Gardening, Home and Nature Thread, Oct. 25

Happy Week before Halloween!

From The Famous Pat*

This is the right side of my front porch. The pumpkin, I bought from the neighbor kids. The green pair are immature butternut squashes (might as well make use of them). The other item grew on a zucchini vine, which grew out of the bottom of a compost cage - that was its mother, but it was apparently fathered by a pumpkin last year. I don’t know what to call it - a zookapumpkin? A pump-zini?

What do you think, Horde? Interesting front porch!

I bought succulent cuttings sold as an assorted lot back in May. I planted them in gritty soil, watered them once in awhile, but basically left them alone all summer. They looked to be well rooted, even actively growing by now, and I finally decided to plant them out. I now have my fingers crossed--again--to see if these new pots take root!

First picture is the initial planting, second shows the new pots.

Lirio100

Great details! Fun plantings!

What is this?

When I transplanted this aloe, thought I needed a big pot. Turned out the root ball was actually pretty tiny but was rewarded with a baby plant. Saw this the other day and thought it was another offshoot but Yikes!

Looks like so,e bizarre mushroom. Anybody seen anything like it?

Sharon (willow's apprentice)

Anybody know?

Edible Gardening/Putting Things By

From Pat*

We had a good harvest of poblano peppers from our 4 plants! I already cut up the smaller/oddly shaped ones and froze them for casseroles. These will make easy-to-stuff chiles rellenos. The longest is about 7 inches.

Also from Pat*

This single Yukon Gold potato really weighs one pound, 4.8 ounces! Too bad I couldn’t have had this one ready for the Western Idaho Fair...

Wow!

Ah, Nature

Bear taking a pumpkin from a home's front porch during Halloween

pic.twitter.com/bBSnpmB8UR

— Science girl (@gunsnrosesgirl3) October 17, 2025

Late Season Flowers

Autumn dahlia cutting patch 🍁🍁
I think we’re going to get frost Thursday, in which case it will probably be over for another year. We’ll see. I think I’ve already had an extra 3 weeks this year 👍💐 pic.twitter.com/qqBxxbqQOD

— Garden Brocante (@GardenBrocante) October 20, 2025

Some would say clashing colours, but I say, lovely to see them growing in my garden in the middle of October 🌸 pic.twitter.com/H728kGFNGG

— Garden Brocante (@GardenBrocante) October 15, 2025

A different chrysanthemum variety. I think I got this one off the Waitrose dead shelf last year!! pic.twitter.com/HljI0OF5jr

— Garden Brocante (@GardenBrocante) October 19, 2025

Gardens of The Horde

So here we are 3 weeks into October, with even migrating hummingbirds long gone, and this clematis decided it was time to pop a flower. Temps got down to 38 the other night.

Miley

Beautiful!

Hope everyone has a nice weekend.

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Week in Review

What has changed since last week's thread? Gardening, Home and Nature Thread, Oct 18

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.

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