Gardening, Puttering and Adventure Thread, Oct. 7

Uh-ho - Here comes winter
Near Alta, Utah -Alison Anderson, Oct. 2

Have you still got summer things in your garden? Fall fruits or veggies? Are you making any preparations for winter?

We had a really fat toad show up on the porch this week, boldly risking the company of the garden kitties. We also have a passel of baby lizards in the back yard. Seems like an odd time of year for tiny lizards to appear.

Got fall foliage nearby?

Note: War thread remains open just below, so we can keep our weekend threads more or less on-topic.

Edible Gardening/Putting Things By

KT, "From about that Time", mostly lurker
Not much of a gardener, but I do like my hot peppers.
I've developed a growing process straight out of RonCo, set it and forget it. This planting area along the front of my house was obviously meant for ornamentals, but it sure works well for peppers. There's a full four foot overhang from the house, so no natural watering for the gang. But the house faces just a few degrees west of dead south, so plenty of sun here in Rhode Island. I got a twenty buck battery timer for the water from job lot to a soaker hose; plant seedlings late May, pick through October. Timer's on it's fifth year.
I've got two and a half full batches of pickled chopped hot peppers in the freezer, one more to go. Five or six pounds per batch.
This year cherries and three types of haberneros for the heat, Fresno, Anaheim and problanos for the bulk. And as usual lousy pictures of the place and the product.

I like the photos! Quite an assortment of peppers! They work great in that front bed.

Another photo of bounty from the garden. The pear tree I planted four
years ago has matured to the point that it is bearing well. Most will be
turned into pear jam, which is a welcome Christmas gift for friends and
family. (It's incredibly good on waffles.) The tomatoes have thrived in
the warm, moist weather. We've also gotten an insane number of eggplant,
for whatever reason. The Mason jars hold canned apple-pie filling, made
using heirloom apples we bought from a local gardener. I miss summer,
but autumn - "Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness", as Keats called
it - helps to prepare one for the cold and snow to come.
BTW, call me "Nemo".

Fantastic!

Farming

Screw it, Harvest Hype video 😤 pic.twitter.com/UOcJ6ieqpH
— Midwest vs. Everybody (@midwestern_ope) September 24, 2023

pic.twitter.com/CTTbsil0tQ
— Midwest vs. Everybody (@midwestern_ope) September 21, 2023

Ah, Nature

Being used feels like thispic.twitter.com/LwaxCPvjce
— Science girl (@gunsnrosesgirl3) August 23, 2023

Thinking about Halloween?

There is an orchid called the Gomesa Jiaho Queen Orchid, and this is what it looks like pic.twitter.com/kbg7VUxG36
— Science girl (@gunsnrosesgirl3) October 1, 2023

Puttering, Fall Preparation

Prune This, Not That

Read on for tips in all areas of your garden:
Deciduous Shrubs & Trees
Leaves
Ornamental Grasses
Perennial Plants & Flowers
Lawns & Meadows

Adventure

Plan for next year?

Red licorice festival at Kinchakuda Manjushage Park | Pref. from Saitama**
Experience the autumn blossoms in Saitama Prefecture! 🌺 In the city of Hidaka, the Kinchakuda Manjushage Park is full of red lycoris. The hatching of these "spider lilies" also known as "equinox flowers" in Japan (higanbana), marks the beginning of autumn. This park with more than 5 million flowers will give you the best view. It's one of the largest colonies of spider lilies in the country, arranged along a river in a circular arc. Walking along the edge of this huge red area, discovering this rug under the trees by the water, and enjoying all the contrasting colors will leave you an unforgettable impression! 🌳 Your senses will be captured and bathed in this autumnal atmosphere. From September 16 to October 1, to make your experience even more pleasant, local gastronomic products will be sold and performances organized on a park stage. Head to Hidaka to celebrate the change of season! 🍁

Gardens of The Horde

Hi.
Wanted to share my clematis going crazy.
Looking at it makes me wish I'd planted more.
Diogenes

Gorgeous!

It probably won't last much longer in Iowa as the weather gets colder, but the Golden Shrimp Plant we planted in the spring has been fun and colorful. It would lose its head occasionally (normal? chipmunks nearby?), but would always grow back.
Grimmy

A little adventure for Iowa!

Hope everyone has a nice weekend.

