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Gardens of The Horde Don in Kansas predicted that most of his garden flowers would doomed by frost earlier this month. Here are some of them: Here are a few snapshots from the yard taken this week. The low tonight will be 25 degrees, according to the weatherman. It's possible that some of the plants will survive that, thanks to the microclimate near the house. However, the 20 degrees; forecast for Friday night will probably do them all in. These are likely the last garden pictures of the year (though indoors the very red orchid has a fresh set of buds).Here are some of them: Dahlberg Daisy ![]() ![]() ![]() If you would like to send photos, stories, links, etc. for the Saturday Gardening, Puttering and Adventure Thread, the address is: ktinthegarden at g mail dot com Remember to include the nic or name by which you wish to be known at AoSHQ, or let us know if you want to remain a lurker. Week in Review What has changed since last week's thread? Saturday Gardening, Puttering and Adventure Thread, Nov. 12 Any thoughts or questions? The Electronic Selective Peach Pitter is used primarily on clingstone peaches and operates at speeds up to 66 peaches per minute. This machine offers the best of both pitting methods - torque pitting of good fruit and spoon pitting of less than perfect pits. This provides continuous production volume, reduces repitting labor and minimizes downtime resulting in premium quality fruit halves and higher case yields. ![]() Comments(Jump to bottom of comments)1
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Posted by: flounder at November 19, 2022 01:21 PM (1IjJM) 2
Happy Thanksgiving, horde.
Posted by: flounder at November 19, 2022 01:23 PM (1IjJM) 3
Broccodoodle and caulidoodle?
Thus doodle trend is getting out of line! Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at November 19, 2022 01:26 PM (5rBf5) 4
That third pic could have been in one of those Wyeth melancholy paintings.
Posted by: polynikes at November 19, 2022 01:27 PM (f+KrF) 5
it's once again checkbook-balancing and bill-paying adventure time for me. it's annoying that the bills don't stay paid.
Posted by: stochastic kulak anachronda at November 19, 2022 01:29 PM (edU/H) 6
I plan to make a peach cobbler with peaches I froze during the summer. Cobbler is much easier than pie and just as delicious.
Posted by: huerfano at November 19, 2022 01:29 PM (dTFZY) 7
Incidentally, I don't know anyone who routinely makes peach pie for Thanksgiving. Do you?---
Peaches are for cobbler only. Fabulous delicious cobbler. Posted by: polynikes at November 19, 2022 01:29 PM (f+KrF) 8
The last 2 pics are an Amish 1 room schoolhouse and a Mennonite Church. Both are about 10 minutes away from where I grew up. The other pics are random rural areas of Lawrence County, PA. That river is the Shenango. PA is run by lunatics now but it is a pretty state, especially in the Fall.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at November 19, 2022 01:31 PM (ifUkZ) 9
3 Broccodoodle and caulidoodle?
Thus doodle trend is getting out of line! Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at November 19, 2022 01:26 PM (5rBf5) Completely nuts now, breeding dogs with vegetables is way too far. Posted by: CN at November 19, 2022 01:31 PM (Zzbjj) 10
It's a lazy rainy day in Houston. Would only be more lazy if it was a Sunday.
Posted by: polynikes at November 19, 2022 01:31 PM (f+KrF) 11
Completely nuts now, breeding dogs with vegetables is way too far.
Posted by: CN at November 19, 2022 01:31 PM (Zzbjj) At least it's not pasta. Posted by: polynikes at November 19, 2022 01:32 PM (f+KrF) 12
If you crossed a poodle with a chicken what would you get?
Posted by: polynikes at November 19, 2022 01:33 PM (f+KrF) 13
Puddleglum at work at November 19, 2022 01:31 PM
Great photos, Puddlegum. Back in the day, people did with a lot less than we do with today. Posted by: KT at November 19, 2022 01:36 PM (rrtZS) 14
hiya
Posted by: JT at November 19, 2022 01:41 PM (T4tVD) 15
For that apple pie and ice cream photo looks like one they would use in a cook book .
Posted by: polynikes at November 19, 2022 01:42 PM (f+KrF) 16
Good afternoon! Looking forward to redoing the landscape from scratch. Gonna try to go with a low water, evergreen theme in Zone 8a with a central water feature.
Now taking your suggestions.... Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at November 19, 2022 01:42 PM (tBR6g) 17
Tor you stupid autocorrect. If I wanted for I would have typed it.
