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It's fall already!

22 years ago

Beware the candy corn and pumpkins. Watch you don't fall over the Christmas displays while you are "drooling".

Hugs,

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deemarie5500
22 years ago
Kathy, LOL!!!!!!!!!!! I love candy corn!
yellowhair
22 years ago
Ahhh, candy corn. I wonder if it freezes well. Take out a few now ant then. yummmmm
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Already planning a fall crop.. suggestions?
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I'm in SE Wisconsin, and I usually start my fall crops around the 1st week in August. I grow sugar snap peas, carrots, kholrabi, turnips, green onions (parade type) and radishes. The radishes need to wait until September, as they are fast growing and it's too hot in August. Basically, you want to try and time your fall crops to mature when the temps cool in late September/Early October. I planted a huge patch of carrots, and left them in the ground through winter. I just went in the garden throughout winter and pried carrots out of the frozen ground as needed. As for beans, I assume you mean green beans, and those are a summer crop, so no go there. I don't grow any other cool weather crops then I mentioned, but like I said, try to time them to mature during the "ideal" temperature range. Be warned though, that Mother Nature doesn't always cooperate, and if it's still hot through September and into October, your crops will suffer, or you'll suffer eating them. I can recall 80's in October ruining my root crops by either cracking, or tasting woody. Also, peas grow great in warm weather, but will just keep dropping their flowers, thus providing no peas. The flowers/pea pods will also suffer with frost, although the plant handles it fine. It's a gamble every year, that can disappoint you, reward you, or a little bit of both. Joe
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My potatoes have fruits, and are turning yellow/dying down
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Sounds like they've been in the ground for over 70 days? And it does sound like they're done. If you leave them in the ground the curing process will proceed (as long as you don't have voles or other under ground critters, in which case the *eating* process will proceed!) The skins will harden and they'll store better. I also find that potatoes will harden their skins once dug, as long as the vines were really done. So, my recommendation would be to leave them in until the vines are really dead. In the mean time, start eating a few to make sure there isn't any underground damage going on. Then get them good and dry for storage. YG's store so well, I'm sure you'll be able to keep them and not have to eat them all now. Why they made fruit, and why they died back before 90 days, I will leave to someone else to answer -- mine sometimes make fruit, too.
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Fall already?
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well, I have low expectations of my plants!! My gorgeous and this person's gorgeous are 2 entirely different things!! These pics are so cool! I just love tuberous begonias because they can be such pretty colors and such full flowers etc! I would love to go to a tuberous begonia show like this! I live in Iowa and we don't have any around here. I first developed an interest from the non-stop hanging baskets. My mom loves them and we get her 3 every year for her picture window. I started saving her tubers and then others. Then a few years ago I ordered some from a nursery. Then last year I ordered a bunch (one of many different kinds) from a place in California. I stressed a bunch of them by letting them dry out when under lights but even some of those are now blooming. I am getting to see some of those special kinds that I had only seen pictures of. I have only a few blooms on some but am grateful for that. Several of them had a good amount of blooms and were so pretty. I will have to figure out how to get a picture or 2 on here though. I've never done that. Probably by the time I get to it, it will freeze!!
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Peonies planted in fall already sprouting 5" above ground?!?!
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No problem! Especially since you had buds already---if it's still growing cut it off as soon as you can. Once your weather is such that you won't see new growth again this fall you might want to spread a bit of bulb fertilizer around the immediate area and scratch it in, do the same thing when you first see growth in the spring. I don't know how much benefit the fall application will provide but several forum members that I trust do it and seem to have amazing results. I put it on my peonies last spring and several of my established peonies bloomed bigger than they ever have so I'm a convert--spread my fertilizer for the fall already. The one recommended to me was an organic one called BulbTone. I used it and am really happy with the results, would certainly recommend it. There are several types of BulbTone, the one for bulbs is the one you'd want, or any other (preferably organic since it should help improve the soil, at least a tiny bit) bulb fertilizer.
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kathy_
Original Author
22 years ago
I bet you can freeze it. Then I'd need the dentist...
janet_ks
22 years ago
I don't care much for candy corn by itself, but mix it with dry roasted peanuts and it will disappear -- tastes like a Payday candy bar!!

Janet
deemarie5500
22 years ago
Oh, Janet KS, not sure if I should thank you for that one...I also love dry roasted peanuts! LOL
Tikanas2
22 years ago
Okay... I don't like candy corn. But I DO like Fall! I picked a beautiful Connecticut field pumpkin yesterday and a slew of zuchinni. I will be making zuchinni bread for our church youth group's Fall kick off party next Tuesday.

Gotta stay away from Halloween candy though...

Tikanas
maryanntx
22 years ago
I'm not tempted by the candy corn. Now chocolate, that's another story! LOL
I always seem to have more will power during the Fall. I guess I'm thinking about the cooler weather, holidays, etc., and I want to feel comfortable in my jeans, and look nicer in my holiday wear. I guess that's why I have a hard time watching what I eat in the summer, but always am ready to start a diet in September.
Tikanas2
22 years ago
I feel the same way! Maybe it's because cooking healthy in the hot weather is not as appealing as grabbing "easier" fast type foods. I hate cooking in the heat! I make lots of homemade soups, stews, casseroles in the fall and winter and it's so much easier to watch the ol' weight and exercise then.

Temps of 75 degrees here today. Time for a pot of soup!

Tikanas
deemarie5500
22 years ago
Tikanas, on Sunday I made a huge pot of split pea soup with carrots, onions, and celery....no meat, so it should be 4 WW points per cup for me. DH and I may have it tonight, along with grilled cheese sandwiches (I have a 3-point version of grilled cheese that is fabulous!)

If I get the occasional Sunday (especially in the fall) to hunker down and cook all day, I find my way of eating program goes much better. I need to plan ahead and not stress out. When I know what's for dinner, then I know whether I can have a snack now and then during the day!!!
Tikanas2
22 years ago
Split pea soup sounds Sooo good, Dee Marie! I have some peas and think I'll make a big pot tomorrow. It's very chilly and Fall-like today and that soup would hit the spot.I always make mass quantities as DS would rather have dinner leftover for both breakfast and lunch than cereal or sandwiches. turkey breast with roasted asparagus tips tonight.

Slacking off on my water... gotta do better!

Everyone have a good day and stay strong!

Tikanas
kathy_
Original Author
22 years ago
Well hello everyone (she says patiently waiting on that toasted cheese sandwich recipe). Yup it's definitely soup weather - it may frost tonight here and that is early. So the great debate comes - cover the plants or don't cover the plants and say to heck with them. Hmmm. I had Wendy's chili for lunch because I was in the neighborhood and that does not happen often. Amazing to watch (discretely) the huge trays of food that some people eat while I am sitting there with my small chili and ice tea. Ah well, I will never be able to do that and still get these jeans on so it's no use thinking about it. Wal-Mart looks like a candy junkies paradise these days. Hubby is having steak tonight and I am having a pack of salmon on lettuce. Hmmm or maybe soup. Kathy
deemarie5500
22 years ago
Kathy, I take 2 slices of the Arnold Bakery light Whole Wheat Bread (1 point), place 2 slices of Kraft 2% yellow cheese in it (2 points), spray each side (and a nonstick pan) with "butter" spray (0 points). Grill and put on a plate with large dill pickle and sliced tomatoes!! You've got a 3-point wonder lunch! Hope you enjoy it.

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