Gardening, Puttering and Adventure Thread, Oct. 28

SARRACENIA LEUCOPHYLLA

Hi! We had to turn the heat on for the first time last night here in the South Central San Joaquin Valley. How's the weather treating you and your garden?

With Halloween coming up, I thought it was time to post some carnivorous plants from Tony Litwin in Florida. It's also time for fall leaves and such.

Hope all is well with you. Here are some more plant pics, one of which is a terrestrial orchid that showed up one day in my bogs. It's called a Calopagon and only shows up in the spring and comes in blue as well as white flowers. Also I don't know if I ever told you this, but when the first Europeans arrived in the Carolina's and saw the Flytrap for the first time, they called it a Tippitiwhichit which was Shakespearean slang for the female genitalia. What's weird is that in some places in rural North Carolina it's still called that...Go figure! Anyway I hope you enjoy the pics.

Interesting background on these fascinating plants!

CALOPAGON ORCHID

SARRACENIA LEUCOPHYLLA VAR. ALBA HURRICANE CREEK

DIONEA MUSCIPULA

PINGUICULA PRIMULFLORA

SARRACENIA OREOPHILA

Edible Gardening/Putting Things By

Planning for next year? We've had some discussions about sweet potatoes. How to grow sweet potatoes in soil bags.

May work better in some climate than others. Detailed instructions at the link.
There's a video.

Art

Hi, KT ... This is a flower which has occasionally (from what I hear) been the subject of heated misunderstanding. I've always known it as a 'marigold', but there are others who insist vehemently that a marigold is 'different', and this is what's called a "buttercup". Sorry, but I remember real buttercups that used to grow freely each spring in our back yard when I was but an Wee Tykelet, and they didn't look anything like this. They were smaller, lighter in color, with blues and pinks predominating, and they were much more "delicate" in structure. This one's a tank by comparison. All that aside, I don't really care that much because both were pretty (and still are) but in diff'rent ways. The 'marigold' in the photo was demised long ago in 2022, but does that really matter? Its image still lives on, and that's half the game right there, yes? An old Indian saying tells us no man is truly dead until his name is lost to memory ... couldn't the same be said of flowers? Enjoy, and use as you deem fit for task and purpose ...
(Dr_No)

I don't think it's a marigold.

Ah, Nature

Science:

Quantitatively, spider silk is 5 times stronger than steel of the same diameter and almost as strong as Kevlar, the toughest man-made polymer (tensile strength of roughly 1.3 GPa).

See this single line resisting a furiously determined waps.pic.twitter.com/InneuRjBQA
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) October 26, 2023

Some of these caterpillars are toxic:

A good rule of thumb is not to play with fuzzy caterpillars.

Pyrophorus nyctophanus, aka the headlight beetle

[📹 Bart Coppens]pic.twitter.com/JUCOvAHrwl
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) October 15, 2023

Fascinating.

Someone's Adventure

Mt. Lemmon (Arizona). Credit "Outdoors"

Puttering

Gardens of The Horde

Anything going on in your yard or garden?

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, Oct. 21

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 01:28 PM

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1 Good afternoon Greenthumbs

Posted by: Skip at October 28, 2023 01:31 PM (+U6lo)

2 My garden is enjoying the relief from the summer heat, and so am I. Inspector misses snow, but I really like the second round of growing season here.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at October 28, 2023 01:33 PM (nC+QA)

3 Finally some rain!

Posted by: Eromero at October 28, 2023 01:33 PM (DXbAa)

4 Finally some rain!
Posted by: Eromero'

You want some?

Posted by: South Central Wisconsin at October 28, 2023 01:35 PM (43xH1)

5 I have some sweet potatoes growing in a pot (for the leaves more than the tubers) and I don't know when I should call it done for the season. The other thing is I saw they are supposed to be heat and then cold treated to lengthen their shelf life, but I don't have a way to do that.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at October 28, 2023 01:35 PM (nC+QA)

6 hiya

Posted by: JT at October 28, 2023 01:36 PM (T4tVD)

7 Thanks for those fantastic photos in the post. Dang, they are gorgeous!

Posted by: JTB at October 28, 2023 01:37 PM (7EjX1)

8 I have to do something about all the brush piled up at the back of the property. I thought I could get a tree outfit to just swing by and toss it in a chipper but that doesn't seem to be working, they are not even answering calls around me; I can't burn it ('city' lot); or at least, not all at once. There is a place near me to haul it, but now there is so much of it it would take a 5-yard easy. Not a pickup load at all.
I think I'm going to go out with the little chainsaw and just whittle it all into bits and... then I'm not sure what.

Posted by: South Central Wisconsin at October 28, 2023 01:39 PM (43xH1)

9 Those plants are amazingly beautiful. And that beetle is fascinating.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 28, 2023 01:41 PM (CHHv1)

10 Our crepe myrtle has been a surprise this year. Very few blossoms despite plenty of buds. I noticed most late blooming crepes didn't do much although the early blooming varieties were beautiful. Usually the leaves just turn brown and fall off come autumn but this year the leaves turned all shades of burnished copper and deep reds. It is fantastic when the sunlight hits it. It looks like it's on fire.