Posted by: polynikes at November 19, 2022 01:42 PM (f+KrF) 18
I want to go to GranMa's house with Puddleglum.
Posted by: Eromero at November 19, 2022 01:44 PM (oRWDD) 19
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at November 19, 2022 01:42 PM (tBR6g)
Can't go wrong with lava rock somewhere with a color that matches your abode. Posted by: polynikes at November 19, 2022 01:44 PM (f+KrF) 20
If you crossed a poodle with a chicken what would you get?
Posted by: polynikes at November 19, 2022 01:33 PM (f+KrF) would a cackledoodle do? Posted by: Kindltot at November 19, 2022 01:45 PM (xhaym) 21
would a cackledoodle do?
Posted by: Kindltot at November 19, 2022 01:45 PM (xhaym Hah. I was looking for chicken noodle but yours would be a good name for a cross between a rooster and poodle. Add a Doo of course. Posted by: polynikes at November 19, 2022 01:47 PM (f+KrF) 22
And Bi-Tor done flung a craving on me for that apple crumble pie. Yessir.
Posted by: Eromero at November 19, 2022 01:48 PM (oRWDD) 23
Hah. I was looking for chicken noodle but yours would be a good name for a cross between a rooster and poodle. Add a Doo of course.
Posted by: polynikes at November 19, 2022 01:47 PM (f+KrF) If they are roosters and twins, they could be the Cock-a-doodle duo. Posted by: Kindltot at November 19, 2022 01:48 PM (xhaym) 24
Oh you did add the doo. Whew I'm slow today.
Posted by: polynikes at November 19, 2022 01:49 PM (f+KrF) 25
Might still be a few surviving tomato plants very close to the house, but have had a few below freezing nights. I accidentally bought some tomato plants that produce these oddly colored, almost orange tomatoes. The wife loves them, thinks they're sweeter, less acidic. She likes to cut them into tiny slices to put on the top of our homemade pizza. Posted by: Divide by Zero at November 19, 2022 01:51 PM (y3pKJ) 26
We usually have spiced peaches for thanksgiving. The tart/sweet combo cuts through the delicious carb overload.
Posted by: All Hail Eris at November 19, 2022 01:53 PM (3pr7Q) 27
What is a good bush plant that blooms for a large planter ? Anyone?
I bought a bush called Snowfall for my first two planters but they haven't gotten any larger and never bloomed. I have two additional planters on the other side to balance but waiting for planting season to come back around. Posted by: polynikes at November 19, 2022 01:54 PM (f+KrF) 28
I have found that the best pumpkin pie pumpkin is the sweet meat winter squash. It is battleship grey on the outside and dark orange flesh. It has big seeds (for roasting) and is very sweet
I like to plant squash in among my corn, but you need one that is not too aggressive and tolerates some shade. I really liked planting delicata squash in the past, when I could get the seeds. Posted by: Kindltot at November 19, 2022 01:54 PM (xhaym) 29
From Boise area: This week's themes are leaves, and cold. Low will be about 17 F tonight. Highs have been 34-39. There was an air stagnation advisory for the early part of the week, so we held off on burning the fireplace until after it was lifted.
Leaves are everywhere. Crabapple, linden, and southside maple are done dropping them. We shredded the linden ones for compost and will get started on shredding the others this afternoon. The 4 sweet gums and the giant silver maple have only partly dropped leaves. The pretty large 'Autumn Blaze' maple hasn't even started! We've done a total of 31 leaf bags of the non-compostable sycamores so far - lots more to go..... Got the studded tires on my car this week. (Is that prepping, or puttering?) Hopefully everyone who reads this, will have much to be thankful for, this year and every year. Stay unconquerable out there! Posted by: Pat* at November 19, 2022 01:55 PM (a9dTa) 30
Posted by: Kindltot at November 19, 2022 01:54 PM (xhaym)
How about butternut squash? . I love the soup. Posted by: polynikes at November 19, 2022 01:55 PM (f+KrF) 31
Everything is covered in a thin but deadly layer of ice and snow. A few marigolds and mums are hanging on by a thread.
