[greeneyes]

Greetings from Mo. It was a cool rainy day here. We are at 42 degrees here at the one acre ranch. Just got in from trip to St. Louis for Dr. appt. Good to go for another year I hope. Got to stop one of my meds.

Augie, really enjoyed the pics on the last thread. Quite a nifty project there.

We are supposed to get down to freezing on Monday, so this weekend, I'll chop off the tomato branches that still have green cherry tomatoes and blossoms and stick them in a pot of dirt. Hoping that some will develop roots.

This has worked in the past, and a lot of the blossoms have wound up developing into tomatoes during the winter. Lemon tree and aloe vera and herbs are in the green house.

I will be planting the garlic and rye this weekend - later than usual. Raised beds are finally cleared of tools from hubby's projects, but will not do too much this weekend, because I have to finish taxes. Ugh.

Hope all is well with you. Prayers up for all. God Bless

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Hi Greeneyes!

((((HUGS)))

We are in “High Color Autumn” right now in SE MA. Really beautiful...when it’s not raining.

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[MtnClimber]

Everything outside has frozen already. The two tomatoes indoors in containers seem to be doing well. Forecast for this weekend has a cold front coming with 3-5 inches of snow each day and a low temp Saturday of 12F and Sunday 7F.

[Aliska]

You always have to dream. I would love to do something like this. I can no longer do it but maybe I can work something out so a future generation could.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZD_3_gsgsnk

Nebraska retiree uses earths's heat to grow oranges in snow (Title). Amazing what a retired postal worker, a dream, an idea, and determination can do. Financed it himself, initially at least, because ag colleges and the like said it couldn't be done or impractical.

[kvanbrunt2]

I am building a kit green house. pretty flimsy, but it’s anchored on 4X4’s maybe try late tomatoes and zuchini here near philly

[metmom]

I just got my garlic for next year as well. I try to get it in in Sept, but the order arrived late.

Next year, no need to worry about that.

[metmom]

Our color is tending towards brown and dingy this year as well. The color is very late and that happens when it’s a warm year. In CNY.

Some places in VT and NH are pretty nice though.

[Celerity]

I’m a month into my aquaponics experiment and two plants have popped up.

About 18 have died. I’m not too happy but the 2 sprouts at least let me know that I’m doing something right.

[Katya]

I had no idea tomatoes could be overwintered! Already dug up mine and threw them in the compost, but will try that next year.

[tubebender]

I have to spade a patch for my Garlic which is a couple of weeks late. We are still getting tomatoes off the greenhouse plants, have harvested 3 nice bell peppers but the Diva cucumbers are very late to produce this year. No photos due to a password problem with Flickr..

[Augie]

Cool and damp here in Central Missouri for the past few days. Overnight low of 34°F last night.

Mrs. Augie and I had a busy day yesterday getting ready for the coming cold temps. All of the tropicals have been either moved indoors or cut down, dug up, and stored in the barn. I really need to build a proper root cellar for such things.

I've got most of the winter supply of firewood laid in. Three trailer loads of mill waste tossed on the pile so far - one more load will do it for this time. Most years it takes six loads, but I had a decent start to the pile, and I've got a mountain of deadfall around the place that needs to be cleaned up. The drought conditions over the summer killed several big black oak trees, and there are dead piss elms everywhere that need to be taken down.

The cooler weather had everyone craving chili, so we made a batch on Saturday. Peppers, tomatoes, and garlic all came from the garden. It was yummo.

The rains we've received over the past couple weeks are beginning to fill the pond. I need to haul in a few more cedar trees before the water gets too deep.

[tob2]

Cooler temperatures here as well. Harvested all the basil and will make pesto. Picked two tomatoes and will have them for a snack. Marigold going strong. Caladiums dying back and they will go into the shed for the winter.

“I’ll chop off the tomato branches that still have green cherry tomatoes and blossoms and stick them in a pot of dirt.” If I were to do that, would they grow indoors in mostly bright, indirect light?

Hope all is well.

[metmom]

We had snow this morning, just a dusting, but growing season is definitely over here in NY, and NH based on the picture my son sent me.

Anyways, we’re going to visit him this weekend and my daughter wants cider doughnuts so I looked up a recipe and found some at this site that has recipes for Amish cooking.

http://www.amish365.com/

http://www.amish365.com/homemade-cider-doughnuts/