(No voice of God coming from it though. Of course, I'm no Moses either.)

Posted by: JTB at October 28, 2023 01:43 PM (7EjX1)

11 Today is more "Un-gardening and Misadventure" for me. The weather is finally going to crap after a long and fairly successful growing season, so I'm pulling out what remains and covering with plastic today. It's always sad to close up the garden for the season, but it lets me start planning and looking forward to next year.

Posted by: Pennsyltucky at October 28, 2023 01:44 PM (Npnb7)

12 Also need to top out two maples on the South side of the house, they're great shade trees but you can't let them get too tall they get brittle. Also mixed in are two mulberry bush/tree things they need some serious cutback too.

This summer I chopped back a bush in the yard and immediately got some kind of really tall prairie grass. I let it go and it got pretty tall, like 7 feet?

Posted by: South Central Wisconsin at October 28, 2023 01:45 PM (43xH1)

13 It looks like it's on fire.
(No voice of God coming from it though. Of course, I'm no Moses either.)
Posted by: JTB'

"MOSES! TAKE THESE FIFTEEN COMMANDMENTS TO THE ISRAELITES!"

Posted by: South Central Wisconsin at October 28, 2023 01:46 PM (43xH1)

14 Substitute posting from Boise, ID area:

Highs 40s, lows 20s.

As predicted last week, the extended gardening season ended abruptly. Light frost Monday night. I stripped the garden on Tuesday - all of the squash, and any tomato that looked like it had a chance to ripen indoors. Wednesday night hard freeze, everything but a few of the hardier herbs is dead. So we've got some 'maters and a few laggard pears to try to ripen indoors, but otherwise, the year's done and it's on to planning next. And raking leaves. Lots of leaves.

This afternoon a bunch of kids and parents from our 4-H club are coming over to strip our apple trees, which had a ridiculously large crop, and learn how to make homemade cider. I'll try to remember to grab a few photos of the mess, err, fun.

Posted by: Pat*'s Hubbie at October 28, 2023 01:48 PM (1Amu+)

15 We hired a lawn service - finally! It sure has been nice watching the "Garden Fairies" do their magic the last couple of days.

Of course, just as we get everything planted, the weather is turning cold. Texas "Fall" lasts about a week around here - last week we had temps in the 90s, the first freeze of the year is due tomorrow....

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas - Ace of Spades Ladies Brigade, plucky comic relief at October 28, 2023 01:51 PM (SRRAx)

16 We hired a lawn service - finally! It sure has been nice watching the "Garden Fairies" do their magic the last couple of days.'
(Teresa, FW)

You mentioned that on another thread. Yes, I've seen some neighbors just 'tap out' on lawn care over the time in my 'hood, and sometimes it's just better. Glad you're happy with the result it's often very, very hard for people to let that work go.

Posted by: South Central Wisconsin at October 28, 2023 01:54 PM (43xH1)

17 I partnered with a carnivorous plant nicknamed 'Nancy' for about 10 years. She tried to consume my soul with guile and sorcery but I was too quick for her dexterous frontal assault.

That we're both still alive and on friendly terms could be the source of an award winning rom-com screenplay in the stale, lame, Hollywood realm of mediocrity.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at October 28, 2023 01:55 PM (PbTeh)

18 That video about growing sweet potatoes was interesting. Instead of a tube, a good sized planter tub might suffice for us. It's just for two older folks so we don't need a huge harvest. I like sweet potatoes but can't eat a ton of them. The technique should be simple enough.

Posted by: JTB at October 28, 2023 01:57 PM (7EjX1)

19 We got our first hard freeze last night, will be barely about freezing today and another night of cold. That should knock the flies down. I got my rough riding area mowed last weekend, just in time for it to be too cold to want to ride this weekend. Did also get the pasture area mowed. I may have to find a way to spray weeds in the pasture next year or burn it to kill more of the weed seeds.

Posted by: PaleRider at October 28, 2023 01:57 PM (3cGpq)

20

First freeze last night, so gotta get the sprinklers blown out.

That sweet potato vid was slick.

Beautiful pics, as always!

Posted by: My Pimp Shot My Dealer at October 28, 2023 01:59 PM (W23tn)

21 Rain in Texas with cold front on its way. Finally!

Posted by: Ooohm at October 28, 2023 01:59 PM (C7Yya)

22 For the collected brush, a lot of it is just weed trees I carelessly let go, box elders and such. I also need to rebuild several sections of fence. I just now thought, maybe I should just use the chainsaw to trim the brush on two sides, then air-staple the results onto a fence framework. It's free wood, and the layers of brush would certainly act as a kind of hedgerow. My city doesn't care.
That might be kind of cool and! Several houses on my block are for sale because of increased taxes, and it could lower property values! Win-win!

