hey guys
ur garden pics look so inspiring
maybe this winter i’ll do my own greenhouse
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Beauties
Got back last night, wondering what might have happened. Moisture! Surely it hadn’t rained! But it looks like that must be it! My son and DIL chuckled about Californians scratching their heads over how the ground got wet. I always think of irrigation malfunction first. 
Peppers look great, only a few tomatoes have set fruit this week, planning to pull up more tomato plants today.
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Papayas too? I’m impressed!
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Oooooh!
Heading into the rainy season, we harvested peppers today for pickling. Here, mostly sweet Italian pepperoncini, with a few serranoes thrown in for kicks.
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I use the scotch bonnets in the deer repellent. It works!
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You must like some pretty zippy peppers! Scotch Bonnets and their super-hot relatives are too hot for me unless diluted in hot sauce, sauces or in a lot of food!
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Temps will drop this weekend.
My Brussels sprouts. I’ll cut them down this weekend and make the Nik Sharma maple bacon sprouts for Canadian Thanksgiving.
Happy Canadian Thanksgiving to all celebrating this weekend and on Thanksgiving Monday.
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Wow, one of those plants that I didn’t expect to look like that at all. Makes you wonder how did anyone even know where to begin and find the best edible parts with a plant like this.
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Joining the “Sour Grapes” club.
Our Himrods didn’t set much this year. Unsure as to whether we over-pruned them last time, or there was some other issue. In any case, we bagged what we had. We had about a 50% attrition rate. The tampared bags weren’t torn, but we could see teeth marks and the insides appear to have been smashed.
In a normal year, 50% of a crop would leave plenty for us. We’re not giving up on this particular vine, which is fairly exposed from above. But to hedge our bets will be planting another in one of our berry cages which has a roof, and hopefully will keep anything bigger than a butterfly out.
The grapes we did get were sweet and delicous.
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Nice! Are you a left-handed guitar or stringed instrument player?
Please let me know if you’d like a branch or two of “Edgar’s Baby” Dragonfruit. I’ve decided to get rid of the one in our greenhouse; it’s too rowdy and we’re not really set up for Dragonfruit. The flavor is supposed to be excellent.
Fall and minimal gardening has left time to forage. Years ago, I started Pawpaw seedlings, (Asimina triloba), from selected fruits. Those were planted near a creek in the backyard. Now, the extensive grove is providing fruit. I’ve got a few boxes of them, ripening. They are delicious, tasting somewhere between mango, banana and pear, with a smooth, custard-like texture.
Another native tree here are Chinquapins, (Castanea pumila), chestnut relatives.
Though small, they are, in my palate, the best tasting of the chestnuts. Most of these will get planted, as I’m trying to increase the number of native trees, shrubs, which provide edible fruits and nuts. I was lucky to have beaten the squirrels this year!
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Q: What will those squirrels do this year?
A: Go elsewhere!
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Wow! How do you decide what to grow?
A triumphant end to the season!
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