Friday 25F
Saturday 28F
Picked everything Friday afternoon before the freeze.
Kind of breaks my heart to see what was a vibrant,
healthy plants suddenly die so pathetically.
Now to go go over what worked and what did not and scheme
on next year! Oh an pull out all the dead plants.
T wrote:
Friday 25F
Saturday 28F
Picked everything Friday afternoon before the freeze.
Kind of breaks my heart to see what was a vibrant,
healthy plants suddenly die so pathetically.
the big wheel keeps on turning...
we have no frost in our forecast for at least the next
week, but fall will be here soon enough. a high of 83F
predicted for today, sunny and breezy, good as everything
can use a good drying out.
Now to go go over what worked and what did not and scheme
on next year! Oh an pull out all the dead plants.
:)
it has been raining and foggy wet weather that today is
the first day in a while that i'll be able to get outside
and get some gardening done.
my main plans are to get the gardens ready for winter
and i have some garlic to plant.
songbird
And this morning we all woke up to snow! At
least it means the end to Burn California
and we can all breath fresh air again. My
goji's seems to be loving the snow!
Time to plant my garlic too.
Do you have a favorite over winter onion?
On 10/11/21 05:58, songbird wrote:Sorry about the dupe. I'm still tring to figure out this new and improved (pointlesslly complicated, IMO) news/mail reader.
T wrote:
Friday 25F
Saturday 28F
Picked everything Friday afternoon before the freeze.
Kind of breaks my heart to see what was a vibrant,
healthy plants suddenly die so pathetically.
the big wheel keeps on turning...
we have no frost in our forecast for at least the next
week, but fall will be here soon enough. a high of 83F
predicted for today, sunny and breezy, good as everything
can use a good drying out.
Now to go go over what worked and what did not and scheme
on next year! Oh an pull out all the dead plants.
:)
it has been raining and foggy wet weather that today is
the first day in a while that i'll be able to get outside
and get some gardening done.
my main plans are to get the gardens ready for winter
and i have some garlic to plant.
songbird
And this morning we all woke up to snow! At
least it means the end to Burn California
and we can all breath fresh air again. My
goji's seems to be loving the snow!
Time to plant my garlic too.
Do you have a favorite over winter onion?
Friday 25FWell, you might consider relocating to a place where it's 75
Saturday 28F
Picked everything Friday afternoon before the freeze.
Kind of breaks my heart to see what was a vibrant,
healthy plants suddenly die so pathetically.
Now to go go over what worked and what did not and scheme
on next year! Oh an pull out all the dead plants.
-T
Well, you might consider relocating to a place where it's 75
degrees at 9:30 PM. Just promise not to drive 30mph in the inside
lane....
T wrote:...
Time to plant my garlic too.
Do you have a favorite over winter onion?
Sorry about the dupe. I'm still tring to figure out this new and improved (pointlesslly complicated, IMO) news/mail reader.
deraldm@invalid.net wrote:
T wrote:...
Time to plant my garlic too.
Do you have a favorite over winter onion?
Sorry about the dupe. I'm still tring to figure out this new and
improved (pointlesslly complicated, IMO) news/mail reader.
at least you're able to post. configuration issues can take
some time to sort out.
it's not like this is a high traffic group any more where we
can't figure some things out on the other end. :)
it has been so rainy the past month and a half that i've
been trying to get large projects done before winter sets in.
i finally got one long garden along the pathway outside the
fence finished up and have moved to getting the gardens inside
the fence ready for winter.
we have snow and rain in the forecast so i may not get back
outside again until next week - unless i can get a few hours
done today, which may be possible. we'll see how it turns out. :)
songbirdGood luck. I'm hoping to get some weeding done,too, but I must
Good luck. I'm hoping to get some weeding done,too, but I must
sort some woodworking tools and decide which,if any, to sell: A large collection of "traditional" hand tools as well as a group of quality
power tools (all of them Porter-Cable) that I don't expect to use
again.
:( i hope you can find a good home for all of them withAs do I. As you might suppose, success with the human-powered
someone who'll appreciate them and take care of them.
deraldm@invalid.net wrote:
...
Good luck. I'm hoping to get some weeding done,too, but I must
sort some woodworking tools and decide which,if any, to sell: A large
collection of "traditional" hand tools as well as a group of quality
power tools (all of them Porter-Cable) that I don't expect to use
again.
:( i hope you can find a good home for all of them with
someone who'll appreciate them and take care of them.
i finished up one garden last week but didn't get to the
next yet. the weather turned to rain and now snow for a
while so maybe next week i'll be able to get back outside
again.
last night we rearranged part of the garage and i got some
of the squash inside to see if the seeds/flesh were useful or
not. these were squash grown from some green seeded hulless
seeds a friend sent in the hopes that we'd be able to help him
make progress on his project of just selecting out the kinds
that are the right size and shape. with only so much room
and these plants growing 20ft in random directions it can take
some time to go through all the seeds he sent me. so far i
have green seeds that are edible from most of the squash that
grew, but the size of the fruits is bigger than what he was
after and the flesh of the squash is really blah so it's not
edible unless you're starving. last night two of the three
squash i brought in had white seeds and they weren't hulless
at all so those i did roast and will eat them eventually and i
also roasted the green seeds that i got from the other squash
too as those are very good to eat. the flesh from the squash
i'll feed to the worm farm here today sometime along with the
part i cooked up to see if was worth cooking the rest or not.
not. decidedly not...
sorting beans and getting packages sent out to people who
requested some. after the first of the year i'll send out a
few more packages. it is fun and now i have some of my
original cross-breeds overseas so at least those eggs are no
longer in one small geological basket. :)
songbirdDamned if I know why this sucker doesn't thread messages properly.
