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October 17, 2026

Gardening, Home and Nature Thread, Oct. 17

Edible Gardening/Putting Things By

From the famous Pat* in Idaho:

This is an orange bell pepper. It is just over 1 inch tall. It identifies as a pumpkin.

Perfect.

Getting ready for pie season?

Winter Preparation

Household items you may want to replace because they're expired

I'm not sure that all of these categories are valid as "dangerous when expired", but it's worth thinking about.

Fall Travel Season

Courtesy Kentuckiana Humor

Fall colors seen from a kayak, from a cousin

Salmon Berry, Washington State

Tractor in Utah County, Jake R. Peterson

Three Sisters, Canmore Alberta
Jamie Almquist

Gardens of The Horde

Neal in Israel bought a new macro lens. Here's a great photo of a daylily.

Hope everyone has a nice weekend.

If you would like to send photos, stories, links, etc. for the Saturday Gardening Thread, the address is:

ktinthegarden at g mail dot com

Remember to include the nic or name by which you wish to be known at AoSHQ, or let us know if you want to remain a lurker.

Week in Review

What has changed since last week's thread? Gardening, Home and Nature Thread, Oct. 10

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.

Zinnias from Switzerland

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