Succulents in Winter

With all the rain we've had (we're at 10 inches this month with more to come) I figured I had better bring all the succulents under the cover.  I suspect a few of the more tender ones won't make it through the winter outside, but there are some that I don't even have names for.  So it's sink or swim for all of them.  Of course, the agaves will be fine, but it will be interesting to see what else makes it.

We have some really neat mushrooms growing in the yard.  I wish I knew if any of them are edible.  I guess I need to take a class.

Disappearing Greens

For the last week or so, something has been digging up, or rather cutting off, some of my salad greens.  I suspect the squirrels.  They've been very busy burying things in the nice open spaces in the garden beds.

This is the third Romaine lettuce plant that has been decapitated.  They've also taken out several chard plants.

A Walk in the Woods

On Saturday we went for a walk in Minto Brown Park.  It was foggy and damp.  Mushroom weather.

Later in the afternoon the sun came out and we walked in the cemetery.

Butternut Squash Harvest

Last Spring I planted two Metro Butternut Squash seeds. I had read that with Waltham Butternut you could expect 4 or 5 fruits per plant.  After eating two and giving away five, here's what I harvested.

There are 41, not counting a couple that were not quite mature.  There was also at least one flower.  The darn thing just doesn't know when to quit.  Most of these will go to the Marion Polk Food Share.

Beet Harvest

Fall seems to be here to stay, and I'm in a harvesting mood.  Today I pulled all the beets and canned them.  I hadn't planting many this year.  I had some 'Cylindra,' which had really gotten too big, and then there was an assortment including 'Chiogga' and golden beets. 

They were very pretty when I pulled them, but they pretty much all blended together when I canned them. 

I started with about 9 lbs. of whole beets and ended up with ten pints.