Dear friends,
I fully expected to pull up my blog and find that all of you had left me. Sure hope you're still there.
I've been in the playhouse today...why, I've been all over the place today!
We've had a couple of cooler days and of course, I went crazy...cleaning the garden, moving plants around, raking leaves, cleaning out the teeny tiny greenhouse, stacking pots...
Why stacking pots took a while and I'm still not happy with the look. Sometimes I think being a Virgo will drive me crazy! :)
and leaf raking! It's way too early for that! But did you see all the leaves inside the playhouse? Our entire yard looks that way. It's this dry weather! We need rain!
Mama used to say, "oh it will rain again. It always does". Well I sure hope mama was right. It is dry as a bone here.
The guineas kept me company inside the garden today. In fact, they got a dust bath just inside the garden gate.
Oh, that one strange looking plant left in the garden is "Horseradish". It has been growing all summer so now I need to read how to harvest the root, and then grow another. Whew!
Here's another thing! There's always something needing to be rescued...
I went to get a bucket of compost from the bin, which is dry as a bone too, and pulled up this tall skinny pitiful looking weed. But wait, that outer shell looks like an English walnut! and look at the long root, reaching from under my thumb all the way to the fig leaf...
This was the top of the plant. Did I mention pitiful? Oh, this little nut tree just has to live. I will keep you posted.
Look what I found while cleaning up the garden....
Remember the beautiful Leek that grew and grew then burst into a ball of tiny flowers? Her remains. :( Hopefully one of these tiny seeds will product another beautiful lady.
One more thing to show you...
Poppy was deer hunting and found this unusual mushroom in the woods.
and this is how it looked the next day...
sorry for the poor quality. The picture was taken with Poppy's little flip phone.
Okay, this is it. Thank you for stopping by. My plan is to do better at posting and visiting, and I mean it!
Thank you, new followers. I do love my blogging friends.
Love,
Henny
I fully expected to pull up my blog and find that all of you had left me. Sure hope you're still there.
We've had a couple of cooler days and of course, I went crazy...cleaning the garden, moving plants around, raking leaves, cleaning out the teeny tiny greenhouse, stacking pots...
Mama used to say, "oh it will rain again. It always does". Well I sure hope mama was right. It is dry as a bone here.
Oh, that one strange looking plant left in the garden is "Horseradish". It has been growing all summer so now I need to read how to harvest the root, and then grow another. Whew!
Here's another thing! There's always something needing to be rescued...
Look what I found while cleaning up the garden....
One more thing to show you...
and this is how it looked the next day...
Okay, this is it. Thank you for stopping by. My plan is to do better at posting and visiting, and I mean it!
Thank you, new followers. I do love my blogging friends.
Love,
Henny
Cooler weather is an amazing motivator! (Love your playhouse :)
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DeleteThat is a most unusual mushroom!!
ReplyDeleteI don't think anyone has more empty flower pots than you except the plant shops. That's quite a stack.
I hope you get rain soon. We finally did although it was too late to be of any use as far as the plants were concerned. Oh well, we have to take the weather as it comes.
WOW ! a busy time for you to , that's a lot of flower pots . Hope you get some well needed rain soon . I love fungi of all kinds and that one there is amazing . I have been busy and out of the blogging world for a bit to its that time of year where we are busy so we bloggers understand when some of us are MIA lol ! Thanks for sharing , Have a good weekend !
ReplyDeleteFall yard work is never ending.
ReplyDeleteYou stay so busy! Your playhouse looks lovely as always. It's good to get things done outside before winter arrives. Take care dear Henny!
ReplyDeleteThank you Bonnie.
DeleteThe horseradish will be fun to grow. And you can chop up the root and can it. Good with beet juice for a sandwich spread. Phil
ReplyDeleteThe horseradish will be fun to grow. And you can chop up the root and can it. Good with beet juice for a sandwich spread. Phil
ReplyDeleteHi Henny- So pleased your getting things done -despite the dryness there. We're in need of rain as our state of New South Wales is still very much in drought...our dams too are very low with some NW country towns running out of water completely. We've had some rain here in the Sydney Metro Area - though it needs to rain in the catchment areas. Have a great weekend. Regards. KEV.