Posted by: South Central Wisconsin at October 28, 2023 02:04 PM (43xH1)

23 This is a particularly gorgeous garden thread, with many botanical wonders, K.T.!

Posted by: gourmand du jour at October 28, 2023 02:07 PM (MeG8a)

24 Apparently there is a recall on Insignia Pressure Cookers. Reports state the measurement marks are wrong so people are burned when releasing pressure or opening lid.

Posted by: Mrs JTB at October 28, 2023 02:08 PM (7EjX1)

25 I've had an enamel dishpan outside for the birds. I put a brick in it for smaller birds. Squirrels and cats like it too. With the cold weather coming, I decided to get something heated. This is a basin designed to be mounted on deck railing, which I don't have. I took the pan in last night. Today I set this up on a brick, so it's a bit off the ground. Doesn't need a beick inside as it's not that deep. Filled it up and went inside. Noticed birds flying past the kitchen window so I checked. It was full of birds for about fifteen minutes straight. I haven't hooked up the electric to it yet. Just needs an extension cord. I think this will work pretty well. I'll try to fill the bird feeders tomorrow.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 28, 2023 02:08 PM (cLWyk)

26 I see a wee little error which is kind of funny. In the snippet about the spider it says wap. 😀

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at October 28, 2023 02:09 PM (WF/xn)

27 The beetle is crazy

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at October 28, 2023 02:10 PM (WF/xn)

28 I, for one, welcome our new triffid overlords!

Posted by: All Hail Eris at October 28, 2023 02:11 PM (4KAXk)

29 Going to get cold here in WNC next week. I hate the winter

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at October 28, 2023 02:11 PM (5J0gB)

30 26 I see a wee little error which is kind of funny. In the snippet about the spider it says wap.

there's a song in there somewhere

Posted by: anachronda at October 28, 2023 02:12 PM (edU/H)

31 Back home, wife wanted to go see Traviling Vietnam War Memorial.

No danger of frost yet but few days ago picked a bunch more hot peppers that were in the garden greenhouse.
Actually still seeing new tomatoes on vines still up

Posted by: Skip at October 28, 2023 02:13 PM (+U6lo)

32 My wife has some African Violets from her great aunt...at least 50-years old! I have been unable to kill them ,despite my best black-thumb efforts, and today we noticed that they are flowering!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 28, 2023 02:14 PM (3Gtis)

33 Just finished leaf blowing and trimming up some terribly overgrown hydrangeas. Those hydrangeas fought back and drew blood. Bastids.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 28, 2023 02:15 PM (IaTa3)

34 Thanks for all the Saturday stuff, K.T.!

Posted by: m at October 28, 2023 02:15 PM (aWeTk)

35 Posted by: South Central Wisconsin at October 28, 2023 01:45 PM (43xH1)

Mulberry only fruits on new wood, so cutting them back severely is always a good plan. Although I usually did it directly after harvesting the fruit.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at October 28, 2023 02:15 PM (nC+QA)

36 Hello Horde. Amazing pics today!

It's a glorious day in upstate SC today. I got out for a run, wish I could've gone up to the mountains. The fall colors are popping here. I miss the gold of the aspens in Wyoming, but here we have all shades of yellow, orange, red. I love autumn.

Posted by: screaming in digital at October 28, 2023 02:17 PM (c27js)

37 then I'm not sure what.

Posted by: South Central Wisconsin at October 28, 2023 01:39 PM (43xH1)

Can you rent a small chipper and just cover the lot in chips?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 28, 2023 02:17 PM (3Gtis)

38 No garden here this year, and if I had one, it'd be dead, now. Been unseasonably cold all week, with night-time lows reaching zero F once. Temp has now rocketed, rocketed, I say, up to 28 F. But there is a breeze, so not nice out there at all.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 28, 2023 02:17 PM (YfEc8)

39 >>>Going to get cold here in WNC next week. I hate the winter

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly

>>It has been 8 to 17 deg F here in the Rockies for four days with 12 inches of snow and I spent thurs and fri wiring up gas heaters because our management team is on top of these things and it wasn't a priority when it was warm.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at October 28, 2023 02:18 PM (PbTeh)

40 If my house purchase goes through, I'll have enough yard for a small garden. I have a poor track record with plants but would love to try a vegetable garden. Including okra.

Posted by: screaming in digital at October 28, 2023 02:20 PM (c27js)

41 It's cold. Pulled up the spent flowers, turned off the water to the hoses, and raked over my garden plot. Not even gonna bother with winter crops.

Posted by: All Hail Eris at October 28, 2023 02:21 PM (4KAXk)

42 I had today slated to rake leaves, but decided to snow. Imagine my disappointment.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Keith's Son at October 28, 2023 02:21 PM (T/Lqj)

43 Gimme an H
Gimme an O
Gimme an R
Gimme a T

What does it spell?