Posted by: All Hail Eris at November 19, 2022 01:56 PM (3pr7Q) 32
Posted by: polynikes at November 19, 2022 01:44 PM (f+KrF)
There will certainly be some stone involved. I have to put in a french drain along the length of the house and there will be a flagstone patio with a pergola at one end of the pond. Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at November 19, 2022 01:56 PM (tBR6g) 33
My two tiny insta-beds at one side of the patio are under the drip-line of the roof which meant that, because the soil was extremely shallow because I ran out (how I long to be able to produce more of my own soil than can be gotten from a styrofoam cooler worm farm, one of the goals when we move) there was a line being worn down to the paper layer every time it rained. I got a couple more bags of soil, and edged the beds with brick to try to keep the soil that *is* there from moving to much, and it seems to be helping.
Lowe's has seeds available now so I broadcast sowed salad greens in the beds and radishes and peas in a container. Hoping something actually sprouts. Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at November 19, 2022 01:57 PM (nC+QA) 34
Posted by: Pat* at November 19, 2022 01:55 PM (a9dTa)
OT but you guys had some bad juju in Moscow area this week. I need to catch up on the latest. Posted by: polynikes at November 19, 2022 01:58 PM (f+KrF) 35
Most squash is good. Except maybe the crop of zucchini x orange pumpkin cross volunteers that grew this year.
I will have to bite the bullet and get seed next year. Another great recipe is to add leftover mashed squash from dinner to the batter for making pancakes for breakfast. Posted by: Kindltot at November 19, 2022 01:59 PM (xhaym) 36
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at November 19, 2022 01:56 PM (tBR6g)
That sounds like a perfect meditation set up. You have to have a hammock somewhere. Posted by: polynikes at November 19, 2022 01:59 PM (f+KrF) 37
Pat* why are sycamores non-compostable?
Posted by: Kindltot at November 19, 2022 02:01 PM (xhaym) 38
Bird Dog at Maggie's farm has a post up with lots of links concerning pumpkins as tasty food.
there was a deli nearby that offered housemade Crab-Pumpkin bisque. One of the tastiest soups I've ever enjoyed! Posted by: kallisto at November 19, 2022 02:04 PM (dCxaZ) 39
Personally I think all pies are appropriate at all times. I believe I speak for Weasel in this regard as well.
Posted by: bluebell at November 19, 2022 02:04 PM (pTb/Z) 40
now but it is a pretty state, especially in the Fall.
Pennsylvania is a beautiful state...Penn's Woods. Even after out of control development, still a lot of beautiful leafy scenery and landscape. And hills. It's not flat. Posted by: kallisto at November 19, 2022 02:06 PM (dCxaZ) 41
Hiya Bluebell !
Posted by: JT at November 19, 2022 02:07 PM (T4tVD) 42
Posted by: kallisto at November 19, 2022 02:06 PM (dCxaZ)
The scenes in The Deer Hunter were beautiful. Posted by: polynikes at November 19, 2022 02:08 PM (f+KrF) 43
We canned freestone peaches in August and they're delicious! Gonna can a lot more next summer.
I have some sliced peaches that I froze in 2021, before we began to can. I wonder if I could thaw them in Fruit Fresh to keep them from turning brown as soon as they thaw... Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at November 19, 2022 02:09 PM (Mzdiz) 44
Water feature? I lucked out. I wanted to remove about 50 yards of dirt shoved up against the lowest level of my house to put in either sliding glass doors or larger windows. As I was shoveling - every night after work for an hour or so, for weeks - I came across these huge rocks, too damn big to move. But I was able to stack them over top of each other. I then dug out an area at the bottom, made a small cement pond, added a pump, electricity, and instant waterfall. Later added waterlilies and goldfish. Got my new windows installed by a local guy who barely charged me more than the price of the windows. The old expression about 'when life serves you lemons, make lemonade' is so true. There's nothing I now enjoy more then being in that room, throwing the switch and watch the water tumble down those rocks - the same rocks I initially cursed upon finding. Posted by: Divide by Zero at November 19, 2022 02:13 PM (y3pKJ) 45
Polynikes -
Looking at things like torch lillies and cannas for selected perenial locations and cotoneaster and creepin phlox for evergreen cover. I have one location where the pond and the surrounding area will fall under a huge crepe myrtle and a black fig. Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at November 19, 2022 02:13 PM (tBR6g) 46
One place I'm glad not to live is where the Bills play in Orchard Park, NY, 77 inches of snow. Couldn't leave if you wanted to.
Posted by: dartist at November 19, 2022 02:15 PM (9X/y4) 47
Pictures, Divide by Zero!