Sometime recently you wrote:
:( i hope you can find a good home for all of them with
someone who'll appreciate them and take care of them.
As do I. As you might suppose, success with the human-powered
tools implies a different mindset and relationshp to the materials
than with the electric machines. I'll be surprised if anyone shows
interest in both,
BTW, I await a complete email update on your
progress with the TT photography, color-correction, etc.
Damned if I know why this sucker doesn't thread messages properly.
deraldm@invalid.net wrote:
...
Damned if I know why this sucker doesn't thread messages properly.
do you have it set up to thread based upon subject or on
references? i don't know how that particular newsreader
works at all, but sometimes there are options that let you
adjust what is used for threading.
songbirdTwo choices, each of which is binary. They are: "Enable threading
Sometime recently you wrote:oops: It's "Start a new thread when follow-up subject changes" which
deraldm@invalid.net wrote:Two choices, each of which is binary. They are: "Enable threading
...
Damned if I know why this sucker doesn't thread messages properly.
do you have it set up to thread based upon subject or on
references? i don't know how that particular newsreader
works at all, but sometimes there are options that let you
adjust what is used for threading.
songbird
by subject" and "Start a new thread when the subject changes", which
seems a bit redundant. I have no clue what happens when either is
diabled but well soon find out....
deraldm@invalid.net wrote:
T wrote:...
Time to plant my garlic too.
Do you have a favorite over winter onion?
Sorry about the dupe. I'm still tring to figure out this new and
improved (pointlesslly complicated, IMO) news/mail reader.
at least you're able to post. configuration issues can take
some time to sort out.
"songbird" <songbird@anthive.com> wrote in message news:an726i-l03.ln1@anthive.com...
deraldm@invalid.net wrote:
T wrote:...
Time to plant my garlic too.
Do you have a favorite over winter onion?
Sorry about the dupe. I'm still tring to figure out this new and
improved (pointlesslly complicated, IMO) news/mail reader.
at least you're able to post. configuration issues can take
some time to sort out.
I have had to change news servers, when my ISP drop newsgroups without mentioning it.
AND now I discover al the people that had stopped posting have, in reality, been carrying on without me.
Just in time to wish you all a Merry Christmas.
Bloke Down The Pub wrote:
"songbird" <songbird@anthive.com> wrote in message
news:an726i-l03.ln1@anthive.com...
deraldm@invalid.net wrote:
T wrote:...
Time to plant my garlic too.
Do you have a favorite over winter onion?
Sorry about the dupe. I'm still tring to figure out
this new and improved (pointlesslly complicated, IMO)
news/mail reader.
at least you're able to post. configuration issues can
take
some time to sort out.
I have had to change news servers, when my ISP drop
newsgroups without mentioning it.
AND now I discover al the people that had stopped posting
have, in reality, been carrying on without me.
hahaha! stuff happens! :)
Just in time to wish you all a Merry Christmas.
happy post solstice day! on the other side of the hump
now
for six months.
songbird
Merry Christmas to all of the friendly and helpful folks
that *still* inhabit this newsgroup.
Let's hope for a better New Year too with plenty of
good weather to coddle our crops and MANY fewer virus
bugs floating around to infect our lives.
Nyssa, who still has one tiny half-green tomato on
her kitchen counter trying to turn red
Nyssa wrote:
...
Merry Christmas to all of the friendly and helpful folks
that *still* inhabit this newsgroup.
Let's hope for a better New Year too with plenty of
good weather to coddle our crops and MANY fewer virus
bugs floating around to infect our lives.
i'm glad to see California and Colorado get some snow
and rains the past few days.
Nyssa, who still has one tiny half-green tomato on
her kitchen counter trying to turn red
:) we used to have tables in the garage of green
tomatoes getting ripe through the fall, but as the
weather gets colder there's no way to keep the garage
from freezing that makes sense so anything that went
too long either got eaten as green tomatoes or was
discarded and turned into worm food.
but i suppose diced green tomatoes and red peppers
or something similar might be suitably festive and
seasonally appropriate. :)
songbird
Our winter squash, Spaghetti and buttercup are spread on racks in the basement. We will still be eating then for another month or 3.
Bob F wrote:
...
Our winter squash, Spaghetti and buttercup are spread on racks in the
basement. We will still be eating then for another month or 3.
i have poor storage conditions so the squash won't last
as long as they could, but also after they've cured and
ripened up some this is now a good time for me to get them
processed before i get distracted by other winter tasks.
the worms also really appreciate all the goodies. :)
songbird
Basements are nice!
My wife has been toasting the larger squash seeds as a crisp treat for
me as she uses the squash.
The worms get the rest of the cleanings.
Bob F wrote:
...
Our winter squash, Spaghetti and buttercup are spread on racks in the
basement. We will still be eating then for another month or 3.
i have poor storage conditions so the squash won't last
as long as they could, but also after they've cured and
ripened up some this is now a good time for me to get them
processed before i get distracted by other winter tasks.
the worms also really appreciate all the goodies. :)
songbird
I have heard to wipe some white vinegar on squash
to make the last longer instorage
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