Gardening, Puttering and Adventure Thread, Nov. 25

Happy Thanksgiving Weekend, everybody!

My cousin generally grows out several Amaryllis bulbs every year, and this year one bloomed for Thanksgiving! They're not true Amaryllis bulbs, they are really Hippeastrum. But who wants to say "Hippeastrum"? The bulbs you see at stores are timed to bloom by temperature, variety and by when you start watering them. Here are some details from the North Carolina Extension.

Where hardy, they will bloom outdoors in the spring. The smaller-flowered types generally look best in the landscape.

Are you growing any?

Here are some botanical details.

You can keep some of these bulbs to bloom every year at Christmas, but the ones that are sold coated with wax probably won't re-bloom.

Edible Gardening/Putting Things By

Nan in AZ:

First set baby eggplant!

Got a couple of bell peppers too.

Tomatoes are booming.

Starting to turn red.

Swiss chard looking good.

Had enough green beans for Thanksgiving dinner! Arizona winter garden is way better than summer heat . . .

How glorious! The green beans for Thanksgiving look great!

From last week's comments:

We're putting all the gardens to bed for the winter, almost finished. Putting up shelters in the chicken yard, consisting of Tposts, arched cake panels and reinforced construction plastic to make areas the chooks can get out of the wind and rain, and still get some sun. Cleaning out the hen house one more time before winter, and putting the spoiled hay/manure on new beds to be planted next year.

I do have the hoop house to finish clearing for winter, but I'm tired and don't want to do it! But... if I want to"winter sow" some cabbages and broccoli in February, I better get it done this week.

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Thinking about getting chickens?

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Remember that aged eggs (up to 3 weeks in the fridge) are easier to peel for deviled eggs.

Ah, Nature

Puttering

Perhaps a hellebore, or just some holly berries might be better suited to his modest abode, Mr. Mousie wonders!#embroidery #hellebore #holly #christmasecor #mouse pic.twitter.com/aJP0ugTJyY

— Helen M. Stevens (@helen_m_stevens) November 23, 2023

Fall Clean-up

Tidying up those fall leaves is not always easy. Are you having challenges in your fall yard and garden clean-up? Not everyone has this kind of challenge:

FALL FUN: Willow the baby muskox was seen running and playing in a pile of maple leaves at the Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium in Tacoma, Washington, on Monday (11/13). The zoo says the two-month-old calf is spunky and curious.

Gardens of The Horde

Doing decorations? Anything else going on?

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, Nov. 18

Any thoughts or questions? There were lots of great comments last week.

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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