Posted by: Gordon Scott at November 19, 2022 02:16 PM (VvMZN) 48
**Are you doing anything interesting outdoors?**
Tying down anything that might blow away. Nasty winds. An early Happy Thanksgiving all! Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko Solutions at November 19, 2022 02:17 PM (HXwpV) 49
Been eating home tomatoes all week from green ones I brought in before frost, pretty good
Posted by: Skip's phone at November 19, 2022 02:19 PM (xhxe8) 50
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at November 19, 2022 02:13 PM (tBR6g)
You must be in a semi dry or dry location . Posted by: polynikes at November 19, 2022 02:20 PM (f+KrF) 51
Pictures, Divide by Zero! Posted by: Gordon Scott at November 19, 2022 02:16 PM Okay, I'll email to K.T. this week. Posted by: Divide by Zero at November 19, 2022 02:22 PM (y3pKJ) 52
One place I'm glad not to live is where the Bills play in Orchard Park, NY, 77 inches of snow. Couldn't leave if you wanted to.
Posted by: dartist at November 19, 2022 02:15 PM (9X/y4) My company was going to transfer me to Syracuse from Albany.when the Albany office was closing. That's when I requested a transfer to Houston . I was not going anywhere close to the snow belt. Posted by: polynikes at November 19, 2022 02:22 PM (f+KrF) 53
People here in Arizona ask if I miss the winters in Minnesota. No, I really don't, and 77 inches would be a bad season in Minneapolis, not a bad storm.
Posted by: Gordon Scott at November 19, 2022 02:23 PM (VvMZN) 54
Winters are like a tight pair of cowboy boots. Really appreciate when you don't have to suffer them any more.
Posted by: polynikes at November 19, 2022 02:27 PM (f+KrF) Posted by: kallisto at November 19, 2022 02:30 PM (dCxaZ) 56
Always fabulous pictures - as appealing as any professional magazine presentation - plus great conversations & tips.
Thank you, and Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours. Posted by: Lola at November 19, 2022 02:31 PM (NIYa7) Posted by: Eromero at November 19, 2022 02:31 PM (oRWDD) 58
I'm baaack. Still no gardening of my own, but I'm sure enjoying the lovely pics of PA, By-Tor's pie and Don's flowers. Thank you all for sharing.
Posted by: PaleRider is simply irredeemable at November 19, 2022 02:33 PM (3cGpq) 59
Why does Buffalo get so much snow?
Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at November 19, 2022 02:45 PM (nxdel) Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at November 19, 2022 02:48 PM (tBR6g) 61
Jewells it's call lake effect, air picks up moisture from the Great Lakes and dumps it on the east sides of them
Posted by: Skip at November 19, 2022 02:49 PM (xhxe8) 62
My favorite weekend thread! I took the deep dive into squash this year. I grew oregon homestead sweet meat, this season. Next year I plan on growing candy roaster(makes better pie then pumpkin) sweet meat, butternut and delecatta. Remember to self pollinate and cage your blooms if your saving seed, squash cross pollinate easily.
Posted by: KarlHungus at November 19, 2022 02:50 PM (MhCcX) 63
Gardening? It was 4 degrees on the porch at 430 this morning according to Mrs. Sock . For once, I was blissfully snoozing. Going long on snow shovels . Looking for a moron partner in the Buffalo area .
Posted by: Sock Monkey * Ungovernable at November 19, 2022 02:51 PM (ymiae) 64
What is a good bush plant that blooms for a large planter ? Anyone?
I bought a bush called Snowfall for my first two planters but they haven't gotten any larger and never bloomed. I have two additional planters on the other side to balance but waiting for planting season to come back around. Posted by: polynikes I had to find where you lived to get your zone. Houston is 9a. The blue hibiscus zones are 9-11 https://is.gd/5j8UiS It isn't a hibiscus; but, the flowers are hibiscus-like. Needs sun. Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at November 19, 2022 02:53 PM (dIit+) 65
Thanks Skip. I always wondered!
Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at November 19, 2022 02:55 PM (nxdel) Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at November 19, 2022 02:56 PM (dIit+) 67
What is a good bush plant that blooms for a large planter ? Anyone?
Cannabis sativa, commonly known back in the day as Thai weed . Posted by: Sock Monkey * Ungovernable at November 19, 2022 02:56 PM (ymiae) 68
Skip told you first.
Yea Skip. Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at November 19, 2022 02:56 PM (dIit+) 69
Why does Buffalo get so much snow?