ReplyDeleteI always kick mushrooms, I don't know why.
ReplyDeleteSuch a fun and interesting post. I enjoyed seeing all of your plants and also the guinea fowl. Your home looks so fun and cozy. Here you have dry weather and think it's way too early to lose the leaves and we've had two VERY early snowfalls and the leaves are falling as they are still green! Crazy all over the country isn't it? It's good to see you posting. You've been missed. :-)
ReplyDeleteBlessings,
Betsy
Nice to see you have something pink in the
ReplyDeletePlayhouse Henny..The watering can..Gives it
a bit of colour..and you need it, in a Playhouse! :).
Wish l could send you some rain from over here..As l
look through the Paddington Bear curtains, although
still dark, it's raining stair rods, with gales at
the same time..Horrid! :(.
I'm not sure..but the mushroom could be the 'Shaggy
Mane' mushroom..though the shape of it leans towards
it being a Toadstool..Have to look it up..!
Well...l'm off back to bed for half an hour..watch
the rest of the news..Especially America's top
comedian..Your Donald Trump...! HeHe! :o).
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Yes! I was right it's a mushroom...
DeleteAlso known as the 'Shaggy Inkcap',
'Lawyers wig', 'Judges Wig'..
This is what it says....
"This mushroom is absolutely delicious
but has an extremely short shelf life.
If you leave one on your table overnight
you will come down to a black ink stain
in the morning".
Thank you Willie. I like the pink watering can and the pink wheelbarrow. Pink really adds something to the playhouse.
DeleteThat's so interesting about the mushroom. I don't think I would want to eat it.
We may get some rain on Sunday...at least that's what the weatherman says. Hope you get a sunny day soon.
Even a tiny drop in the temperature definitely makes one feel like working in our gardens. We needed rain badly and finally got some, hope you will get some also.
ReplyDeleteI always enjoy your posts ~ have a great Friday and a wonderful weekend ~ FlowerLady
Ah, yes. Happy Belated Birthday, Miss Virgo! It's a tough sign to live with but we need Virgoans and in this world. Your perfect piles of raked leaves would be fun to jump into! Good autumnal fun. I have a friend who works at a mushroom farm and talks about picking the mushrooms before they open. I never could picture it in my mind what that would look like, but with Poppy's pics I do see it now. Mushrooms are weird...Glad to see you back! Blessings to you and your home!
ReplyDeleteThank you Pilar. Yes, that mushroom is weird looking. It almost looks like it exploded when it opened. Guess what?? Today I dug up all that row of Rose of Sharon.. Can you believe it? I've replaced most of them with Beauty Berry)
DeleteIsn't it amazing the transformations we see in nature? Like that mushroom -- a sphere, and then the next day, a disc!! About that horseradish ... you probably won't need to try to start a new plant. They are very hard to eradicate once they get a foothold anywhere. The roots spread. Even if you dig it all up and process the root (which is wonderful!!), you will probably get a handful of new plants shooting up in the spring. That's how it is here, anyway.
ReplyDeleteI LOVE the look of scattered leaves, like in your little play house. I never rake :)
I'm loving this weather too. I go outside just to walk around! It's lovely. Happy days, HP!!
Somewhere across the globe someone is getting too much rain while someone else is getting not enough. We will have to work outside next week. The temps will be in the 50s and we have things that need to be cut. I try to wait as song as I can so the birds have time to eat the seeds. You have horseradish! Cool. I'll be interested to see how you save it. It's a staple at our house.
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Your Blog is always fun...and for me...educational, also. Wow..interesting about the black walnut..can't wait to hear more, hopefully later. :0) ... Brought back fond memories of cracking black walnuts at my Grandma's house..with rocks..and savoring the work. :) ... So nice we are having Fall weather in NC, somewhat. :0) .. Have a blessed weekend..
ReplyDeleteThank you ChiChi Mum. Oh, haven't these last few fall like days been wonderful! It's a job cracking black walnuts for the tiny little bit you get to eat. It's fun though.