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Week in Review

What has changed since last week's thread? Gardening, Puttering and Adventure Thread, Sept. 30

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 01:32 PM

Comments

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1 Good afternoon Greenthumbs
Fall is hete

Posted by: Skip at October 07, 2023 01:36 PM (fwDg9)

2 Made chili yesterday with my hot peppers and tomatoes from garden

Posted by: Skip at October 07, 2023 01:38 PM (fwDg9)

3 hiya

Posted by: JT at October 07, 2023 01:39 PM (T4tVD)

4 How was the chili, Skip?

Posted by: KT at October 07, 2023 01:40 PM (rrtZS)

5 I still have some YUGE green tomatoes on my plants.

Think id I tell them some dirty jokes it will make them turn red ?

Posted by: JT at October 07, 2023 01:40 PM (T4tVD)

6 Pulled out a few tomatoes that were done, but couple more are still growing, my peppers in mink greenhouse are fine, the ones outside are not and didn't all year

Posted by: Skip at October 07, 2023 01:41 PM (fwDg9)

7 We are having a little more summer here on the beach. Sunny and 77 today.

I'm looking forward to seeing snow in the mountains though. Our water tables are pretty low.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 07, 2023 01:42 PM (j2zRt)

8 Ah, I recognize that pretty plant. I also have a yellow shrimp plant. It is in my butterfly garden.

Posted by: Floridachick at October 07, 2023 01:45 PM (ef9Cr)

9 Hot, the couple Mariachi peppers that were fully ripe are very mild spicy bell peppers, unripe and had a few of them are quite hot. Had a couple small ripe Anaheim and at least 6 green chili peppers, 6 tomatoes, oregano and basil, and q onion and 3/4 pound of ground beef.

Posted by: Skip at October 07, 2023 01:47 PM (fwDg9)

10 Wow Nemo, that's a pretty and succulent looking crop!

Posted by: Floridachick at October 07, 2023 01:47 PM (ef9Cr)

11
'How Time Passes in the Midwest' pie chart is so true here in SE PA, too. January with the coldest temps of the year is a PITA but February? Day after day, all month long... 40 degrees for the high, 20 degrees for the low. And overcast.

Still have some really big green tomatoes. Historical first frost is Oct 25th iirc.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 07, 2023 01:49 PM (enJYY)

12 Thank you, K.T. It's a good day to pause, and think about beautiful things.

From About that time, how do you have the timer and hose set up? Is the water on continually, or is that turned on by the timer?

Posted by: barkingmad59, wandering lurkette at October 07, 2023 01:49 PM (R3yzU)

13 I have a final batch of grape juice I steamed to turn into grape jelly. I am pretty much done with my summer garden, but I cast out beans, pak choi, various radish and napa and standard cabbage seeds into a section of the garden after digging all the potatoes, and I planted peas and radishes in another section. I have knee deep leafy greens there now, plus the crab grass and the amaranth weeds/

It was so neat I chopped my corn patch down early and cast in radish, swiss chard, and feed oats when it started raining so I could see what will come up there. I never had a successful fall garden
Next I have to figure out where to plant my garlic. I have cloves saved from this year and the seed head garlic.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 07, 2023 01:50 PM (xhaym)

14 I'm looking forward to seeing snow in the mountains though. Our water tables are pretty low.
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 07, 2023 01:42 PM (j2zRt)

Nurse, hadn’t rained very much in a while here in western NC, thinking about our community well is making me a nervous. Thankfully, being over 29, I forget about it pretty soon.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at October 07, 2023 01:56 PM (hEv4o)

15 Head to Hidaka to celebrate the change of season!'

"And commit beautiful suicide!"

-Japanese tourist brochure

Posted by: LenNeal at October 07, 2023 01:57 PM (43xH1)

16 I took a screenshot of that orchid that is CRAZY looking.

Posted by: LenNeal at October 07, 2023 01:59 PM (43xH1)

17 Wow Nemo, that's a pretty and succulent looking crop!
Posted by: Floridachick'

I think it looks moist.

Posted by: LenNeal should probably stop now at October 07, 2023 02:00 PM (43xH1)

18 Orchid is very Halloween

Posted by: Skip at October 07, 2023 02:01 PM (fwDg9)

19 I just discovered a joro web off my side porch glistening in the sun. Thing has to be about 12 feet tall and stretched about 20 feet between tree branches.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at October 07, 2023 02:01 PM (X+Ku8)

20 I've been watching Russian cartoons with my daughter (I know, it's treason, whatever) and this one made me laugh.

A little girl has to play against an arrogant bear who is much more skilled at tennis than she is. So she watches a bunch of matches, and ascertains that whomever yells the loudest, wins.

