Gardening, Home and Nature Thread, Oct. 10

These two are the same flower, start off looking growly and end up looking like granny knitted it.

Eromero

I think I had one of those once. But I never remember a specimen like that first face. Looks like Eromero might be preparing us for Halloween and All Saints Day, maybe. Do you see a face above?

Edible Gardening/Putting Things By

Fall Beets

How do you cook fall beets? Do you store beets?

If you can beets, you can use a water bath if they are pickled, but they must be pressure-canned if not pickled.

Purchased beets are generally uniform in size, and may be easier for By-Tor's recipe:

I gave my buddy Ed some of my prize winning dill and bread and butter pickles. He must like them because he asked for more. Now comes the real test- pickled eggs and beets. I’ve been eating these since I was a child. Love em. But most people won’t try them because they look weird. They are easy to make.

1 can of beets ( sliced or whole, non-pickled)
2 hard boiled peeled eggs
About a cup of vinegar ( regular or ACV)
1/2 cup of water
3/4 cup of sugar.

Bring vinegar, water and sugar to a low boil until sugar dissolves. This is the brine. Adjust it with more sugar or more vinegar to your liking.

Put beets and eggs in a container. Pour brine over until they are covered. Put in fridge. Wait a day. Enjoy. Usually I do two cans of beets and 5 eggs. Then I add more to the brine as I eat them.

I eat these as a side dish to just about everything.

Post morning tennis lunch- lamb gyro with Greek yogurt , salad and pickled eggs and beets.

Interesting to see the eggs halved.

Another interesting recipe from By-Tor!

Weather

Rachel Moorman Beckstead, Mill Creek

Wow. 🤩 https://t.co/kqFtSOyJ3z

— Piper (@piper_moves) October 8, 2026

We have pretty decent wind gusts but have been spared from what we thought. That is hitting Destin- prayers out for everyone there!

I will say it is a very odd, eery light outside. Normally it is pitch black by now. But it’s not- it’s creepy.

— Piper (@piper_moves) October 10, 2026

Glad Piper's power came back on!

Fights in or with Nature

REVENGE, TOTAL YELLOW JACKET ANNIHILATION https://t.co/IikFKg8iF3

— Oilfield Rando (@Oilfield_Rando) October 6, 2026

We've been doing some of that at our house, too.

Hobbes proven right everyday; Rousseau proven wrong everyday

— Jash Dholani | link in bio has my books! (@oldbooksguy) October 10, 2026

Anybody seen this happening?

Gardens of The Horde

A bit of colour in the autumn. I call them 'blacblack eyed susan', my wife has a Latin name. The rose keeps on flowering. unfortunately we have lost the name.

Chris 1051

Thanks for sending in the great fall photos.

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, Oct. 3

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.