calls, easy to find out species by that alone.
Posted by: Skip at October 22, 2022 03:19 PM (xhxe

Hooo, baby! - The Great Lech Owl

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 22, 2022 03:21 PM (x8tC2)

66 They may have planted pin oaks there. It's 11 acres of all sorts of trees. Most died but the plaques are still there. There is a small grove of redwoods there too.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 22, 2022 03:23 PM (uz3Px)

67 Point of order...Chestnut Blight is a fungus, not a virus.

Pin oaks only live 85 years or so. White oak group and evergreen oaks live hundreds.

Back to chestnuts... lots of deer hunters in the MW plant chestnuts for the "mast". I've got 3 going. Deer prefer those leaves over almost anything I grow... kinda frustrating. Dunno when I can lose the fencing.

Posted by: MkY at October 22, 2022 03:26 PM (cPGH3)

68 My grandmother was one offered 500 acres of chestnut forrest. Why yes, this was more than a century ago...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 22, 2022 03:29 PM (ENtYJ)

69 Well, now you have done it. Google will now flag you as "Nazi-curious".
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 22, 2022 03:20 PM (x8tC2)

For those that haven't read it, this is a great story:

https://www.steynonline.com/11036/edelweiss

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at October 22, 2022 03:29 PM (PiwSw)

70 When we were stationed in Gaeta Italy, we would drive up to Garmisch for the week.

I have memories of carrying our son on my shoulders up to the base of Neuschwenstein just before Christmas as a Bavarian snowfall moved in.

The image of the castle slowly emerging out of the falling snow, and the look on Little VIA's face can not be described.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 22, 2022 03:32 PM (uLr+K)

71 70 ... "I have memories of carrying our son on my shoulders up to the base of Neuschwenstein just before Christmas as a Bavarian snowfall moved in.

The image of the castle slowly emerging out of the falling snow, and the look on Little VIA's face can not be described."

VIA,
Thanks for sharing that. What a sweet memory.

Posted by: JTB at October 22, 2022 03:36 PM (7EjX1)

72 Did pick green tomatoes and peppers the other day, see if any rippen

Posted by: Skip at October 22, 2022 03:39 PM (xhxe8)

73 Texas MoMe holding the pet thread hostage?

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko Solutions at October 22, 2022 03:39 PM (Y6x0W)

74 Did pick green tomatoes and peppers the other day, see if any rippen
Posted by: Skip

We've got maybe a peck of green tomatoes, hoping we get to eat at least one at Thanksgiving. Kinda fun, if nothing else.

Posted by: MkY at October 22, 2022 03:41 PM (cPGH3)

75 I just planted about 20 alliums, about 25 ranuculus and maybe 30 irises to replace the ones the gophers destroyed.

I planted all the bulbs near an emitter so I don't forget to water them.

I also planted a bunch of garlic by my roses.

Posted by: CaliGirl at October 22, 2022 03:42 PM (oeVy+)

76 For those that haven't read it, this is a great story:

https://www.steynonline.com/11036/edelweiss
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at October 22, 2022 03:29 PM (PiwSw)

That was a good read. Thanks for posting.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 22, 2022 03:44 PM (x8tC2)

77 PET NOOD

Posted by: Skip at October 22, 2022 03:51 PM (xhxe8)

78 The Zugpitze. First and only time I went skiing. Ski lift dumped us off in a white out and flew down that fvcking mountain. Laid it down to break the bindings loose. Army dumb asses.

Posted by: dartist at October 22, 2022 04:00 PM (9X/y4)

79 MkY at October 22, 2022 03:26 PM

Thanks. You're right, of course.

Posted by: KT at October 22, 2022 04:34 PM (rrtZS)

80 CalGirl-Ranunculus are my favorite and had hundreds when I lived in NorCal foothills. Unfortunately they do not grow in my zone 5 Idahome. Lucky you.

Posted by: S.Lynn at October 22, 2022 07:48 PM (MCRc+)

81 Eastern Oregon. Hard freezes coming, so we picked the tomatoes down to mature green today. Harvested squash and pumpkins last night. 2 more apple varieties picked today, 4 to go.

Mrs. Dall is working on Pink Pearl applesauce now after making plum fruit leather earlier today.

Tomorrow draining the hoses and field irrigation. Picking Seckel pears which will join the Orcas pears waiting in cold room to be taken out and dried.

Posted by: Hal Dall MD at October 22, 2022 09:48 PM (Um3YS)

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