Gardening, Puttering and Adventure Thread, Dec. 28

Happy Holiday Weekend! Anything going on in your yard or garden? Decorations still up or coming down, or are you still enjoying them? Wildlife making an appearance?

Seasonal Art

Edible Gardening/Putting Things By

Hey KT,

Haven't contributed in a while, it was a long, hot, DRY summer and most things weren't looking great. Just trying to survive. It was the worst monsoon season ever, for me at least. Two rains of about a half an inch and that was it. Luckily, we are now in our "fall" gardens, which is great for us. Still no rain yet, but cooler has helped the garden recover. I got seeds for broccoli rabe this year, as a new to me plant. It has done very well. Today was my first harvest. I will be having it with dinner tonight. Very excited.

Hope the Horde all had a Merry Christmas!

WeeKreekFarmGirl

Sorry your summer was tough. I have heard reports that rainfall varied quite a bit from town to town in the desert areas this year.

The broccoli rabe looks great. That vegetable can remind you that you are alive! It has flavor! Let us know how yours turns out.

It is not the same as 'Broccolini'.

New idea for Putting Things By:

Decorations

During the dark days of WW2, Corning Glassworks retooled one of their light bulb machines to make glass balls for Christmas. (No one was importing from Europe, during the war.) These machines made thousands of clear, colored, and striped ornaments for families on the Homefront. Since these came from light bulb machines, they got the nickname "Shiny-Brite," and many families actually called their decorations ornament "bulbs."These were not silvered on the inside because metals of all kinds were hard to come by, being used for the war effort. Even the caps were paper! Displayed on white birch branches, as you see here, these antique confections look like candy balloons!

Nancy Harms

Puttering

If you will be working on potholders during the coming year . . .

In Trivento, Italy in the Molise region, since 2020 a 6 m tall crochet Christmas tree is exhibited in the square.

Marie Thérèse Tamini

Super tip. pic.twitter.com/H3DEfZKFqQ

— Figen (@TheFigen_) December 26, 2024

Adventure

See anything besides a tree in this photo?

The ancient gnarled roots of a Bristlecone Pine, clinging to life in the harsh, high-altitude environment of the White Mountains, California.

Geo Lens, Dec. 23

Gardens of The Horde

Anything going on in your yard or garden, or with your houseplants?

Hope everyone has a nice weekend.

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Week in Review

What has changed since last week's thread? Remember to check out the late comments. Gardening, Puttering and Adventure Thread, Dec 21

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.

posted by K.T. at 01:12 PM

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