Gardening, Puttering and Adventure Thread, Jan. 20

Happy Saturday, everyone! Are you venturing outdoors today? It's been raining a little here, after some frosty mornings. But not frosty like in SOME places. Above, one of several lovely frost photos by Don in Kansas.

It was ten below when I got up this morning. This was the view at the front door.

A real variety of photos at the link above. If they make you cold, he also has a link to some interesting information on volcanoes.

Edible Gardening/Putting Things By

I should have sent this earlier in the week; picked the big eggplant before the freeze, and all the rest afterward when the plants froze. Pulling everything out and mulching through the Sun Joe chipper, to put trimmings and pruning back around the plants for mulch and protection. Ready to start seedlings for spring planting soon in AZ (indoors). Nan in AZ

I have a hard time imagining getting eggplants this time of year. They look great!

So do the other veggies! Let us know if the frost hurt them.

Catalogs of the Week

Bluestone Perennials

This is Echinacea 'Giddy Pink'. New.

How about some Hydrangeas?

They don't seem to be offering this one currently, but I like it:

Pinetree Garden Seeds has its guide to winter sowingon its blog page.

There's also a pumpkin bread recipe. Moist, balanced and buttery.

Art

Navel oranges are on here. We are between peak seasons for local mandarin varieties.

Rafael Romero Barros (Spanish, 1832 - 1895) "Still Life with Oranges", 1863. Oil on Canvas, 68 x 54 cm. Museo de Bellas Artes de Cordoba, Spain.

Ah, Nature

From the North Ogden Museum, Utah:

In 1920, the men hitched three teams of horses to a V-shaped wooden plow to clear the streets in North Ogden. The plow was about 17 feet wide. Some streets were left snowy for sledding.

Puttering

Beekeeping

NO PROTECTION GEAR? pic.twitter.com/9ykqj5fBPn

— non aesthetic things (@PicturesFoIder) January 16, 2024

Gardens of The Horde

Frost Fairies

The garden thread is the only place I know on AoS to post these.

They do 'grow' in the pastures here in south Texas, but only in precise meteorological conditions. A rare treat to be greeted by hundreds of them this morning. By tomorrow they will have crumbled or melted in the sun.

From The Hill Country of Texas

I've never seen one of these in real life. Fascinating. Must be a nice surprise to see hundreds of them!

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, Jan. 13

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.

In the comments, Notsothoreau wrote at 1:33

I bought some self watering pots for African violets. It's an outside glazed pot and a inner pot with an unglazed bottom. You plant in that and put water in the outside pot. Not cheap but my plants have struggled since the move. They seem to be doing better now.

Interesting.

Maybe Notsothoreau will be able to take some cuttings soon:

African violet leaf cutting after 8 weeks. pic.twitter.com/SHi4AZymON

— Michelle McQuilliam (@MMcQui13) January 15, 2024

posted by K.T. at 01:26 PM

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