During the match she shrieks until the bear can't hear himself think, and she starts winning. But then, he stuffs a caramel in her mouth, to glue her trap shut. It works for awhile, until she chews it up, lets loose a real shriek, and blasts a ball straight through the bear's racket and knocks him clean out with it.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 07, 2023 02:04 PM (0FoWg)

21 During the match she shrieks until the bear can't hear himself think, and she starts winning. But then, he stuffs a caramel in her mouth, to glue her trap shut. It works for awhile, until she chews it up, lets loose a real shriek, and blasts a ball straight through the bear's racket and knocks him clean out with it.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice'

Is that 'Masha i Medved'? Those are hilarious.

Posted by: LenNeal at October 07, 2023 02:08 PM (43xH1)

22 Is that 'Masha i Medved'?

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Yep

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 07, 2023 02:09 PM (0FoWg)

23 Okay, we pulled the tomato fences. Now all set to spread a truckload of compost, and till the alfalfa under. So much for gardening.

Now, on to de-forestry. Just got the bid for converting my late ex-girlfriend's half-acre nihilist wonderland back into Earth. Remove 30+ (mostly weedy) trees, assorted noxious brush, and make sure to save one decent volunteer maple and a white pine and white oak that I planted for her: $11K. I'm already fully stocked on firewood, so I may put out a sign. I even have a spare woodstove. No one in my neighborhood need be cold.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at October 07, 2023 02:13 PM (4PZHB)

24 Skip at October 07, 2023 01:47 PM

I like Mariachi peppers.

Posted by: KT at October 07, 2023 02:13 PM (rrtZS)

25 I just discovered a joro web'

You have crazy looking spiders Down South! I've never seen one of those.

Posted by: LenNeal at October 07, 2023 02:13 PM (43xH1)

26 I even have a spare woodstove. No one in my neighborhood need be cold.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver'

Weren't you just complaining we're all full of shit for thinking Kids These Days? It's okay if you were.

Posted by: LenNeal at October 07, 2023 02:15 PM (43xH1)

27 I guess having your own garden right now is a good idea. Come Monday oil will be over $100 a barrel and price of fruits and veggies may skyrocket....

Posted by: Fred Steinhoffer at October 07, 2023 02:18 PM (LrYuZ)

28 Downriver, will you be replanting with trees, turning it into pasture, or will you set up an orchard?

A half acre is not a lot if you are just taking out trees for firewood, and the brush is mowable.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 07, 2023 02:18 PM (xhaym)

29 of course, a half acre garden would be a dream of mine.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 07, 2023 02:19 PM (xhaym)

30 Over the summer I got some large perennials but left them in their pots to see where they did best. It's a good thing too, because a couple of them really hated where I'd originally planned to put them. With the rain and cooler temperatures I figured this was a good time to get them in the ground.

The entire back garden is an "instant garden" that I started just about a year ago. Planting the perennials I was able to see how much has changed in that time. The cardboard I put over the original grass is *completely* gone and the soil is a lovely black.

I need to plant the cool weather crop seeds and then add mulch, but most of the hard stuff is done for a while.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at October 07, 2023 02:19 PM (nC+QA)

31 I've been watching Russian cartoons with my daughter'

My daughter of Russian Empire heritage's favorite cartoon is the Soviet-era 'Nu, Pogodi'.

I admit bafflement. I've never found them funny, don't understand them, and even after years she rewatches them and laughs and laughs.
Her favorite cartoons at the obsessive age were not the usual: Rock-A-Doodle, All Dogs Go To Heaven, The Brave Little Toaster.

Posted by: LenNeal at October 07, 2023 02:19 PM (43xH1)

32 Tomorrow I will go to visit Mom & Dad. I will run the rototiller for Dad in the leaf/compost bins to get them ready for the end of the season. (His back is acting up again.) He found some box turtle eggshells there during the past week.

I need to cut back the ivy for my own yard, and finish cutting up the severed honeysuckle sections. the rest of it is doing fine.

Posted by: exdem13 at October 07, 2023 02:20 PM (W+kMI)

33 One thing I definitely love about foreign cartoons is that they still do slapstick and other physical comedy. It's not all about love and fun. Sometimes an asshole bear gets his nose busted by a tennis ball.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 07, 2023 02:21 PM (0FoWg)

34 The Kid is now taking an interest in the back yard and getting argumentative about what I do with the chainsaw.
I foresee gardening in the future but not done by me. I'm curious to see what she does.