The first part of HORTICULTURE!

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 28, 2023 02:22 PM (hiMh5)

44 Can you rent a small chipper and just cover the lot in chips?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo'

I considered simply buying a chipper, and/or renting one, but I've worked on a tree crew and I tend to be impatient with yard work and I know a small one would drive me insane. Also, in SCW, earwigs.
You put out anything on the ground that rots earwigs are like a Biblical Plague.
I'm actually liking the offbeat idea of using the brush as interlocking 'fence slats'. It had not occurred to me until here, so thanks! I think it might be kind of cool.

Posted by: South Central Wisconsin at October 28, 2023 02:23 PM (43xH1)

45 LOL the scary dashboard warning lights.

Posted by: m at October 28, 2023 02:24 PM (aWeTk)

46 My City Council, which I despise, has a bunch of people on it from the local college so imagine. However, we did that 'No-Mow May' business and in 2023 I mowed my grass exactly twice. So the Greenies cast the die, now I don't care. You want a jungle? Away we go!

Posted by: South Central Wisconsin at October 28, 2023 02:26 PM (43xH1)

47 >>>LOL the scary dashboard warning lights.

Posted by: m

>Never leave your gravy boat unattended.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at October 28, 2023 02:27 PM (PbTeh)

48 My lot does generate a fair amount of brush trimmings and fallen limbs but, I'm smack up against a state managed wildlife area and community common woods.

Of course, I'm not supposed to drag limbs into those areas but I have been know to rip the tags off of mattresses also so there's that.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 28, 2023 02:28 PM (IaTa3)

49 Good afternoon all.
The weather here has been very weird. 80 degrees today.. Having spent most of my life in New England, I'm absolutely loving it.
A couple of weeks ago, I almost bought a winter blooming camellia to fill out my terrace garden. It was too expensive so passed it up, then regretted it. Went back to Home Depot but it was gone so bought two small Hyacinths for the grand total,of $7.00.
Failed to note that they said they were annuals.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at October 28, 2023 02:28 PM (t/2Uw)

50 LOL the scary dashboard warning lights.
Posted by: m'

I like those too, hilarious! And scary.

Posted by: South Central Wisconsin at October 28, 2023 02:29 PM (43xH1)

51 Dear Daisy has been super good.,our kids tell us, while I vacation after surgery. Concerned when we meet again, she'll slam into me. Miss my doggie & seems she misses me &
Milady.

Plan for emergency pet care.
🐕❤️.

Posted by: mindful webworker - inhospitable lands at October 28, 2023 02:29 PM (mN+jM)

52 I just found out there is a race horse named Tippitywichit.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at October 28, 2023 02:29 PM (Mzdiz)

53 Oops wrong thresd.

Posted by: mindful webworker - inhospitable lands at October 28, 2023 02:30 PM (lN6xW)

54 so bought two small Hyacinths for the grand total,of $7.00.
Failed to note that they said they were annuals.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice)'

Did you replant them into Buckets? Does Onslow know? What will the neighbors think?

Posted by: South Central Wisconsin at October 28, 2023 02:30 PM (43xH1)

55 42 I had today slated to rake leaves, but decided to snow. Imagine my disappointment.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Keith's Son at October 28, 2023 02:21 PM (T/Lqj)

That's God saying: leave it til spring!

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 28, 2023 02:31 PM (zZu0s)

56 When I got home, looked up the details and planted them in pots outside anyways. Conflicting information about my MD zone. One article said they would be a winter ornamental meaning they would hold onto their glossy leaves. The other said they would need to be brought inside. For $7.00 going to take my chance with wintering outside.
I'll let you all know how I make out.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at October 28, 2023 02:31 PM (t/2Uw)

57 That wasp video is terrifying! Did it die of a heart attack?

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at October 28, 2023 02:32 PM (Mzdiz)

58 The weather here has been very weird. 80 degrees today.. Having spent most of my life in New England, I'm absolutely loving it.'

Here yesterday? it was 72F when I got off work at 07:00 and when I went to work at 23:30 it was 42F. Did you move to the Midwest?

Posted by: South Central Wisconsin at October 28, 2023 02:33 PM (43xH1)

59 Those look like AOP's pumpkins

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at October 28, 2023 02:33 PM (Mzdiz)

60 That's God saying: leave it til spring!
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 28, 2023 02:31 PM (zZu0s)

Amen!

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Keith's Son at October 28, 2023 02:34 PM (T/Lqj)

61 32 ... "My wife has some African Violets from her great aunt...at least 50-years old!"

I'm impressed and astonished. My attempts at growing African violets have been disasters. If the plants told horror stories, I would probably be 'Bringer of Death'.

Posted by: JTB at October 28, 2023 02:34 PM (7EjX1)

62 That wasp video is terrifying! Did it die of a heart attack?
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist'

"Game over man, game over!"

