Trust me—the paste will be gone before the year is up!!
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This morning I picked a few of my satsumas and roses from my garden. The satsumas have great flavor, but they are supposed to be seedless, but I found one seed. The roses are very fragrant, my husband said better than buying air freshener for the house, lol.
I’ve started sowing more winter vegetables like frisée, endive, etc… , the key thing is to keep my supply in the winter. I’ve been eating non stop arugula, it’s in abundance.
Do you grow any winter vegetables?
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My neighbor across the street gave me a BUNCH of aloe vera today! It had grown so much that it broke the large pot she had it growing in. She gave me half of this gigantic mound of aloe plants.
I was wondering what to put in this one raised bed in our backyard…it needs something that can be neglected and doesn’t have to be babied. And bingo, here you go, free low maintenance plants. I got about 10 good sized starters out of the bunch that she gave me.
Between that, the fabulous weather we’re having right now, and the wind blowing through the bamboo and my wind chimes in the backyard, I am a happy camper.
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I’ll be pulling out my garden tomorrow. 
It’s 75 this weekend but everything is quite spent it’s been so dry. And while it’s warm temporarily, we’ve had several nights in the high 30s
I have some kale I’ll leave in the ground at home and some herbs that I might try and bring in
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Rain and finally more rain! And barely 50 degrees after a month of extended summer (with 88 degrees on 10/16!!!). My tomatoes’ fancy life has come to an abrupt end. The garden will be dismantled next weekend.
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I was about to dismantle my tomato plants, but I found large green ones out there, so I just leave my mess alone.
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I have two very large rosemary plants in ceramic pots with drainage and stones on the bottom. I’m thinking of bringing them inside with my houseplants because they are so beautiful and prolific this year. I have a sunny spot for them. They need a fair amount of watering outside—assuming they will need even more inside. I have already dried rosemary and have more than I can possibly use. Has anyone had good luck bringing pots of rosemary inside?
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No experience with bringing it inside, but our giant rosemary bush that came with the house does very well in its spot all winter long and survived brief periods (7-10 days) of freezing weather. Unfortunately, that may not work for your climate. I would give it a shot. Just make sure no pests hitchhike into the house with the rosemary that can decimate your other plants.
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I bring mine in every fall and put it on my sunporch. Fairly warm during the day, cool at night. While It may go through an adjustment period, it usually ends up producing and growing.
Cleaned by garden out today except for some kale at home. Left some for our community garden food bank and brought some home.
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Making this pumpkin pie with our fresh pumpkin for test. My daughter complained last year that it tasted too pumpkinee, she wanted me to buy canned pumpkin to make pumpkin pies otherwise she wouldn’t mind standing in line buying one from Marie Callender’s,(that’s what we tried to avoid). Anyway, I don’t like the crust too much, so only my husband’s portion has more crust.
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Nice!
I also bring in my rosemary to our sunporch. Last year was the first year it didn’t survive. Not sure what was different!
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Thanks to reminders here, I checked and saw that temps may dip to 31 tonight. Picked the rest of the green tomatoes plus zuc and kale and most of the basil.
On the flower front, I finished digging up all my geraniums from the ground and bringing inside (some were transplanted, but with so many bushy plants I took a lot of cuttings… some were dipped into rooting hormone powder and some were put into water with Potassium permanganate). H is quite tolerant of my flower mess in the kitchen, since he knows the majority were sourced from 2020 plants on my mother’s windowsill and have sentimental value. Most people would hate the clutter, but at least some of the pots will move to the grow light in the den soon. Also brought the planters in from front yard.
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It’s is impressive and sweet that you’ve been able to keep your moms geraniums growing. 
I leave my kale in and it will keep producing sometimes into December since it’s a cool weather plant. I’ve even had it restart growth in the spring!
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Yes, we had one for years that we brought in every winter. It grew to be quite large (like a bush). Unfortunately I neglected to water it adequately this past summer (our driest in recent memory) and I managed to kill the plant 
Pulled out the last of the tomato plants the other day. Collected 61 green tomatoes 
that are now in paper bag on my counter. I’ll use some of them fresh as they ripen, but the majority will just get cooked down into sauce.
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Cut down most of the dahlias, but we still haven’t had frost, so I can’t bring myself to cut them all. Here was the haul yesterday;
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I cut down my tomatoes on Wed, when it was 71 degrees - great day for yardwork. Then Thurs it got colder, and we had about 2 inches of snow during the night. It’s supposed to be 61 degrees on Sat - sure hoping the snow will all be melted by the sun by then because it would be a good day for me to plant bulbs.
DO YOU USE TOMATO CAGES? IF YES, WHAT SHAPE? We find our two square cages (which fold flat) to be the most convenient. But I noticed that the two plants in round / conical cages this year seemed to grow a lot better… not sure if coincidence. (The other plant that I just staked did worst of all.).
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I have a love/hate relationship with tomato cages. I need them because I”m not ambitious enough prune them to NOT need a cage, but I hate the process of taking them out and storing them.
Mine are the cylinder shape. Worth it to get more sturdy ones than the really inexpensive cheap ones though.
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