DeleteHenny it looks like you have been extremely busy with outdoor chores. We have been dry here too so we are receiving lots of dead leaves in our yard. Soon instead of raking we will be shoveling snow :(! I think raking sounds like lots more fun!! You are a woman after my own heart saving those seeds and little walnut tree start. That is a strange looking mushroom...thanks for sharing. Have a happy weekend. Hugs!
ReplyDeleteFrom what I've heard about horseradish you don't have to worry about it coming back. If you leave just a little bit of root in the ground it will regenerate another plant for you. It's one of those that they say to be real sure you want it where you initially put it since moving it will probably result in your having two horseradish plants rather than just the one you moved.
ReplyDeleteI've been wondering how your little playhouse was coming along. What is that vine climbing over the entry archway?
Isn't it wonderful how just a little bit of coolish weather in the fall gives a person just tons of energy to go outside and get stuff done?
We actually have rain here today (just showers really so far) but it's sooooo needed. A lot of counties have been designated in a drought zone and burning is not allowed. The ground is just about as hard as a rock.
Good luck with that english walnut. Those volunteers are so much fun to coddle along and hope that they grow. It's amazing how resilient plants are-------they look like they are goners but struggle back somehow. Nature has her ways often enough.
Thank you Vic. I know absolutely nothing about horseradish so appreciate your help. I bought the little plant at the bee festival back in June. That vine growing on the arbor at the playhouse is "Chocolate Vine", Akebia. It's beautiful and the tiny blooms in spring fill the air with sweetness. Want me to mail you one? I sure hope that English walnut lives.
DeleteYou got lots done being outside. Sure hope you get your rain soon.
ReplyDeleteAmazing to see the change in the mushroom.
They come in so many shapes, colors, and sizes.
Hi! Is that the kind of mushroom you eat? You have a lot of pots to stack. We have gotten rain for a couple days now. I scurried around and picked the raspberries and strawberries left and brought in the geranium plants. Not suppose to be frost but almost so better safe than sorry. Nancy
ReplyDeleteGlad you're back, Henny. Sure missed you! Wow....what a crazy mushroom! Don't think I'd eat it! Hope you can save that little walnut tree! Such interesting pictures. Hope to see you again soon.
ReplyDeleteThank you Diane. Willie left a comment saying that mushroom can be eaten, but I would not even taste it. :) YUK! I'm hoping the little walnut tree will live too. Love, Henny
DeleteOf course we are still here! That mushroom is so cool!
ReplyDeleteI wish we could share with you, because it just keeps raining here. We are under flood watches.
The clean up looks nice.
Oh, you do hae fun in your garden And we have fun reading about it.
ReplyDeleteOf course I'm still here, I love your blog. I'll be looking forward to watching your planted seedling grow into a gorgeous tree. You made be think of a little pine tree that I found while pulling weeds last year. I transplanted it back by the outhouse garden-shed and put a stake in the grown so that i wouldn't accidentally mow over it. The hollyhocks grew so tall around it that I had forgotten all about about it until seeing your discovery. I hope it made in through the summer and will continue to grow. It is fun watching and nurturing all types of babies . . . even plants :)
ReplyDeleteHi Henny i love seeing pics of your yard and garden you have such a lovely place,lol i understand what you mean by being a virgo.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy your garden my friend and i look forward to your next blog post,hope your weekend is a good one xx
Hello my friend, oh do a post on the horseradish. I am planning on planting some next year, and need to learn all about it. There is a huge horseradish farm over by Eau Claire, it is the only one in the state of Wisconsin.
ReplyDeleteDid I share with you my husband planted peanuts this year, we will be harvesting this week.
As always, love your posts.
Carla
So you are a Virgo too, huh? You certainly did a great job on that pot stacking! And that is the craziest mushroom I have ever seen!
ReplyDeleteHello Henny Penny. How lovely to pop by & see you again ! Everything is looking wonderful in your wee neck of the woods - I love all your pots stacked up & your leaves all raked up. Have a great week dear Henny. xx
ReplyDeleteIf I could send you rain I would as we have had plenty. More days of rain that sun here and now snow:( Always fun to see what you arae up to!
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