Posted by: The Alien at October 28, 2023 02:35 PM (43xH1)

63 Those look like AOP's pumpkins
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at October 28, 2023 02:33 PM (Mzdiz)

Hah! Not mine, but I get the joke just fine.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 28, 2023 02:36 PM (tBd8c)

64 AOP, clue me in. I could not figure it out.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at October 28, 2023 02:37 PM (t/2Uw)

65 I have to do something about all the brush piled up at the back of the property.
[ . . . J]ust whittle it all into bits and... then I'm not sure what.
Posted by: South Central Wisconsin at October 28, 2023 01:39 PM (43xH1)

the joke answer is to light it off and make sure you have a cooler and some chicken ready marinaded to claim it is a barbecue when the fire department shows up.

depending on how large it is and how flat you can make it, you could just pile leaves and sod on it and let it rot down on itself. The risk is that blackberries would take it over while you can't mow it.
You could also slowly chop it into stove lengths and actually use it for your outdoors BBQ.

I have figured out how to deal with blackberry thickets, sort of renting a CAT, a pair of heavy gloves and a sickle to pull each vine tight, lop it off, and then advance. It keeps everything under control unlike swinging at it with a machete or getting caught using a chainsaw.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 28, 2023 02:38 PM (xhaym)

66 A little worried might not be able to tackle leaves for a long while. They might be all down by time I can. Probably drive tractor around and chop them up where they fall

Posted by: Skip at October 28, 2023 02:38 PM (+U6lo)

67 Still very warm and muggy here in East Texas, been getting hotter all day as if an attempt to defy the looming wave of cold air that is scheduled for tomorrow.

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 28, 2023 02:39 PM (AUKqR)

68 Well, lunch break is over. Back to the salt mines. The big shop is not heated, but does provide almost perfect shelter from the wind. The little shop (a detached two-car garage) has a heated floor, and is toasty warm inside.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 28, 2023 02:39 PM (tBd8c)

69 Gimme an H
Gimme an O
Gimme an R
Gimme a T

What does it spell?

NO TILL I

Posted by: The Horta at October 28, 2023 02:39 PM (xhaym)

70 The reclamation of my back property from weeds, rose bushes 12 feet high, yew bushes older than me, crabgrass and gophers continues apace. The yard is completely clear. Next step is grading (so the rain water drains away from the house), sealing with plastic tarp, put down gopher wire and finally a border trim and fill with decomposed granite for a quasi paved surface.
I dug up a crabgrass root ball the size of a basketball! Documenting the whole process since late May of this year with photographs.
I've done about 90% of the work myself the other 10% was hired junk hauler guys to haul away the biomass. Oh, and I hired a guy with a chainsaw to fell a dead palm tree for me. Another couple weeks I'll be done.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at October 28, 2023 02:39 PM (MeG8a)

71 AOP, clue me in. I could not figure it out.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice)'

Someone doesn't look at the warning lights in their car! Or are they covered in electrical tape? Does Sharon have vehicles in which nothing ever goes wrong?
Enquiring Minds Want To Know

Posted by: The Alien at October 28, 2023 02:40 PM (43xH1)

72 Sharon - Check Engine lights, when those come on its gonna cost you money - SCARY!

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 28, 2023 02:41 PM (AUKqR)

73 AOP, clue me in. I could not figure it out.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at October 28, 2023 02:37 PM (t/2Uw)

They are good replicas of the icons in car dashboard warning lights. From the top: check engine, low oil pressure, overheated, and battery not getting charged.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 28, 2023 02:41 PM (tBd8c)

74 I have a poor track record with plants but would love to try a vegetable garden. Including okra.

Posted by: screaming in digital at October 28, 2023 02:20 PM (c27js)

I have all the burgundy okra seed you could possibly need. Email me in the spring and I'll send you some.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at October 28, 2023 02:45 PM (Mzdiz)

75 Oh! Car warning lights! The only light that has gone on in my very reliable Honda CRV is the low tire pressure and that isn't on one of the pumpkins.
That looked like a horseshoe with something in the middle.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at October 28, 2023 02:45 PM (t/2Uw)

76 I think I'm making a fence out of all the old brush. I tuned up all the air nailers/staplers this year, all rebuilt, just get the little chainsaw, loppers and trimmer and make something artistic.
I actually really like this idea.

Posted by: LenNeal at October 28, 2023 02:47 PM (43xH1)

77 47 >>>LOL the scary dashboard warning lights.

Posted by: m

>Never leave your gravy boat unattended.
Posted by: Dr. Bone at October 28, 2023 02:27 PM (PbTeh)

; )

Posted by: m at October 28, 2023 02:49 PM (aWeTk)

78 Oh! Car warning lights! The only light that has gone on in my very reliable Honda CRV is the low tire pressure and that isn't on one of the pumpkins.
That looked like a horseshoe with something in the middle.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice)'

Comedy Gold.

