What did you do in the garden today?

[CatInTheHenHouse]

Interestingdata for those storing squash this winter.
In a UC Davis study, the best temperature for butternut squash storage for 7 months was 59°F. Besides weight loss and browning and drying of damage areas, higher storage temperatures also lead to more rapid breakdown of pulp tissue

https://postharvest.ucdavis.edu/pro...ve,10°C (50°F) may cause some chilling injury.

Alas, I have no squash to test this with.

 

[jxp]

Personally my favorite storage temp is freezer.
Step #1(since the garden was a flop this year) - watch for them to go on sale
#2 - buy as many as reasonable, then put a couple more tasty looking ones in your cart just for good measure
#3 - split in half, de-seed, oil, season, roast
#4 - when cool, remove the skin, mash, adjust seasonings, freeze in portion size containers
#5 - when frozen, transfer to vacuum-seal bags to return to freezer taking up less space.

#Bonus Tip - be sure to label the freezer bags so you don't mix them up with the pumpkin bits for the chickens and dogs processed from discount oversize pumpkins after Halloween.
#second bonus tip - get you a Hubbard if available since Butternut is only the second best tasting marrow out there.

 

[sourland]

Still picking tomatoes - Lemon Boy plants just don't know when to stop - haven't had a frost yet.

 

[Rick589]

5 large bags of leaves dumped into the chicken yard + a few cups of scratch thrown on top = a days worth of chicken entertainment……. and, our joy.

 

[Rick589]

That's about the size of the spiders in my garage.

Yours are that small?

 

[akroberts1085]

That's the pumpkin I am still waiting to get orange