Posted by: LenNeal at October 07, 2023 02:22 PM (43xH1)

35 I have a touch of pneumonia and been in bed 2 days, except for topping gas in vehicles early this morning. That orchid picture is probably gonna keep me up tonight.

Posted by: Eromero at October 07, 2023 02:23 PM (NxC5+)

36 Everything is still kind of dry. It rained some but not enough to really settle the dust and re-green the lawn. I don't mind not cutting the grass, though.

Posted by: exdem13 at October 07, 2023 02:23 PM (W+kMI)

37 The Midwestern pie chart make me feel sad. I'm a summer person and would be lost in such a climate.

Now, as to what I'm still harvesting: bell peppers, okra (and okra seeds from my red burgundy). I think there are still rainforest chilis out in the garden, too.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at October 07, 2023 02:24 PM (Mzdiz)

38 Was warmer and nice out first thing, had a front go through and now light rain and 59, said fall is here.

Posted by: Skip at October 07, 2023 02:25 PM (fwDg9)

39 of course, a half acre garden would be a dream of mine.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 07, 2023 02:19 PM (xhaym)

You may well think so, but ours was a little less than that and it almost finished me off.

We'll compensate next year by planting rows of flowers as well, for a cutting garden. The zinnias and dahlias are still going strong.

Tonight, temps will dip into the 40s for the first time.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at October 07, 2023 02:26 PM (Mzdiz)

40 'Miley, okravangelist'

This isn't a satirical nic?

Posted by: LenNeal at October 07, 2023 02:26 PM (43xH1)

41 Pulled out a few tomatoes that were done, but couple more are still growing, my peppers in mink greenhouse are fine, the ones outside are not and didn't all year
Posted by: Skip at October 07, 2023 01:41 PM (fwDg9)

Mink greenhouses ?

Well Lah-di Dah !

Posted by: JT at October 07, 2023 02:30 PM (T4tVD)

42 The harvesters are all over the place lately... cutting corn. It got windy the other day and we started to find the dry husk leaves in our yard. They are surprisingly durable, lasting all winter and into the spring mostly intact if left alone.

I'm lazy so if they're in the yard and they don't get munched by the tractor they're there for the duration.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 07, 2023 02:30 PM (Q4IgG)

43 37 The Midwestern pie chart make me feel sad. I'm a summer person and would be lost in such a climate.
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That chart doesn't apply to Ohio. Our weather chart looks more like a dartboard.

Posted by: exdem13 at October 07, 2023 02:34 PM (W+kMI)

44 I admit to difficulty with these gardening threads and food growing after working in a supermarket for years now. The sheer waste of food is obscene and most of it is due to regulations. My single store throws away enough food to feed a small town every week. And it's not from Capitalism it's from regulations.

During Covid lockdowns I had a view into the Soviet GUM workers' mentality and it was unpleasant. We closed our doors, and the proles lined up in their hundreds every morning waiting for us to open, queued! In the USA! and they took what we felt like letting them buy. It fed on itself: they hated us for rationing them, we hated them for their animalistic behavior when we let them into the store.

Posted by: LenNeal at October 07, 2023 02:35 PM (43xH1)

45
I guess having your own garden right now is a good idea. Come Monday oil will be over $100 a barrel and price of fruits and veggies may skyrocket....

Posted by: Fred Steinhoffer at October 07, 2023 02:18 PM

The field next to me is used to grow hay. It *used* to be fertilized and would net three cuttings each year requiring multiple tractor trailers to take away the bales after each cutting and baling. I suppose because of the cost of fertilizer being so high it's not receiving any. One cutting this year. One single tractor trailer load. Maybe one more cutting possible but it looks scrawny as hell. If they're lucky, half a tractor trailer load.

If the non-use of fertilizer is any widespread thing, yes the price of fruits and veggies WILL skyrocket. Learn to ~~code~~ grow.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 07, 2023 02:36 PM (enJYY)

46 LenNeal I would like to see these Russian cartoons, as seem to be quite into everything Russian.

Posted by: Skip at October 07, 2023 02:36 PM (fwDg9)

47 LenNeal I would like to see these Russian cartoons, as seem to be quite into everything Russian.
Posted by: Skip

This might be all of them!

https://tinyurl.com/4et4jxks

Posted by: LenNeal at October 07, 2023 02:39 PM (43xH1)

48 The weirdest ones are The Kitten Named Woof:

https://tinyurl.com/yvv8k9ct

Posted by: LenNeal at October 07, 2023 02:42 PM (43xH1)

49 Skip, now I want to make chilI tomorrow. Getting cooler here so it will be a nice change for dinner.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at October 07, 2023 02:44 PM (hEv4o)

50 That chart doesn't apply to Ohio. Our weather chart looks more like a dartboard.
Posted by: exdem13 '

In my SC WI about 10? years ago we got 3 inches of snow in July.

