Gardening, Puttering and Adventure Thread, Oct. 26

Happy Saturday before Halloween! Hope everyone has an opportunity to go outside. Today, a little appreciation for our farmers.

Farm and Garden

If your produce is coming from a flood area, you may get a bonus frog. Hope this doesn't happen too often.

Commercial potato harvest

YUGE!

Between crops, white mustard is planted and dug in to enrich and fumigate the soil. It grows shoulder-high.

Transitioning from Peach Cobbler to Apple Pie

Get out the fall spices.

Last of the late peaches and nectarines on the Wasatch Front in Utah - Canadian Harmony and Reliance.

By-Tor sends in a photo of a giant Fuji apple, big as a softball, that he bought at Costco, with a regular one for comparison. Makes pies easier. Ready for pie?

Ah, Nature

Monarch with Luscious Golden Gate Lantana

Hurry on down the coast.

Puttering

Here's something nicer:

Hope you’ve had a good start to the week. I’ve had a good day mainly messing about in the garden and greenhouse.
I hope you like my autumn flower faff today 🍂💐🍂 pic.twitter.com/rAGDntZiem

— Garden Brocante (@GardenBrocante) October 21, 2024

Adventure

Brodie (Correction - Bodie), California (photos by Jeff Forest)

Mono County

Gardens of The Horde

From Nan in AZ:

Silly Crabapple:

Making blossoms way too early in AZ

Yes, that is too early. I've see the same thing happen with ornamental pears.

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. 19

Feedback: Minnesota Midget melon is smaller and more reliably tasty than Golden Jenny.

Any other 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 01:28 PM

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