----- Lake effect snow from Lakes Erie and Ontario blowing east. They get killed just about every winter. Posted by: dartist at November 19, 2022 02:58 PM (9X/y4) 70
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at November 19, 2022 02:53 PM (dIit+)
Bougainvilla or lantana looks good in a big planter. Bougainvilla looks good in baskets too. Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at November 19, 2022 03:01 PM (tBR6g) 71
I would go cannabis indica, sativa takes a lonnnnng time to bloom
Posted by: KarlHungus at November 19, 2022 03:01 PM (MhCcX) 72
Jewells, winds pass over the warmer waters of the Great Lakes and pick up moisture and heat. The heat causes the moisture to rise into the cooler, drier air where the moisture condenses into clouds. Bands of these clouds then move over land and some very local terrain induces heavy snowfall--over and over. The result is that some places get two feet of snow, and a couple of miles away none falls. Parts of Buffalo are ideal for this.
Posted by: Gordon Scott at November 19, 2022 03:03 PM (VvMZN) 73
You guys are suspiciously specific about this cannabis.
Posted by: Eromero at November 19, 2022 03:03 PM (oRWDD) 74
You guys are suspiciously specific about this cannabis.
Posted by: Eromero at November 19, 2022 03:03 PM (oRWDD) Clearly hemp afficionados. Posted by: Kindltot at November 19, 2022 03:06 PM (xhaym) 75
Here in East coast we get Nor'Easterns, snow storms come up from south but as turn like low grade hurricane counterclockwise so winds hit off ocean from north east though come from south, pulling moisure from ocean inland.. Here they can dump some snow in great amounts
Posted by: Skip at November 19, 2022 03:06 PM (xhxe8) 76
Accuweather said the buffalo/Cleveland game would be played in Detroit this week. Six feet of snow in the Buffalo stadium.
Posted by: AlmostYuman at November 19, 2022 03:10 PM (XM0ps) 77
Had to shovel the driveway twice this week. I cant imagine having to do that every week especially if the snow was more than several inches. Pretty glad we're relocating.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at November 19, 2022 03:11 PM (tBR6g) 78
You guys are suspiciously specific about this cannabis.
Posted by: Eromero I was an amateur horticulturist in the 70's Posted by: Sock Monkey * Ungovernable at November 19, 2022 03:11 PM (ymiae) 79
Skip, in the Northwest we get winds from the southwest off the ocean that bring rain in all winter. Same thing, but the Pacific doesn't get so cold so we don't get a lot of snow
Posted by: Kindltot at November 19, 2022 03:13 PM (xhaym) 80
It's legal in oregon. Actually quite a pretty plant ro grow. Love the smell too, some people hate it.
Posted by: KarlHungus at November 19, 2022 03:13 PM (MhCcX) 81
Blue Hubbard squash has the best texture, but they are so darned huge
Posted by: mildly citrusy at November 19, 2022 03:15 PM (4w78S) 82
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at November 19, 2022 02:53 PM (dIit+)
Bougainvilla or lantana looks good in a big planter. Bougainvilla looks good in baskets too. Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at November 19, 2022 03:01 PM (tBR6g) Bougainvilla are really pretty. May have thorns though, unless I'm confusing it with something else. Lantana end up spreading everywhere due to the birds eating the berries. That's not a big problem if you have plenty of room, but can be a nuisance in a standard suburban lot. Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at November 19, 2022 03:17 PM (nC+QA) 83
I still need to unearth my potatoes, but I haven't been out to determine whether the ground has frozen hard around them yet.
They're in a lovely little microclimate pocket so it may not have, but the weather has been terribly cold at night lately... Posted by: FeatherBlade at November 19, 2022 03:20 PM (oRXQU) 84
Love those photos of western PA. I've only ben there a few times, always in autumn I'm glad to say, and it was a beautiful area.
Posted by: JTB at November 19, 2022 03:24 PM (7EjX1) 85
Back in the 70's my roommate and I had a beautiful plant growing in a kitchen greenhouse window . Her name was Audrey. One day our landlord stopped by unannounced to fix a shower issue. Audrey had 5 plus inch buds almost ready to harvest. He took a long look and commented " nice looking plant". Didn't say anything else and left after fixing the shower. He was an awesome landlord . He was also a Spokane city police detective . We harvested Audrey. Never heard a word from him but we always paid our rent early .
Posted by: Sock Monkey * Ungovernable at November 19, 2022 03:25 PM (ymiae) 86
I still need to unearth my potatoes, but I haven't been out to determine whether the ground has frozen hard around them yet.