Posted by: LenNeal at October 07, 2023 02:46 PM (43xH1)

51 I planted a bunch of fall greens but have sucumbed to the worst sciatica of my life so I can't do any gardening or puttering. I am so bad at doing nothing. Too much phone. I am reading Milan Kundera though.

Posted by: Funsize at October 07, 2023 02:46 PM (qKi0U)

52 Watching a lecture from Dominic Lieven on Napoleon's Russian invasion now

Posted by: Skip at October 07, 2023 02:47 PM (fwDg9)

53 Also in SC WI 74 degrees F in the middle of December.

Posted by: LenNeal at October 07, 2023 02:48 PM (43xH1)

54 Many of the flowers up on the deck boxes are still doing well. Weeded the rock garden and treated for moles. The HOA lady showed up and wanted to talk about a small fence I put up. Apparently, it is out of compliance but - She started off by saying something to effect of "If you aren't a butthead, I won't be either." Cool - I can work with that.

Worked on getting rid of a few way out of scale ornamentals this week. Still have a few to go.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 07, 2023 02:52 PM (ElRvh)

55 Funsize - ask your Dr. if Gabapentin is for you. It took care of my sciatica when nothing else would.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 07, 2023 02:53 PM (ElRvh)

56 mink greenhouse are fine, the ones outside are not and didn't all year
Posted by: Skip at October 07, 2023 01:41 PM (fwDg9)
Mink greenhouses ?
Well Lah-di Dah !
Posted by: JT'

I also would like a mink greenhouse.

Posted by: LenNeal at October 07, 2023 02:53 PM (43xH1)

57 of course, a half acre garden would be a dream of mine.
Posted by: Kindltot

You already seem to have a 10acre garden based on your canning descriptions!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 07, 2023 02:55 PM (XkCf6)

58 I also would like a mink greenhouse.

I will procure Persian ducks, feed them precious stones, and they will lay Faberge Eggs in the furry foliage.

Posted by: LenNeal at October 07, 2023 02:55 PM (43xH1)

59 I planted a bunch of fall greens but have sucumbed to the worst sciatica of my life so I can't do any gardening or puttering. I am so bad at doing nothing. Too much phone. I am reading Milan Kundera though.
Posted by: Funsize at October 07, 2023 02:46 PM (qKi0U)

Chiropractor ?

Posted by: JT at October 07, 2023 02:55 PM (T4tVD)

60 The store where I used to live would box up bad produce and set it out for those of us that were strugglng. I am back to donating to the local food bank. And since I had no garden and no farmer's markets, I am stocking up on dried fruit and veggies.

We almost hit freezing this morning. I got frost blankets today for my roses in the pots. I have thyme and oregano in with the roses and am trying to decide if I should repot and bring them in. And the "bitter is better" salad blend looks great in my hydroponic set. Should be chichories and such. I enjoy growing them in the house.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 07, 2023 02:56 PM (Ds/Wi)

61 I learned a lot about bell peppers this year. I planted them close together, because I heard that peppers like to be shoulder to shoulder, as it were. 12" is too close, though. Mine thrived in the raised beds, but needed support. When they fall over, new branches turn into fruit bearers.

My second planting of dill is hosting black swallowtail caterpillars. I wonder if they'll survive, or if it's too late for them.

In this area, we have a 20% chance of getting a first frost by October 24, and a 50% chance of first frost by November 4.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at October 07, 2023 02:58 PM (Mzdiz)

62 Cold, blustery day here in SE Mitten. Nights are going to be in the 30's and 40's, so I pulled out my tomato plants for the season.

