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Sep 22, 2013 6:32 AM CST
Name: Anna Z.
Monroe, WI
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That makes me sad.....................about fall. It means that the COLD is just around the corner, and I do so love the warm weather and the summer sun. Even tho it does get a bit steamy at times. Good thing my ancestors didn't immigrate to Iceland. I'd have never survived out of the womb. Green Grin!
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Sep 22, 2013 10:20 AM CST
Name: Rita
North Shore, Long Island, NY
Zone 6B
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Kathleen, perfect weather then for you to bring in the fall. It rained hard overnight here and now it is much cooler after that front passed. Really feels like fall today.
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Sep 25, 2013 6:33 AM CST
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Name: Kathleen Tenpas
Wickwire Corners NY (Zone 5a)
Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! The WITWIT Badge Raises cows Farmer Region: New York
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We are having a lovely stretch of weather, partly cloudy to clear skies, warming temperatures with light winds (and that bit of chill in the breeze that lets you know it is indeed autumn). Stan is off to get a quick load of wood and then later to rake the hay he has down up at Melissa's.

I have some sunflower dye 'maturing' in the back room. This one was easy, pour boiling water over sunflower heads and let sit for a day or two, drain off the dye and let sit for a couple more days. It appears to be a greeny golden yellow, but the color of the dye and the color on the cloth are often two wildly different things. The sunflowers that I used are the tall native sunflowers that the former owners left us. They are perennial and seed like crazy. The flowers are about 5 inches across from petal tip to petal tip and have tiny seed heads, so I got quite a few in a 2 quart pot.

Erin and Jake and I picked the pumpkins last night. The vines grew where I dumped a couple of last years pumpkins and the fruit is an interesting mix of crosses between a warty pumpkin, a smooth pumpkin, fairy squash and zucchini. Two are long and thin (for pumpkins), some are a nice pumpkin shape with a few warts and some are upside down pear shapes. The one true to seed pumpkin that we had, a Cinderella pumpkin, was a lovely ruddy gold color on the up side and totally rotten on the down side. Most disappointing. The kids love the crazy pumpkin collection, though, so it's all good.
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Sep 25, 2013 10:21 AM CST
Name: Rita
North Shore, Long Island, NY
Zone 6B
Charter ATP Member Seed Starter Tomato Heads I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Vegetable Grower Lover of wildlife (Raccoon badge)
Birds Garden Ideas: Master Level Butterflies Celebrating Gardening: 2015 Roses Photo Contest Winner: 2016
Busy at your place Kathleen! Thumbs up
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Sep 25, 2013 11:03 AM CST
Name: Porkpal
Richmond, TX (Zone 9a)
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Our pigs frequently plant pumpkins in various places, but they come up early and mature at the beginning of July. Not what I think of as pumpkin season. On year I brought several inside to save for fall, and they turned from orange back to green! (?)
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Sep 25, 2013 11:32 AM CST
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Name: Kathleen Tenpas
Wickwire Corners NY (Zone 5a)
Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! The WITWIT Badge Raises cows Farmer Region: New York
Garden Ideas: Level 2
that's weird.
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Oct 1, 2013 5:10 AM CST
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Name: Kathleen Tenpas
Wickwire Corners NY (Zone 5a)
Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! The WITWIT Badge Raises cows Farmer Region: New York
Garden Ideas: Level 2

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