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

 

[Justagalwithchicks]

Frost here. Anywhere from 29 to 33 depending on which weather app you chose. I have 31. I need to mow leaves with mower on mulch. Not all leaves are down yet. I may start the fire pit and hull walnuts in the sun near the fire. Trying to adjust to the cool weather.

That sounds relaxing!

 

[Justagalwithchicks]

That's the pumpkin I am still waiting to get orange
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It looks great! If it doesn't turn completely orange before a freeze, I've had good luck bringing them indoors and setting in a sunny spot..

 

[Sally PB]

Tonight might be the night we get a (bug) killing frost. I hope so!

 

[Justagalwithchicks]

Got the left side of the garden cleaned up and tilled with our small little tiller. Compost emptied in garden today thanks to my daughter! Prepped the soon to be garlic bed. Right side still has tomatoes and jalapenos that are rocking it since the frost. No, they are not as great a summer ones, but they will do! What a late, late fall we are having.