Hello Jack!
@sallypup (57928)
Centralia, Washington
October 11, 2016 2:14pm CST
He's here again. Mr. Jack O Lantern will preside over the deck for a couple of weeks before he goes back to his hidey hole in the closet.
We had a pretty good frost last night. I've picked one tomato bush clean and picked clean hubby's hot pepper bush. More needs picking. But first I made a no sugar apple pie for tonight's supper. (Vegie soup is simmering on the stove so I do not plan a totally heathen meal.)
I hate to say goodbye to the tomato bushes. Instead of crying over spilt milk I will cry over warm apples in a tasty crust.
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@paigea (35701)
• Canada
11 Oct 16
I pulled our plants out kast week. The last plants are piled in the wheelbarrow with the tomatoes still on them
It is keeping the tomatoes separate from each other and I can easily monitor them ripening.
Hubby would surely prefer to see them neatly arrayed in the basement bu I am happy with my lazy method. The dining room table is covered with tomatoes in various stages of ripeness, the ones I picked before ripping out the last plants. The good thing is they are ripening nicely.
Yesterday I dug under the snow to dig up the last of the carrots. Now what to do with them.
It is keeping the tomatoes separate from each other and I can easily monitor them ripening.
Hubby would surely prefer to see them neatly arrayed in the basement bu I am happy with my lazy method. The dining room table is covered with tomatoes in various stages of ripeness, the ones I picked before ripping out the last plants. The good thing is they are ripening nicely.
Yesterday I dug under the snow to dig up the last of the carrots. Now what to do with them.2 people like this
@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
11 Oct 16
I used to have a jackolantern that looked like yours, I wonder if we lost him in the fire? Goodness knows but he doesn't live here any more lol
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@sallypup (57928)
• Centralia, Washington
11 Oct 16
@BelleStarr I'm sorry you went through a fire. Sure not pleasant.
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
12 Oct 16
@sallypup No, not pleasant. it was devastating but one finds out that it is people who matter not things and then we just move on but occasionally like this I will try to remember if it was before or after. It was a defining moment for sure.
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@sallypup (57928)
• Centralia, Washington
12 Oct 16
@BelleStarr My family's cabin burned when my daughter was quite young. We had quite a hard economical time as well as emotional time for years.
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@celticeagle (159105)
• Boise, Idaho
11 Oct 16
He's a cutie. Sounds like a good and yummy meal. Are you canning or freezing?
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@celticeagle (159105)
• Boise, Idaho
12 Oct 16
@sallypup .....Oh, good. Yes, they do.
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@sallypup (57928)
• Centralia, Washington
11 Oct 16
@celticeagle We're going to freeze stuff. Even green tomatoes have some flavor.
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@sallypup (57928)
• Centralia, Washington
12 Oct 16
@Tampa_girl7 Chili is a filling and nourishing meal. Enjoy!
@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
15 Oct 16
I would decorate but no money to spend on that sort of thing right now and she who owns the home isn't big into that sort of thing. I will have a tree at christmas, but it will prob live on my dresser or something
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@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
16 Oct 16
@sallypup lol, I could see me doing that
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@sallypup (57928)
• Centralia, Washington
16 Oct 16
@Jessicalynnt If you arrive at our place on All Hallows Eve you might catch me stomping a huge bag of M and Ms. Take that, you jerk! And that!!
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@sallypup (57928)
• Centralia, Washington
16 Oct 16
@Jessicalynnt Find a kid and borrow his drum set. When Halloween arrives, head into the night beating the drum. Sometimes it feels fantastic to let loose and make a lot of racket.
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@JamesHxstatic (29242)
• Eugene, Oregon
12 Oct 16
No frost here in the valley yet. Apple pie sounds good.
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