Posted on 10/07/2023 6:34:16 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
Most excellent!
Ps, in Colorado, we now keep up appearances in a non “Riparian” area. 🤭
Thanks, Pete!
You folks must not have squirrels 🐿️ up there. Here in TX they dig them up. Even had to quit putting them in pots. Turn them over and leave the dirt behind for you to clean up.
My last mowing is usually around Veteran’s Day, but it’s been as late as the first week in December if the weather stays mild.
I did notice out in the fields that the wild onions are beginning to outpace the grass. The last mowing of the season & the first in the spring are major wild onion times - I’ve had my eyes water & my clothes smell like onions when I’m done. The pine trees aren’t dropping a lot of needles yet, but when they do, mowing over them releases a turpentine smell. We also have wild mint under some of the cedars which smells really good when cut.
The ‘big relief’ and ‘ready for winter’ for me used to be when I got the hayloft full and knew I could feed the horses through until the grass started growing in the spring. All those feelings came back when my niece shared that they had just filled their hayloft & she was very happy about it.
Still have the ‘specialty jelly/jam’ canning to do, but I had to put all my canning stuff away due to company. Mom wants to have some friends over for lunch too so I am going to have to pick my time(s) - the less I have to drag stuff out, the better.
Today will be coffee, college football & knitting yet another prayer shawl for a new widow (people are dropping like flies 😔). Waiting for wind/colder air to start coming in any time as the rain tapers off.
Good morning...Thanks for this reminder...I have grandiose plans for bulbs under the scrub oaks, firs and pines on our property..anyone have a favorite bulb mail order company?
I am flooded with iris rhizomes of all colors which I'm going to share with friends and neighbors, all of whom said they'd be happy to get them.
"the Dining Room has been reclaimed!"
Done! Early prep for Thanksgiving Dinner! (Now, to make room for that new bear skin rug in the living room!)
One more thing ... I LOVE mushrooms & with all the rain we’ve had, mushrooms of every size/type are growing in the yards & fields. My brother’s yard had a ‘fairy ring’ of mushrooms growing in a circle which was pretty neat. I wish I was an expert in determining which mushrooms are edible instead of just mowing them over. I fried up venison ‘medallions’ from a back loin last night - my last piece of venison in the freezer. Mushroom gravy would be fabulous with the medallions (I have leftovers).
I want to plant tulips this fall. Haven’t decided on a spot yet. Thanks for the tips!
That gif is hypnotizing!
LOL! We DO have awesome Fall sunsets from our front porch. And, yes, usually a glass of HEALTHY red wine to go with it before supper. :)
Squirrels aren’t a problem for me...but then we raise noisy hunting dogs, and we have two ‘Patrol Cats’ that keep things in line out in the garden and house yard. ;)
So pretty!
I worked with a woman from Montana whose words painted a beautiful view of the sunsets. I assuming it’s similar.
Wire Mesh Round Waste Basket (3 Pack), Set of 3
Picture of Wire Mesh Wastebasket
Set these over your planting and place a brick on it. (Someone...maybe Bon of Babble?) made this suggestion last spring.
You can find them a lot cheaper; I got a number of these at the dollar store for $1.25 each.
Next week, the garlic is going in.
That’s the only bub planting I’ll be doing this year.
BULB
*sigh*
Get a some mesh wire and see if that would help keep ‘em out.
Meanwhile, speaking of experiments:
For some time medical hyperbaric chambers have been used to hasten healing of skin injuries and various other ailments... Around the world, evidence is mounting that these chambers can reduce infection (as the skin itself absorbs oxygen), heal diseases, decrease stress, and enhance stamina....
Particularly interesting experiments were conducted by the late Dr. Kei Mori of Keio University in Tokyo. Dr. Mori raised Kai MoriKai Moriplants under special light that filtered out IR and UV radiation.... One long-lived tomato plant (shown right) was grown in a special nutrient-rich hydroponic solution to be exhibited at the Japan Expo ‘85. Under piped sunlight and controlled atmosphere, this veritable “tomato tree” grew over 30 ft high and yielded more than 13,000 ripe tomatoes during the six months of the Expo! (Hiroshi, Koichibara, “Tomatomation,” UNESCO Courier, March 1987.)Dan Carlson was inspired by Genesis 2:6 (“But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground…”) to do experiments with “misting” plants...A purple passion plant, which normally grows to about 18 inches, grew under Carlson’s care to a Guinness World Record 1,300 ft high plant. Carlson grew 10 inch long potatoes and cantaloupes the size of soccer balls. Genesis Park staff worked with a local “big pumpkin” grower to test the Sonic Bloom formula. The result was a 1,458 pound pumpkin that was the world’s record as of its weighing in September, 2003! - https://www.genesispark.com/exhibits/early-earth/experiments/
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