----- I used to over winter what I didn't eat and they would come up again the next spring. I never could get them to keep in the house and it's good for lazy people like me. Posted by: dartist at November 19, 2022 03:30 PM (9X/y4) Posted by: Skip nood advisor at November 19, 2022 03:31 PM (xhxe8) 88
Butternut squash soup is great with coconut milk, peanut butter, and a variety of Indonesian sambals and/or spices. Another favorite is a Moroccan soup/stew with cubed butternut squash, tomatoes, and garbanzos: a very nice sweet-and-sour effect.
Posted by: Wendy Laubach at November 19, 2022 03:31 PM (4lmmI) 89
Don't know if Bougainvillea would do well in winter in Houston . That's why I have the planters now. My in ground bushes were killed in the freeze. They are pretty though.
Posted by: polynikes at November 19, 2022 03:33 PM (f+KrF) 90
How about butternut squash? . I love the soup.
Posted by: polynikes Libby's, the largest producer of canned pumpkin in this world, uses a squash that looks an awful lot like butternut. Butternut squash keeps... punkin don't. Don, from Ks. has a great eye, and is a very good photog. Venison sausage making this weekend. First out of the gate is sweet Italian, with beef ribeye fat as the fat. We bought smaller hog casing (30-32mm. Common is 32-35mm, which is everywhere), sheep casing, and big man made for summer sausage... 2 1/2" Posted by: MkY at November 19, 2022 03:57 PM (cPGH3) 91
77 Had to shovel the driveway twice this week. I cant imagine having to do that every week especially if the snow was more than several inches. Pretty glad we're relocating.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at November 19, 2022 03:11 PM (tBR6g) Will be driveway clearing #6 tonight -started Thursday. Not complaining as I could be by buffalo, that's ridiculous Posted by: A dude in MI at November 19, 2022 04:52 PM (/6GbT) 92
Thank you, Horde, for the autumn-flower pictures. As I stare out the window at the flying snow, I leaf through the garden catalogues that have started arriving, and wait for spring.
However, my garden had one last surprise. I have a rose bush that was a left-over from the previous owner. It only blooms in June, and then briefly. However, this year, it bore a single rose in mid-November: just one, but it was a lovely reminder that if winter is here, spring can't be far behind. Posted by: Nemo at November 19, 2022 06:30 PM (S6ArX) 93
Doing pumpkin swirl cheesecake instead of pumpkin pie. I prefer sweet potato pie anyways
Posted by: S.lynn at November 19, 2022 10:00 PM (MCRc+) 94
37 Pat* why are sycamores non-compostable?
Posted by: Kindltot at November 19, 2022 02:01 PM (xhaym) They will compost eventually, but they take about twice as long as the other maple/sweet gum/linden/crab apple leaves we have, so it holds up the whole compost batch if they are mixed. And they won't burn once they are damp, so they go on the curb. Oak leaves are even slower to compost, since they have a waxy coating, but that makes them burn well so they provide ash for the garden. Posted by: Pat*''s Hubby at November 19, 2022 11:12 PM (a9dTa) 95
34 Polynikes, I actually know 3 kids from my 4-H group are up at U of Idaho at Moscow. Definitely worried about them now. Pray that they catch the perpetrator!
37 Kindltot, we've tried to compost the sycamore leaves, but they just don't seem to break down. It's too bad, because we have 4 huge ones out front - but everything they drop has to be bagged, burned, or trashed. We'll bag everything we can this month, while the trash company will take leaf bags, after that they go in the trash can. The oak leaves have a waxy coating, so can be burned, or trashed. Fortunately it's just those 5 trees that are problematic. All our maples' leaves shred and compost just fine, ditto the sweet gums and the crabapple. Posted by: Pat* at November 19, 2022 11:18 PM (a9dTa) 96
Happy Thanksgiving, you Morons... And what a Thanksgiving it is! My wife and daughter are back to health. I love my job. We finally got our own home this year after working toward this with little hope for years. And more importantly, it's near my family, so we're no longer separated from them, while they live in a great place, and we toil far away in a hopeless Communist dystopia, and periodically fly out for respite.
I'm always thankful. Even three years ago, when none of the above was happening for us. But this year is particularly kickass. G-d is good. Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 20, 2022 09:52 AM (oINRc) Processing 0.01, elapsed 0.0287 seconds. |
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