Gardening, Puttering and Adventure Thread, Oct. 7

Have you still got summer things in your garden? Fall fruits or veggies? Are you making any preparations for winter?

We had a really fat toad show up on the porch this week, boldly risking the company of the garden kitties. We also have a passel of baby lizards in the back yard. Seems like an odd time of year for tiny lizards to appear.

Got fall foliage nearby?

Note: War thread remains open just below, so we can keep our weekend threads more or less on-topic.

Edible Gardening/Putting Things By

KT, "From about that Time", mostly lurker

Not much of a gardener, but I do like my hot peppers.

I've developed a growing process straight out of RonCo, set it and forget it. This planting area along the front of my house was obviously meant for ornamentals, but it sure works well for peppers. There's a full four foot overhang from the house, so no natural watering for the gang. But the house faces just a few degrees west of dead south, so plenty of sun here in Rhode Island. I got a twenty buck battery timer for the water from job lot to a soaker hose; plant seedlings late May, pick through October. Timer's on it's fifth year.

I've got two and a half full batches of pickled chopped hot peppers in the freezer, one more to go. Five or six pounds per batch.

This year cherries and three types of haberneros for the heat, Fresno, Anaheim and problanos for the bulk. And as usual lousy pictures of the place and the product.

I like the photos! Quite an assortment of peppers! They work great in that front bed.

Another photo of bounty from the garden. The pear tree I planted four years ago has matured to the point that it is bearing well. Most will be turned into pear jam, which is a welcome Christmas gift for friends and family. (It's incredibly good on waffles.) The tomatoes have thrived in the warm, moist weather. We've also gotten an insane number of eggplant, for whatever reason. The Mason jars hold canned apple-pie filling, made using heirloom apples we bought from a local gardener. I miss summer, but autumn - "Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness", as Keats called it - helps to prepare one for the cold and snow to come.

BTW, call me "Nemo".

Fantastic!

Farming

Screw it, Harvest Hype video 😤 pic.twitter.com/UOcJ6ieqpH

— Midwest vs. Everybody (@midwestern_ope) September 24, 2023

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— Midwest vs. Everybody (@midwestern_ope) September 21, 2023

Ah, Nature

Being used feels like thispic.twitter.com/LwaxCPvjce

— Science girl (@gunsnrosesgirl3) August 23, 2023

Thinking about Halloween?

There is an orchid called the Gomesa Jiaho Queen Orchid, and this is what it looks like pic.twitter.com/kbg7VUxG36

— Science girl (@gunsnrosesgirl3) October 1, 2023

Puttering, Fall Preparation

Prune This, Not That

Read on for tips in all areas of your garden:

Deciduous Shrubs & Trees
Leaves
Ornamental Grasses
Perennial Plants & Flowers
Lawns & Meadows

Adventure

Plan for next year?

Red licorice festival at Kinchakuda Manjushage Park | Pref. from Saitama**

Experience the autumn blossoms in Saitama Prefecture! 🌺 In the city of Hidaka, the Kinchakuda Manjushage Park is full of red lycoris. The hatching of these "spider lilies" also known as "equinox flowers" in Japan (higanbana), marks the beginning of autumn. This park with more than 5 million flowers will give you the best view. It's one of the largest colonies of spider lilies in the country, arranged along a river in a circular arc. Walking along the edge of this huge red area, discovering this rug under the trees by the water, and enjoying all the contrasting colors will leave you an unforgettable impression! 🌳 Your senses will be captured and bathed in this autumnal atmosphere. From September 16 to October 1, to make your experience even more pleasant, local gastronomic products will be sold and performances organized on a park stage. Head to Hidaka to celebrate the change of season! 🍁

Gardens of The Horde

Hi.
Wanted to share my clematis going crazy.
Looking at it makes me wish I'd planted more.

Diogenes

Gorgeous!

It probably won't last much longer in Iowa as the weather gets colder, but the Golden Shrimp Plant we planted in the spring has been fun and colorful. It would lose its head occasionally (normal? chipmunks nearby?), but would always grow back.

Grimmy

A little adventure for Iowa!

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, Sept. 30

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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