Gardening, Puttering and Adventure Thread, August 12

Happy Saturday, everyone!

From Neal in Israel:

Against all odds, I've managed to keep alive two orchids which I received as gifts two years ago. This year they even flowered. The plant with smaller flowers gave a full spray. The plant with bigger flowers had a fair number of buds on its flower stem, but only one of the buds actually produced a flower.

Absolutely gorgeous!

Edible Gardening/Putting Things By

Tomato Art

From 2017 come these wonderful (and soon 'desaperacido'-ed after the imaging) Cherokee Purple Heart tomatoes. They were purchased from vendors at Cordova's Farmers Mkt at the AgCenter. I can't think of a tomato I like more than the Purple Heart. I always thought the Creole tomatoes were 'the bestest!' - until I tasted a CPH. Now the Creole tomato, while still good, takes a back seat to the CPH in the Land O' Flavah!(TM) ... Use as you deem suited for Tasque et Porpoise and ... enjoy.

(Dr_No)

What is YOUR favorite?

From By-Tor:

I wasn't happy with the batch of apricot jam I made two weeks ago. Too tart and it didn't set up properly. So I dumped 12 pints into a pot, added a can of chopped up pineapple, some sugar, and a bunch of pectin. Even if it doesn't set up it still tastes better. I have eight months to perfect the recipe before the next LA County Fair.

Who else will be entering competitions?

Ah, Nature

From Southern Living:

What Wasps Are Aggressive?

How To Get Rid of a Wasp Nest

Adventure

Blue Ridge Mountains Travel Guide:

The Blue Ridge Mountains stretch 550 miles from North GA to PA, encompassing more than 34,000 square miles of mountains, forests, lakes, rivers, and waterfalls in 8 states.

The Blue Ridge range is part of the much larger Appalachian Mountains range. But the Blue Ridge also has myriad sub-ranges, including the Great Smoky Mountains, Black Mountains, Craggy Mountains, and more.

It's home to the tallest mountains east of the Mississippi River, with 20+ peaks in North Carolina alone that measure over 6,000 feet in elevation.

There's still time for a hike this year . . .

Gardens and Farms of The Horde

From Weasel:

Some of the delightful organic pine trees at WeaselAcres.

I love them.

Anything going on in your garden, yard or farm?

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, August 5

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.

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