Gardening, Puttering and Adventure Thread, October 15

Hi there, gardeners, putterers and adventurers! Don't you love the photo above?

A monarch resting in the asters on its way through eastern Nebraska this week.

Midwest Lurker

Seems a little late to me for a Monarch to be going through Nebraska, but I may not understand the schedule. Best wishes to our little traveler.

Edible Gardening/Putting Things By

From By-Tor:

Remember when he tried a bit of raw ghost chili? An adventure!

The ghost chilis I was sent are fermenting nicely with a kick start of some sauerkraut brine.

They're hot. Very hot. About a million Scoville units. By comparison, a jalapeno is about 8K SU.

Just a couple drops of the pickling brine will keep your mouth on fire for about ten minutes.

This is gonna make good hot sauce.

"Good".

He's been busy:

22 lbs of Roma tomatoes is now about 12 quarts of marinara sauce, good for pasta, pizza or soup.

Now I just have to pressure can it.

He doesn't mean he's going to pressure can it with plastic lids. The photo above is for fresh use.

Puttering

Also from By-Tor:

I consider it a successful day when I correctly install two GFI circuits and replace a bad hot water line without getting shocked or flooding the house.

Now off to the gym!

Congratulations! And a reminder for all you putterers:

Halloween Decorations

Zombie arm stakes. Easy. There are 24 more at the link.

Lots o' punkins at Descanso Gardens, including a pumpkin house.

A wide variety of looks here, some of which might carry through to Thanksgiving.

Mystery Plant

Not really gardening since I didn't plant or nurture it, but it's an interesting something that has shown up this week at my new house in southwest Louisiana.

I'm strictly a lurker for the last couple of years but did post as daggit at one point.

Nice to see you back, daggit!

Does anyone recognize this plant? Can you come close?

Gardens of The Horde

t may be a little difficult to see, but I have two agaves sporting quite the "plant boners ". The one on the left is 5 feet and still growing. I have planted my front bed with things that thrive on neglect with great success.

Kindest regards

Bonecrusher

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. 8

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 01:21 PM

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