Gardening, Home and Nature Thread, Dec. 6

Not a lot happening hee in the chilly DMV but I do have two spots of color. My Encore Azalea has not disappointed. Not a lot of blossoms but it's been in the thirties and I am still getting new buds and blossoms.
My Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter cactus is also in blossom. I will literally have flowers til Spring.
Sharon(willow's apprentice)

Edible Gardening/Putting Things By

More from 58Mikie! (remember our special feature two weeks ago?)

Consumption of Hazelnuts is very healthy....high in folic acid for pregnant women, second highest nut in mono-unsaturated oil. The nut is high in oil but the good oil, (like an avocado or olive oil) which really does help reduce cholesterol.

Please see photos attached. The book is really good for Hazelnut recipes...tough to scan the pages on my scanner, but it is available on Amazon and I saw there was a listing for a "very good" used edition for $ 1.99....the Hazelnut salad recipe with broccoli is very good...once roasted Hazelnuts can be made into "butter" with a nut grinder like in stores or I think a Cuisinart type device.

I have always thought of hazelnuts in connection with Christmas and nutcrackers, but grinding them makes sense to me for most recipes.

Try to get a used copy of the book, as suggested above.

Nature

Fascinating.

Time-lapse of various species of mushrooms growingpic.twitter.com/j87LmPhC8q

— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) November 30, 2025

Puttering

Transitioning from Thanksgiving to Christmas; a project completed by a friend - Autumn Friendship Quilt:

Gardens of The Horde

I got my Baker Creek catalog, so i'll be doind some armchair gardening. You decorating, shopping for the yard or anything?

Giving any garden presents? Seeds? Tools?

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— Baker Creek Seeds (@rareseeds) January 22, 2025

Hope everyone has a nice weekend.

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Week in Review

What has changed since last week's thread? Gardening, Home and Nature Thread, Nov 29

In addition to other updates, The famous Pat* and her husband have a row of Blue Spruce big enough for Christmas trees. Ahyone else?

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