Posted by: LenNeal isn't mocking Sharon but for real at October 28, 2023 02:49 PM (43xH1)

79 AOP, it was great getting to meet you in person.
Next year in Corsicana.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at October 28, 2023 02:49 PM (t/2Uw)

80 I planted scarlet runner beans, and the pods are just getting ripe enough to harvest seed from it.
The seeds I planted were a dark red with a black smudge on it, the ones I picked out of the pod were black with a violet background. They looked trippy, almost the sort of bean I would consider trading the family cow for.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 28, 2023 02:50 PM (xhaym)

81 Customer States:

"That isn't on one of the pumpkins."

Posted by: LenNeal isn't mocking Sharon but for real at October 28, 2023 02:50 PM (43xH1)

82 All this weather talk made go check, and we've got a freeze warning for Monday. Our predicted low for that day is 36F, but this neighborhood tends to be a bit cooler than the "official" weather station so I better get the heat turned on.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at October 28, 2023 02:53 PM (Bd6X8)

83 low tire pressure and that isn't on one of the pumpkins.
That looked like a horseshoe with something in the middle.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at October 28, 2023 02:45 PM (t/2Uw)

The tire pressure light in my truck comes on as soon as the weather drops below freezing, but when I check, they are all within a pound or two of full. It's just a very touchy feature. And it annoys me.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Keith's Son at October 28, 2023 02:53 PM (T/Lqj)

84 Customer States:

"That isn't on one of the pumpkins."
Posted by: LenNeal isn't mocking Sharon but for real at October 28,

😂 you joke but the first time it happened, I was doing 60 mph on a highway, had no idea what it meant but luckily was close to an exit. Tire was completely flat.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at October 28, 2023 02:54 PM (t/2Uw)

85 It would be like a wattle fence but interlaced. Wattle fences are designed to keep animals in/out, I'm just concerned about using a barrier as a nominal property limit.
A rough brush fence would be both effective and cool for that use.

Posted by: LenNeal is sold on this idea. at October 28, 2023 02:54 PM (43xH1)

86 Apologies for interrupting the Garden Thread. Mike Pence has dropped out of the race. I don't think it will harm the poants

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 28, 2023 02:57 PM (2edps)

87 >Never leave your gravy boat unattended.
Posted by: Dr. Bone at October 28, 2023 02:27 PM (PbTeh)

So it's not a genie lamp?

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at October 28, 2023 02:57 PM (Mzdiz)

88 😂 you joke but the first time it happened, I was doing 60 mph on a highway, had no idea what it meant but luckily was close to an exit. Tire was completely flat.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice)'

Ex-wife had a blowout on the highway in a Ford Taurus station wagon, front left tire. She controlled it and got it next to the center barrier where some Good Samaritan changed the tire on I-90 outside of Chicago. Had our child in the car. Yes, I know. I was making a joke but it's dangerous!
The description made me laugh

Posted by: LenNeal is sold on this idea. at October 28, 2023 02:58 PM (43xH1)

89 Will do, Miley, thank you!

Posted by: screaming in digital at October 28, 2023 03:00 PM (aBJcM)

90 That looked like a horseshoe with something in the middle.'

A shamrock?

Posted by: LenNeal watches all his gauges for a pot o' gold at October 28, 2023 03:01 PM (43xH1)

91 How's the weather

12 degrees on the porch this morning at 4am. Actually doing some gardening today. Worked the dirt a couple days ago. Planted about 50 feet of spuds for next spring.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * No quarter, no mercy at October 28, 2023 03:02 PM (9HkZs)

92 That low tire pressure symbol makes no sense. It does look like a horseshoe with an exclamation point in the middle. At least the others are pretty clear what they are except for the water one. I just watch the temperature gauge. I used to drive a Subaru that would overheat so I know what to do in that circumstance.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at October 28, 2023 03:02 PM (t/2Uw)

93 61 32 ... "My wife has some African Violets from her great aunt...at least 50-years old!"

I'm impressed and astonished. My attempts at growing African violets have been disasters. If the plants told horror stories, I would probably be 'Bringer of Death'.

Posted by: JTB at October 28, 2023 02:34 PM (7EjX1)
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That's called 'having a black thumb' - I coined that term a while ago but someone else may have beaten me, who knows. It's worse than a brown thumb. My late wife, from a family of flower growers for a few generations, could kill any living plant but she sure was great at floral arrangements.
From my early teens to married status (and in Africa) I grew African violets from single leaf cuttings I would beg, borrow or steal. I never had problems rooting them. This way I knew what color and shape the flowers would be and they didn't cost me money. Once we had cats then flower pots or rooting jars were out of the question.

Posted by: Ciampino - green thumbs at October 28, 2023 03:03 PM (qfLjt)

94 A neighbor, Duff, brought us some leftover cabbage plants yesterday. He's a cool guy, in his 70s, plows with a mule. He likes the old ways.