Posted by: All Hail Eris at October 07, 2023 02:58 PM (qV7Rv)

63 Goodness Diogenes, your clematis is the most beautiful I've ever seen. Wow.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 07, 2023 02:58 PM (ElRvh)

64 Bought a jojoba bush (female) yesterday and saw that they used cinder blocks to hold a pallet for a sprouting table.
We have a bunch of pallets left from the last owner's hay purchases, so I now have 8 cinder blocks under a mesquite tree on the West side of the house. A faucet is close and I'll rig some drip line to keep the starts moist.
Flowers and herbs at first.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 07, 2023 02:58 PM (XkCf6)

65 The HOA lady showed up and wanted to talk about a small fence I put up.'

This HOA stuff just... I am baffled. Anybody like that around me would not leave alive. That is just insane. I can't even imagine living like that. Some woman knocks on your door with a clipboard, expecting anything other than a dog mauling or a bullet in the face.
That is crazy, I admit bafflement.

Posted by: LenNeal at October 07, 2023 02:59 PM (43xH1)

66 Oh, and I put out an enameled dishpan with water for the birds. Put a brick in it to make it easy to use. Looked out yesterday morning and there was at least a dozen birds using it! There were several blue jays, which are a bit different from the PNW bluejays. I know the squirrels use it too. So I ordered a heated bird bath for this winter.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 07, 2023 03:00 PM (Ds/Wi)

67 You already seem to have a 10acre garden based on your canning descriptions!
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 07, 2023 02:55 PM (XkCf6)

I could put in corn and serious amounts of cabbage and potatoes. Most of what I can is fruit. You can't live on fruit, not and be comfortable.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 07, 2023 03:01 PM (xhaym)

68 63 Goodness Diogenes, your clematis is the most beautiful I've ever seen. Wow.
Posted by: Tonypete'

This made me giggle

Posted by: LenNeal at October 07, 2023 03:02 PM (43xH1)

69 This isn't a satirical nic?

Posted by: LenNeal at October 07, 2023 02:26 PM (43xH1)

I love okra, so no!

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at October 07, 2023 03:03 PM (Mzdiz)

70 Posted by: Kindltot

We have a large unused area of our 2.5 acres; but, if I planted it I'd be feeding the javalina, ground squirrels, kangaroo mice and antelope squirrels (they look like chipmunks) and not get any produce for us.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 07, 2023 03:04 PM (XkCf6)

71 I have a probably 100 year old walnut tree on my city property so if I ever get to starving I can shoot the multiple generations of squirrels who have been living off it for probably 100 years.

Posted by: LenNeal at October 07, 2023 03:05 PM (43xH1)

72 Tonypete, I can ask. I'm also incubating a new parasite, so many meds are off the table.

Posted by: Funsize at October 07, 2023 03:05 PM (qKi0U)

73 I love okra, so no!
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist'

All righty then.

Posted by: LenNeal 9mmgelist at October 07, 2023 03:06 PM (43xH1)

74 I also would like a mink greenhouse.

I will procure Persian ducks, feed them precious stones, and they will lay Faberge Eggs in the furry foliage.

Posted by: LenNeal at October 07, 2023 02:55 PM (43xH1)

Minks are vicious little creatures who kill for fun and apparently copulate for a very long time. At least that's what I've heard.

Turning them into greenhouse trimming would be fine with me.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at October 07, 2023 03:08 PM (Mzdiz)

75 From Boise area: Rain last Sat., Sun. Tues. Lows mid 40's. Highs went from 52 in the rain to 81 predicted today!

We crushed and pressed pears to make pear cider (they're much juicier than apples), and started a batch of "razz-perry" (red razz juice added for complexity). We also crushed and pressed apples for cider, to start a batch of hard cider.

I harvested and dried thyme, basil, and parsley. Husband cut down all the green beans. Ditto the poblanos - a great harvest; I'll try to send a photo. Still picking red raspberries and tomatoes, though the latter are slowing down a lot. Many apples still to pick!

We installed the last pieces of gutter screen, so that project is done! Also managed to get the irrigation tubing system we call The Squid pulled out of the corn patch's weeds.

I planted 45 'Yellow Trumpet' daffodils, 23 in our new forsythia bed, 11 each in 2 pots we can put out front when spring comes. The mums behind the kitchen are blooming; the marigolds in the tomato bed continue to bloom.

This Thurs. is my 2nd knee surgery, so Husband will be posting for us, for a few weeks.

Posted by: Pat* at October 07, 2023 03:10 PM (TL3TN)

76 This HOA stuff just... I am baffled. Anybody like that around me would not leave alive. That is just insane. I can't even imagine living like that. Some woman knocks on your door with a clipboard, expecting anything other than a dog mauling or a bullet in the face.
That is crazy, I admit bafflement.

