tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post7084292548877767664..comments2023-11-10T04:17:00.492-05:00Comments on View From The Porch: Octember.Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-89486786997974663352009-10-19T08:59:57.025-04:002009-10-19T08:59:57.025-04:00Here in Asheville NC it froze real good last night...Here in Asheville NC it froze real good last night. Too soon for me...Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02996122023499439670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-76183808488479916662009-10-19T06:41:10.219-04:002009-10-19T06:41:10.219-04:00If all you have is stunted green tomatos.... do w...If all you have is stunted green tomatos.... do what the Mrs. does: Pickled Green Tomatos.<br /><br />They're good. And that way you don't waste all the effort you put into the garden.Ragin' Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04421198497767878287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-59075864443034922132009-10-18T23:41:07.926-04:002009-10-18T23:41:07.926-04:00we had our first hard frost here near KC. Wife wen...we had our first hard frost here near KC. Wife went out to get the paper this morning and reported the grass was all crunchy. This usually doesn't occur until November.Crucishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15441911110953212619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-89624905948064445732009-10-18T20:54:59.244-04:002009-10-18T20:54:59.244-04:00Tomatoes were crappy this year, first due to weath...Tomatoes were crappy this year, first due to weather, then late blight took out the rest.<br /><br /><br />It's snowing here tonight, enough so's up the road a mile, a car slid off a corner & into a ditch.<br /><br />It's October, fer God's sake...doubletroublehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04378163493817522427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-1362213690264013472009-10-18T20:19:15.879-04:002009-10-18T20:19:15.879-04:00I did not get a lot of tomatoes..... bell peppers ...I did not get a lot of tomatoes..... bell peppers were slow as hell, too. I brought 4 of them inside in pots..... 2 don' look like tthey ar going to make it, but the other two are still setting on new peppers!jimbob86noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-15618775433638663932009-10-18T17:41:40.855-04:002009-10-18T17:41:40.855-04:00Yet we've had unseasonably warm and dry weathe...Yet we've had unseasonably warm and dry weather since spring. We're hogging all the heat. Blame Canada!Timmeehhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10473249796933057572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-51026876773645863822009-10-18T15:35:44.903-04:002009-10-18T15:35:44.903-04:00As usual Mr. Watt is on top of this
http://wattsu...As usual Mr. Watt is on top of this<br /><br />http://wattsupwiththat.com/2009/10/18/a-cold-start-to-fall-over-4500-new-snowfall-low-temp-and-lowest-max-temp-records-set-in-the-usa-this-last-week/#more-11803<br /><br />The URL says it all, butthe fraphic at the link is pretty impressive too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-79370864116513546692009-10-18T14:10:19.379-04:002009-10-18T14:10:19.379-04:00Yeah, well try 360 acres of dent-corn that hasn...Yeah, well try 360 acres of dent-corn that hasn't enough heat-degree-days to mature. <br /><br />Global Warming, My Ass! What a fraud!!!<br /><br />All The Best,<br />Frank W. JamesFrank W. Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07589579734134153159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-52596724823655350132009-10-18T13:26:04.368-04:002009-10-18T13:26:04.368-04:00All of my jalapenos died.
Interestingly enough, I...All of my jalapenos died.<br /><br />Interestingly enough, I got a RECORD crop of habaneros this year...<br /><br />My chili (all meat!) just got hotter!Leshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09307950624038382829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-46262117607625550732009-10-18T13:00:57.804-04:002009-10-18T13:00:57.804-04:00This weather is all Glenn Beck/Fox News' fault...This weather is all Glenn Beck/Fox News' fault, trying to distract us peasants from the critical crises of Global Warming, and prevent The One from signing away all our rights in Copenhagen.Dranghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08082177597135236652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-80583796326413430022009-10-18T12:31:30.171-04:002009-10-18T12:31:30.171-04:00Here in CT we're also getting our second snowf...Here in CT we're also getting our second snowfall this month. :-/TJPnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-66870932079864791812009-10-18T12:24:59.765-04:002009-10-18T12:24:59.765-04:00Kurt Saxon wrote about tire gardens. It always see...Kurt Saxon wrote about tire gardens. It always seemed like a good idea, but we already had raised bed gardens when we moved in.Lergnomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08718650151254462639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-31459519354847412102009-10-18T12:12:42.845-04:002009-10-18T12:12:42.845-04:00Our grape tomatoes were the only ones that produce...Our grape tomatoes were the only ones that produced squat this year. The others came down with late blight in June and July with all the rain and cold.<br /><br />Damn Algore and his global warming...Crustyrustyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09478587825608882510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-67614493941852121502009-10-18T11:06:13.570-04:002009-10-18T11:06:13.570-04:00Tam ~
Around here, a lot of us plant our tomatoes...Tam ~<br /><br />Around here, a lot of us plant our tomatoes inside tires because tires help warm the soil earlier & keep it warmer later, and wrap the tomato cage with 5ml clear plastic sheeting at night. Shouldn't need that where you are, but it never hurts to plant this way to be prepared for global warming. ;)paxhttp://www.corneredcat.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-30726702431636922862009-10-18T10:49:59.126-04:002009-10-18T10:49:59.126-04:00Coincidentally, I just read The Last Centurion yes...Coincidentally, I just read <i>The Last Centurion</i> yesterday...<br /><br />wv: metame. I don't think so.Fuzzy Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03802539927743643041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-64905535846130084362009-10-18T10:32:24.394-04:002009-10-18T10:32:24.394-04:00Oh yeah, ManmadeGlobalWarming(tm) all right.Oh yeah, ManmadeGlobalWarming(tm) all right.bdickenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07528845349747202361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-4344344102824899372009-10-18T10:23:03.786-04:002009-10-18T10:23:03.786-04:00We went from summer to winter in two days in Orlan...We went from summer to winter in two days in Orlando. Thursday was 94, Friday was 90, yesterday we topped out at 72, and my backyard MCFD showed 48.7 at 0600 today. We'll be lucky to make 66 today. <br /><br />We set a record for consecutive 90+ days in October; despite that I suspect our tropical outdoor greenery won't care much for Nov - March.Homernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-79688414763381551552009-10-18T10:05:52.243-04:002009-10-18T10:05:52.243-04:00here in CT, we got NO TOMATOES at all from our gar...here in CT, we got NO TOMATOES at all from our garden -- and I spent all that time making raise beds, too. we got some zucchini and some kale, but most of the rest of it -- cucumbers, string beans, drowned in the rain.MeatAxehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03477536538497998805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-28758150392147496962009-10-18T08:48:36.162-04:002009-10-18T08:48:36.162-04:00Interestingly, my raspberries were almost prolific...Interestingly, my raspberries were almost prolific this year.theirritablearchitecthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04105315709746689270noreply@blogger.com