Gardening, Home and Nature Thread, Aug. 29

From the famous Pat*:

From a commercial Roma plant, the biggest Roma I’ve ever seen.

Impressive! Lotsa sauce possible from tomatoes like that.

Edible Gardening/Putting Things By

My crazy 6 ft tall tomato plant is overloaded with tomatoes. The picture below is two days haul and there are many more to come. The jalapeños at the top are the two different varieties I mentioned last week. The small one is a normal jalapeño and the big one is called Giant Jalapeño. Three jars of pickled japaenos so far and maybe one or two more.There are half dozen poblanos almost ready. Going to roast the tomatoes because there is no way I can eat all of them.

Sharon(willow's apprentice)

The cherry tomatoes look great. What do you do with them after roasting?

The peppers also sound good.

Tomatoes and peppers seem to be the favorite veggies for members of The Horde to grow. And they make nice photos for social media, too! Enjoy life!

Fabulous few days looking after grandson, almost 2, whilst his mum & dad went to a wedding. An absolute joy, but boy are we exhausted! My birthday yesterday passed in a blur of playing in the park, baking biscuits, reading & picking tomatoes. Quiet at home now. Have a good day. pic.twitter.com/eEE7rGTHXJ

— Ella Beard (@EllaBeard11) August 24, 2026

Maybe this will remind CBD to plan for a garden next year:

A confusing vegetable name. Have you ever grown these? I have eaten them. They remind me of a sort of sweet Jicama when raw.

Travel and Adventure

Located in County Meath, Ireland, this stunning 300-year-old Yew Tree Tunnel at Gormanston Castle is a living architectural marvel.

Planted in the late 17th century by the Preston family, generations of meticulous training have caused the branches of these ancient trees to… pic.twitter.com/sKVYEIQnqA

— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) August 23, 2026

Bern has a quirky summer tradition: instead of driving home, some locals jump into the Aare River after work, pack their clothes in waterproof bags, and float with the current all the way home pic.twitter.com/Iu9gXeidBz

— Science girl (@sciencegirl) August 25, 2026

Puttering

Have you ever seen a display of radioactivity in a cloud chamber? My Dad used to set them up with radioactive needles at my elementary school. You could always see some stray trails coming from space though.

This is a reminder that the first "GMO Plants" were created by blasting seeds with X-rays and other forms of radioactivity to randomly induce mutations. When you wonder if some of our grains are not as healthy as grains of old, random procedures like this could have possibly been one reason.

This is a radioactive mineral inside a cloud chamber which allows you to see condensation trails cause by radioactive decay particles shooting through a supersaturated alcohol vapor cloud, mainly alpha particles. pic.twitter.com/M9n2DsWZYO

— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) August 28, 2026

Gardens of The Horde

Great photo of bottle brush from Neal in Israel.

What's happening in your yard or neighborhood?

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, Aug. 22

I closed the comments on that post so you wouldn't get banned for commenting on a week-old post, but don't try it anyway.

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