He's a pharmacist when he isn't farming.

He told me that the potatoes I was curing on a table on the screen porch can maybe be saved. They've gotten a green tinge because as usual I didn't finish the job of putting them up. Said I can store them under the bed and the green might be reabsorbed. Otherwise, peel thickly to remove any green remaining.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at October 28, 2023 03:03 PM (Mzdiz)

95 A furiously determined was.
Wet *ss p***y?
They can fly now?
I'll need to change my windshield wipers.

Posted by: Erebus- ex-killer whale at October 28, 2023 03:04 PM (AEvvx)

96 Damn auto correct.
Waps. It said waps.

Posted by: Erebus- ex-killer whale at October 28, 2023 03:05 PM (AEvvx)

97 Bought some bulbs at HD but they didn't have much to choose from. Any catalog recommendations? Might try to stealth plant some in the common areas.(oops, did I say that out loud?)

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at October 28, 2023 03:06 PM (t/2Uw)

98 I believe it is supposed to be a knobby tire with a gauge readout in the middle, right?

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 28, 2023 03:06 PM (zZu0s)

99 That low tire pressure symbol makes no sense. It does look like a horseshoe with an exclamation point in the middle. At least the others are pretty clear what they are except for the water one. I just watch the temperature gauge. I used to drive a Subaru that would overheat so I know what to do in that circumstance.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice)'

To steal AOPs thunder, I have driven a car for 5-1/2 years with the dashboard lit up like a trailer park on Christmas. No inspections in my area so I ran the codes, determined none of it was serious, and drove it. I am very familiar with the engine light, but I do watch for the gravy boat. And the squiggly line one.

Posted by: LenNeal watches all his gauges for a pot o' gold at October 28, 2023 03:07 PM (43xH1)

100 Will do, Miley, thank you!

Posted by: screaming in digital at October 28, 2023 03:00 PM (aBJcM)

I'm not sure what you mean by "a small garden" but depending on what you've got for soil, raised beds and so-called square foot gardening may be the way to go.

We usually thin okra to about 3" between plants. They want full sun and love the hot weather in SC. I planted 6 plants in my raised bed to cultivate them for seed (away from the Clemson Spineless). My brother had filled it with geocomp and the damn things grew to be 8 feet tall. Normally you can expect them to get maybe 4-5 ft tall. During the height of summer you may have to harvest every day or two.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at October 28, 2023 03:09 PM (Mzdiz)

101 Bought some bulbs at HD but they didn't have much to choose from. Any catalog recommendations? Might try to stealth plant some in the common areas.(oops, did I say that out loud?)
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice)'

20 years ago I bought bulbs on closeout at Menard's and threw them all over the property. I STILL get weird stuff some years. Buy it all and toss it around.

Posted by: LenNeal watches all his gauges for a pot o' gold at October 28, 2023 03:09 PM (43xH1)

102 The check engine light was on in my Subaru for years. It was an incredibly reliable car until I had to replace the water pump and the head gasket twice. Last time I drove a Subaru.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at October 28, 2023 03:10 PM (t/2Uw)

103 As said think Wednesday pulled in unripe peppers from garden, some are big but though been on vine long still green. Just looked and couple turn cherry red in last few days. Maybe should go get others

Posted by: Skip at October 28, 2023 03:12 PM (+U6lo)

104 And it annoys me.
Posted by: Pug Mahon,

Like the *%4%; seat belt buzzer.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * No quarter, no mercy at October 28, 2023 03:12 PM (9HkZs)

105 Ok, odd ewetub audio suggestion: 'Deutschland Radio 1939'. Study/Relax. 'Wunschkonzert fur die Wehrmacht.' (some type of concert for the wehrmacht.)

...

Um. You are being a bit too on the nose here, commie-nazi fucktards.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 28, 2023 03:13 PM (zZu0s)

106 I still have cherry tomatoes and a few yellow peppers. Figured with this warm weather would see if I got a couple to turn red but cold weather moving in on Tuesday so I think that will be the end.
The cherry tomatoes called Chocolate Sprinkles were excellent and pretty prolific.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at October 28, 2023 03:15 PM (t/2Uw)

107 93 ... "I grew African violets from single leaf cuttings I would beg, borrow or steal. I never had problems rooting them. This way I knew what color and shape the flowers would be and they didn't cost me money."

That sounds like a fun thing to try. Think I heard about a similar technique for begonias. I approve of a fun and cheap combination. And if it doesn't work I won't be surprised.

Posted by: JTB at October 28, 2023 03:15 PM (7EjX1)

108 Bought some bulbs at HD but they didn't have much to choose from. Any catalog recommendations? Might try to stealth plant some in the common areas.(oops, did I say that out loud?)

