Now is the time to start thinking about gardening for this year.

[jerry]

On my way back from checking if the hops are ready for harvest (maybe next week) I spotted some mushrooms in front of the shed that looked exactly like potatoes.  Anybody know what they might be?

[Free libertarian]

Eat them, if you live you are not a witch!

[KBCraig]

Definitely a puffball. Beyond that, I don't know. Most puffballs are edible at this stage (before the spores ripen), and aren't poisonous.

[jerry]

The hops are in the drier, the blueberries are in the freezer, the handfull of grapes have been eaten and the peach got knocked off in a windstorm.  Better luck next year.  Barbara wants to try a raised bed vegetable garden, so Ill be working on getting that ready before the snow hits.  I don't understand why.  It's not food.  It's what food EATS.

Here's a couple shots of yesterday's first frost in southern tropical Grafton.

[KBCraig]

The hops are in the drier

More important: when do they go into the beer?

And, at least we know Jerry didn't sucuumb to the mushroom. 

[Pat K]

Jerry is trying to kill me with those frost pics.

[Russell Kanning]

It got down in the sixties

[jerry]

It's 40 degrees and raining here in Southern Tropical Grafton, but that hasn't slowed down the latest infestation.
Pictures attached.  Turkeys in the front, pheasants in the back.

[KBCraig]

It's a DIY Thanksgiving kit!

[Pat K]

You can stuff the turkey with the pheasant!

[Becky Thatcher]

You can stuff the turkey with the pheasant!

A phearkey! 

[Russell Kanning]

Cool

[Pat K]

You can stuff the turkey with the pheasant!

A phearkey! 

[jerry]

PatK ALERT!  The following pictures may cause emotional distress.

28 degrees here in southern tropical Grafton this morning, and there's some white stuff on my front lawn.

I just got the compost pile started.

[Pat K]

AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!