Posted by: LenNeal at October 07, 2023 02:59 PM (43xH1)

Created by Karens, for Karens.

My sweet Publius had no idea of all of the hellish business he's missed during his rural life.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at October 07, 2023 03:11 PM (Mzdiz)

77 Minks are vicious little creatures who kill for fun and apparently copulate for a very long time. At least that's what I've heard.Miley, okravangelist'

So... they're Communists?

Posted by: LenNeal 9mmgelist at October 07, 2023 03:13 PM (43xH1)

78 This HOA stuff just... I am baffled.
Posted by: LenNeal

I understand your view but for us, the very few annoyances far outweigh the protections it affords.

One of our previous places was smack up against three of the neighbor's shipping containers. They are still there, twenty years later. Here, I get the best of both worlds (for us) - very rural but some reasonable protections from 'anything goes'.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 07, 2023 03:14 PM (ElRvh)

79 I did not know that Commies are champion fuckers.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at October 07, 2023 03:15 PM (Mzdiz)

80 Tonypete: No, just...no. NONONONONO.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at October 07, 2023 03:15 PM (Mzdiz)

81 I did not know that Commies are champion fuckers.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist'

They are! But they do not reproduce, only kill.

Posted by: LenNeal also .22 Hollowpointgelist at October 07, 2023 03:16 PM (43xH1)

82 53 Also in SC WI 74 degrees F in the middle of December.
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That's more along the lines of SW OH weather whimsy than snow in summer.

Posted by: exdem13 at October 07, 2023 03:17 PM (W+kMI)

83 was smack up against three of the neighbor's shipping containers.'

This sounds cool. Where did you move from and are there lots available.

Posted by: LenNeal is into surplus shipping containers at October 07, 2023 03:18 PM (43xH1)

84
This is food and gardening and health related; my BP was high, really high. My 'provider' wanted an EKG, because everything is AFIB right now because Pfizer probably has a new expensive drug to treat AFIB. So some research; as we age we have issues with absorbing both zinc and potassium. Both come out of the ground and into the foods we eat. Low zinc makes us susceptible to flu and covid. Low potassium? High BP. 'Industrial' farming is a crap shoot as to whether they replenish the minerals they take out of the ground, year after year, decade after decade. So I supplement with potassium now, eat as much of my homegrown foods as possible, and BP is back in normal range.

No EKG treadmill test where they try to invoke a heart attack. No thank you very much.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 07, 2023 03:18 PM (enJYY)

85 This Thurs. is my 2nd knee surgery, so Husband will be posting for us, for a few weeks.
Posted by: Pat* at October 07, 2023 03:10 PM (TL3TN)

Best of luck with that !

Posted by: JT at October 07, 2023 03:20 PM (T4tVD)

86 I'm trying to avoid "providers" completely.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at October 07, 2023 03:20 PM (Mzdiz)

87 I understand your view but for us, the very few annoyances far outweigh the protections it affords.'

Also, I am compelled to ask, What kind of protections? I am genuinely curious. If it involves property values I do not care. If it involves safety that is one's own responsibility. What kind of protections?

Again, I ask in genuine curiosity.

Posted by: LenNeal at October 07, 2023 03:21 PM (43xH1)

88 The gardeners here in my neighborhood had a great year. We had a lot of rain through the first week of July with is rare here. Alas I had no crystal ball and didn't plant anything, I only had the self sowing flowers.

The sunflower cousins and "Bee weed" aka as Spider flower, or Navajo spinach did thrive. As did the various burrs and tumbleweeds. Too wet to spray early and then I couldn't find the gumption to spray later in the summer after pulling the burrs that had already set their burr fruits.

Posted by: PaleRider at October 07, 2023 03:24 PM (3cGpq)

89 We crushed and pressed pears to make pear cider (they're much juicier than apples),

IMHO the lowly pear is the unsung hero of the culinary world. And pear cider can add a dimension of flavor to soups, stews, and sauces.

Posted by: kallisto at October 07, 2023 03:27 PM (w/lSE)

90 I'm mostly here at the moment as the phones and emails are all Israel and Jews so humor me.

This last week I cut down two trees across my property line, just box elders, the house has now been empty for 4 years. But I had not seen anybody over there for the entire time until the other day when a work crew showed up and I asked if I could finally saw these two trees down.

