Posted on 10/26/2019 7:17:07 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
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44 degrees and rain this morning.
What better than a bass tournament...
I think this week could be the end of our outdoor gardens.
Just peppers remain today.
I’ll be out picking Sunday...
Good morning!
With heavy rain tomorrow and the shortening days, today may be my last good day for yard work.
Peppers are really the only thing still producing, so they are OK up to a real hard frost.
Last good day to plant garlic - that that has to go in.
Sweet potatoes are dying back, but they can stay in the ground up to the dreaded "hard frost".
Today the wood stove flue gets taken apart and cleaned out - maybe split a little wood.
But first I've got this hot pot of coffee to get down. All things in their time.
Have a blessed autumn Saturday!
Moved two Rosemary plants indoors as it's getting really cold at night, already. Grrr! I can usually keep them happy for a few months in a south-facing window. One trick I learned? Buy your Rosemary Plants in the Produce area of your grocery store - bigger plants for less money than in the Garden Center. These two came from Walmart.
What's up with that? What could that mean?
Could that predict a sure win for Donald J. Trump in 2020?
More pine cones? Must be fracking or CO2!/s
My problem in the past was BATS in the house. I had an old farmhouse with a leaky attic that was Bat Heaven. It took many thousands of dollars to be rid of them and get the attic cleaned up and sanitized so I could sell the house!
Country Livin’!
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LOL......... that's good. Lots of fracking around her in Western PA.
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Frick -frack, I was takin' a bath ....long about a Saturday night...
;-)
LOL! My Black Hills Spruce are filled to the brim with them too, this season. One tree in particular is loaded.
We have had a very wet season, so I’m attributing ample cone production to that - the trees are otherwise very healthy. In a drought year, the trees think they might die, so again, they produce a ton of cones, trying to leave seeds behind for future generations.
Because trees are just that smart, I guess! Or maybe...
I’ll be back after the UW Badger football game v. Ohio State. BIG game, today!
I’m also going to make a triple batch of Creamy Pumpkin Sauce to use up the pumpkin puree I still have, and to freeze for later. Pumpkin is not recommended for canning. You need professional measures and higher heat than you can obtain with home canning. (That’s the latest I’ve heard, anyway!)
https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/245025/creamy-pumpkin-sauce/
No more garden although the Egyptian walking onions are coming up like crazy from the seed heads from his year, they are over a foot tall. Indoor gardening - growing alfalfa sprouts - that's about it.
Diana - nice looking pumpkins. I made butternut bisque soup yesterday - yummy yummy. Also just picked up 6 nice cabbage heads - it's kapusta time, will be shredding tomorrow after church.
Yes, those Pumpkins are amazingly beautiful.
I was admiring those. Look so yummy!
Thank you .......
Good Saturday! Today we are popping in some daffodil and crocus bulbs before it gets too cold to work outside easily. We found auger drill bits that make it much easier than digging holes.
Our gardens have been put to bed for winter already.
When do the seed catalogues come out?
Ouch.
http://kymkemp.com/2019/10/26/update-outage-expected-to-impact-940000-customers-in-california-says-pge/
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