Weekly Garden Thread - October 30-November 5, 2021 [Boys & Ghouls Edition]

October 30, 2021 | Diana in Wisconsin/Greeneyes

[greeneyes]

Sending prayers up and best wishes to you for a successful interview and job offer.

[little jeremiah]

May your job interview have the very best outcome!

[little jeremiah]

We’ve grown butternut squash for a few years and one year I stored improperly and the rotted before I could get to them!

So I looked online how to cure butternut, probably the same or very similar for other winter squash. Mainly, need to be cured in a warm dry place (outside if warm and dry) or in our case, in the front room gathered around the wood stove if inclement weather.

Then stored in between certain temperatures and humidity. can’t remember exact details, but not very cold and damp.

This year we had dozens of volunteer butternut (lesson: do not put squash seeds in compost) and DH took care to grow them all.

Result: we could have a farm stand of butternut, at least 50. (EEEEEK) if any of you lived nearby I’d leave them on your doortstep anonymously!

[Pete from Shawnee Mission]

Good luck with the interview! Knock it out of the park!

[Ellendra]

Depending on the recipe, there are a few things that can be used in place of eggs. The ones I recall off the top of my head are ground flax seeds, or the juice from canned chickpeas.

[TianaHighrider]

Prayers up ❤

[FamiliarFace]

Thank you. I guess I will have to start looking at alternatives for just in case situations. I make wonderful oil free, egg free blueberry muffins that use banana and applesauce as the “egg”. I surely hope I never have to experience life without eggs in it though. We go through a dozen in a week or ten days between the 2 of us. I can’t imagine life without them.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Egg substitutes for baking:

https://theprovidentprepper.org/prepper-pantry-25-shelf-stable-egg-substitutes-for-baking/

They also make a product called ‘Neat’ also an egg substitute for baking.

https://atlanticnaturalfoods.com/dima-portfolio/neat-the-neat-egg-substitute/

Other than freezing eggs in advance and thawing them later, I don’t think there is a substitute for fresh eggs?

https://www.thespruceeats.com/how-to-freeze-eggs-for-later-use-in-cooking-1388434

[FamiliarFace]

Great resources, thanks!

[dakine]

Maryland here: Last Peppers and Tomatoes harvested today.. Last year it was Nov. 1st..

When is Spring...???

[daniel1212]

If you are in this area, then

Growing Season Is Over, Widespread Freeze Coming To Massachusetts

Boston didn’t dip below 50 degrees until October 18th this year, 5 days later than the prior record in 2018. We also tied a record for the longest stretch of days with a min of 50 or higher, 141 days (From May 29 to October 18). As of this writing, Boston still hasn’t dropped below 40 degrees, which places 4th latest on record (November 7th, 2017 & 1971 being the latest).

And it isn’t just Boston…the first frost has lagged behind by several weeks for just about all of New England. Concord, New Hampshire didn’t drop to 32 degrees until October 24th, about a month later than average! And way up in Caribou, Maine it took until October 25th to finally hit 32 degrees, well over a month later than average.

https://boston.cbslocal.com/2021/11/02/boston-2021-growing-season-over-frost-cold-temperatures-nights-massachusetts/

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Good info! Our freeze was about a week later than normal - but now this next week we’re warming up to above average again. I’ll take it! Anything to delay the snow as long as possible! ;)

[Diana in Wisconsin]

[daniel1212]

"Good info! Our freeze was about a week later than normal - but now this next week we’re warming up to above average again. I’ll take it! Anything to delay the snow as long as possible! ;)"

I usually like it as long as it is deep and I am able to shovel it by the grace of God.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

I appreciate a good 6” dump to get the season started; good insulation for the garden beds. :)

We really haven’t had a good ‘Snow Year’ in a long while. Our snowshoes and snowmobiles have been sitting idle. :(

Now I’ve jinxed us for sure, LOL!

[Diana in Wisconsin]