I know there are some flower farms in Washington state that sell via the intertubez. Try a search on Washington flower farm or something like that.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at October 28, 2023 03:16 PM (Bd6X8)

109 I still have cherry tomatoes

Pull the entire plant and hang them in a cool place if you have one. If they are close to ripening, they will finish up inside.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * No quarter, no mercy at October 28, 2023 03:17 PM (9HkZs)

110 The check engine light was on in my Subaru for years. It was an incredibly reliable car until I had to replace the water pump and the head gasket twice. Last time I drove a Subaru.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at October 28, 2023 03:10 PM (t/2Uw)

I had a Subie Outback for over 200k miles. Good car, never got stuck in the snow, but the repairs become painful after a while.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at October 28, 2023 03:18 PM (5J0gB)

111 If I lived in somewhere with an HOA, I mean before I got ejected, I'd go all over throwing every bulb I could find into the bushes.

Posted by: LenNeal at October 28, 2023 03:18 PM (43xH1)

112 If I lived in somewhere with an HOA, I mean before I got ejected, I'd go all over throwing every bulb I could find into the bushes.
Posted by: LenNeal

😉

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at October 28, 2023 03:19 PM (t/2Uw)

113 I had a Subie Outback for over 200k miles. Good car, never got stuck in the snow, but the repairs become painful after a while.
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly'

Once that flat 4 overheats you are in PainTown and need to hang it up. I had one, gave it to a Mexican neighbor.

Posted by: LenNeal at October 28, 2023 03:19 PM (43xH1)

114 From my early teens to married status (and in Africa) I grew African violets from single leaf cuttings I would beg, borrow or steal. I never had problems rooting them. This way I knew what color and shape the flowers would be and they didn't cost me money. Once we had cats then flower pots or rooting jars were out of the question.
Posted by: Ciampino - green thumbs'

I always forget you are from Africa, fascinating stories. A co-worker at RomneyCorp, little lesbian girl, bought a Serval/Mix kit from a Russian breeder. It immediately trashed ALL her plants digging.

Posted by: LenNeal at October 28, 2023 03:23 PM (43xH1)

115 69 Gimme an H
Gimme an O
Gimme an R
Gimme a T

What does it spell?

NO TILL I
Posted by: The Horta at October 28, 2023 02:39 PM (xhaym)
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I always appreciate a good ST:TOS riff.

Posted by: All Hail Eris at October 28, 2023 03:27 PM (4KAXk)

116 I actually wanted to wait til my grandson could be here to harvest the sweet tates. He's here... rain moving in, and
COLD!
We pulled all the peppers. Pulled the third green bean crop whole (to be picked later) and tried to harvest the tates...
had to give it up with the rain.
We may be screwed, dunno. No freeze tonight, but a predicted hard freeze tomorrow night, with rain constant.
We have tomatoes will-ripened, and more in the basement waiting for the sill.

Posted by: MkY at October 28, 2023 03:29 PM (cPGH3)

117 sill-ripened

Posted by: MkY at October 28, 2023 03:30 PM (cPGH3)

118 NOOD Pet Thread

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at October 28, 2023 03:31 PM (qPw5n)

119 They never brought back the Horta for the milking later series.

The sad part is, that was a good episode. Suspense. Plot twist. Cool Premise.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 28, 2023 03:31 PM (zZu0s)

120 I had a Subie Outback for over 200k miles. Good car, never got stuck in the snow, but the repairs become painful after a while.
Posted by: Rufus

I'm driving no 5 Subie lezbaro. I put head gaskets in 3 of them. 3 of them hit 250k plus. Son wrapped one around a tree. Gave 2 of them away. One of those is still on the road six years later. They are the most reliable snow car I have ever driven. The last 2 Fords I owned were considerably less reliable. Only down side is we can't haul both of us and the four grandkids. Bought my daughter's totaled 05 Ford Expedition and I am rebuilding it to resolve that issue.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * No quarter, no mercy at October 28, 2023 03:33 PM (9HkZs)

121 SiD,

I hope you get that house. All houses have problems. And sometimes you just know that a house is a good fit for you.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 28, 2023 03:37 PM (cLWyk)

122 You can bring a whore to culture but you can't make him think...

zerohedge @zerohedge 38m
Pence Pulls Out Of Presidential Race As Trump's Lead Widens

Or is that about the things you grow by covering them in shit and putting them in the dark??

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at October 28, 2023 03:50 PM (krqg6)

123 Questions/complaints about the sweet potatos grown in soil bags video...
1.) Why no explanatory or instructional dialog? The loud music sucks!
2.) Lots of good questions being asked, but the channel just "likes" all the questions without responding. Do they want to help people do the same, or just accumulate likes and views without interacting at all?

Happy Saturday.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO, AI Expert at October 28, 2023 05:59 PM (ul80r)

124 Chairman LMAO, AI Expert at October 28, 2023 05:59 PM

Good points. I think they're trying to be multilingual. Lots of information at the link above the video.

Posted by: KT at October 29, 2023 12:36 AM (rrtZS)

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