Gardening, Puttering and Adventure Thread, Nov. 23

Happy Thanksgiving Prep Week! Above and below, gorgeous fall colors from Hrothgar.

Here in the South-Central San Joaquin Valley, we were supposed to catch part of the "Atmospheric River" that produced flooding in the Bay Area, but we only got a few sprinkles. Our power went out for a little while yesterday, though.

How is the weather treating your yard and garden?

Love the light on the leaves!

From a regular lurker: Beautiful red roses still blooming right before Thanksgiving in a North Jersey churchyard. Noticed them the day after the election.

A wonderful sight!

Edible Gardening/Putting Things By

Harvest season seems to be winding down for most of The Horde. Including something from the garden in your Thankgiving dinner? Or dinners? I think it's a good idea to spread Thanksgiving over two or three days, to appreciate the special foods of the season.

I generally partially microwave sweet potatoes, then finish in the oven, but here's a recipe that calls for freezing them for a couple of hours before baking, for an extra-fluffy result. Has anyone ever tried this for breakfast on the Saturday after Thanksgiving?

It also recommends not poking holes in the skins of sweet potatoes. But I know someone who had one explode in the oven. Messy.

Have you ever grown sweet potatoes? Plan on trying it next year?

There are more sweet potato recipes at the link. By the way, are you making PIE?

Smoking a turkey outdoors this year? Prepared in case of rain?

Garden's BBQ area

[📹 paulmarkkitchens]pic.twitter.com/j0oRnEVucp

— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) October 21, 2024

Ah, Nature

Anybody else getting wild visitors?

Yes, we will be posting over time.

The Neighborhood Watch, Los Feliz, top of the hill near Griffith Park, southeast corner, near I-5 ("the five")

I was told if you see a coyote in the day time, he could be rabid. Is that true?

I don't know, but a coyote was once seen stalking me as I walked in daytime on the Newport Beach Back Bay. Pets had been taken in the area.

Dawn was breaking the next day and I caught this wise old fella.

From Cakeman

Puttering

Only after I brought the tulips home to Mrs. BD did I realize how well they matched the vase made by a local artisan.

Regards from Jerusalem,

Biden's Dog

Perfect! Happy Thanksgiving!

Gardens of The Horde

A couple more photos from Burnthewitch, Datura and its seedhead:

A note on the Datua (jimsonweed) - The flowers have a very unusual and wonderful smell. I can't think of anything to relate it to in a verbal description but it is probably the best thing about the plant.

Anything going on in your garden?

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. 16

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.

Hearts fluttering with joy, the Pre-kindergarten class recently set their newly-hatched butterflies free in the Sacred Heart garden, witnessing the beauty of nature’s transformation firsthand.🦋🌸💝 pic.twitter.com/LRKu5Vyg6r

— Restoring Your Faith in Humanity (@HumanityChad) November 22, 2024

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