Your 2025 Garden

[jxp]

Indoor gardening at Brother's house this week. Yesterday I picked up a new little purple winter cactus for him at a convenience store up in Naples. Today he grabbed an amaryllis at Tractor Supply while we were over in Corning.

Here's his red winter cactus as it looked on Thanksgiving.

 

[fuzzi]

Indoor gardening at Brother's house this week. Yesterday I picked up a new little purple winter cactus for him at a convenience store up in Naples. Today he grabbed an amaryllis at Tractor Supply while we were over in Corning.

Here's his red winter cactus as it looked on Thanksgiving.
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Nice.

About 20 years ago my dh bought a little Christmas cactus. It stays on our front porch, until early November, but always blooms by Thanksgiving.

 

[R2elk]

Northern Exposure

Gold Nugget

 

[NanaK]

Northern Exposure
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Gold Nugget
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They look good. I think I can smell them!

I made vegetable soup this week. Used mostly vegetables put up from the garden. I opened a jar of tomatoes I canned to add. The smell is like summer time in a jar.

 

[Sally PB]

I love the smell of a freshly opened jar of tomatoes!

 

[fuzzi]

Cabbage

Carrots

Turnips

Collards, Chinese cabbage, looseleaf lettuce

Second bed of carrots. These were the ones I planted around milkweed that I finally pulled.

Those are collards in the back.

 

[fuzzi]

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Cabbage

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Carrots

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Turnips

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Collards, Chinese cabbage, looseleaf lettuce

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Second bed of carrots. These were the ones I planted around milkweed that I finally pulled.

Those are collards in the back.

I need to thin out the cabbage, I guess.

I'll have happy chickens when I do!

 

[jxp]

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I like your sunflowers. They give a happy summery touch to the whole setup.

 

[fuzzi]

I like your sunflowers. They give a happy summery touch to the whole setup.

Thank you! It's just an old vinyl tablecloth that I repurposed for frost protection.

 

[fuzzi]

ENC's forecast is for extreme cold, for us, 15°F. I removed the remaining hose, did the best I could to insulate the faucet.

Maybe I'll wrap it with an old towel or t-shirt to cover the gap. The foam covers fit great on the other two outside faucets.

I'm afraid I'll be losing most of my remaining crops, blast it! It doesn't get this cold very often, and not usually until January.