Cont'd

Posted by: LenNeal at October 07, 2023 03:28 PM (43xH1)

91 This Thurs. is my 2nd knee surgery, so Husband will be posting for us, for a few weeks.
Posted by: Pat*

Prayers for a quick recovery after a successful surgery.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 07, 2023 03:30 PM (XkCf6)

92 Autumn is a very melancholy time of year.

The year is ending, summer is over, the trees are changing colors, cold is in the air sometimes (like this morning), and you know winter is coming. And raking a ton a of leaves (literally!!).
A bunch of our maples have already turned and are dropping leaves. The honey locusts have all turned to gold and dropping leaves.

"The Urge for Going'"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbCPD8SOTqM

Posted by: A face in the crowd..... at October 07, 2023 03:31 PM (tjZg/)

93 My brother just texted about all the cider they put up. I let him know that a kitchen disposal makes short work of the apples.
Don't know if he'll take the advice though.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 07, 2023 03:31 PM (XkCf6)

94 They were like 'Sure! we don't have to do it and anyway the house is owned by some investment company anyway we're just here to gut the joint.'

The housing collapse, earlier, really did a lot of damage to the housing stock on my block. For years it was like The Walking Dead. Half the houses were empty, three of them had to be demolished. This idea after all this of some woman with a clipboard moaning about a garden fence is shotgun to the face worthy.

Posted by: LenNeal at October 07, 2023 03:32 PM (43xH1)

95 Raining pretty good here.

Posted by: JT at October 07, 2023 03:32 PM (T4tVD)

96 PET NOOD IS UPON US

Posted by: Skip at October 07, 2023 03:33 PM (fwDg9)

97 Timer is number of days, and how long each time.i set it for every other day for forty five minutes. Turns water to soaker hose on and off. Two aa batteries last about two years.

Posted by: From about That Time at October 07, 2023 03:35 PM (4780s)

98 Tonypete, you can plant and hide the neighbor's stuff; but, you can never be free of the Karens of the HOA.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 07, 2023 03:36 PM (XkCf6)

99 Moved the war thread above this thread, below the Pet Thread.

Posted by: KT at October 07, 2023 03:36 PM (rrtZS)

100 Thanks for taking car of us KT.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 07, 2023 03:38 PM (XkCf6)

101 97 Timer is number of days, and how long each time.i set it for every other day for forty five minutes. Turns water to soaker hose on and off. Two aa batteries last about two years.

Posted by: From about That Time at October 07, 2023 03:35 PM (4780s)

thank you!

Posted by: barkingmad59, wandering lurkette at October 07, 2023 04:13 PM (R3yzU)

102 KT, have you heard anything from Neal in Israel? I know he has sent you many beautiful pictures of his garden, and I don't recall seeing him on any other threads. I hope he and his family are safe.

Posted by: bluebell at October 07, 2023 04:31 PM (pTb/Z)

103 Bluebell, I haven't hear from Neal in Israel. Hope to soon. I've been thinking about him, too.

Posted by: KT at October 07, 2023 04:42 PM (rrtZS)

104 Thanks, KT. I hope you hear from him soon too.

Posted by: bluebell at October 07, 2023 04:46 PM (pTb/Z)

105 @26 You'd like to talk politics here without talking politics here? What to hell, you think a woodstove is folksy and old-school? They were denounced from the pulpit for taking the place of the family hearth. They were invented by a deist radical. Do your homework son. Everyone who got one around here was supplanting forced-air. Ours was auxiliary to a boiler.

@28 This brush was not mowable -- but I did bulldoze part of it. I have "woodlot" plantings on all the yards, and the orchard is across the road. Wife wants just one all lawny so she can run a dog safely inside a fence. Fence will be cripplingly expensive, but she has been a very good girl. Eventually this report will move to the pet thread.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at October 07, 2023 05:23 PM (4PZHB)

106 Utah/Southwest opinion: More like, “Thank God for winter.” Last winter was a doozy. We need three or four more like it to make up for the last 20 years.

Also, thanks for a right wing blog that talks about more than just politics. The Right needs more blogs like this if we’re ever going to save this country from the abyss.

Posted by: Jifmeister at October 07, 2023 08:50 PM (WQ1Se)

107 I'm hoping for just a few more days to get a few tomatoes to finish up one more batch of salsa. Picked a bunch of radishes this week. Pretty good. Still have some leaf lettuce and peppers producing. Pickling some hot peppers seems in the future. One of the youngsters coming up to make hot sauce with some habaneros that are still coming. Got a few 70 degree days next week - but the nights are getting cold.

Posted by: Black JEM at October 07, 2023 09:49 PM (UVyKP)

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