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You are here: Home / Garden Chats / Sunday Morning Garden Chat: October Already?

Sunday Morning Garden Chat: October Already?

by Anne Laurie|  October 4, 20154:53 am| 141 Comments

This post is in: Garden Chats

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marvel oct 15 Peas

From faithful garden correspondent Marvel:

Early Fall in the Wilammette Valley has been mild and wonderful. Clear, sunny skies, cool breezes, sparkling sun. We’ve eaten the last of our vine-ripened tomatoes, juiced & ‘sauced all our apples and dug up all the potatoes.

marvel oct 15 Broccoli

Most recently, we’ve been filling up on a robust bunch of veggies from the Fall garden, plucking side-shoots and mature leaves from the broccoli and the latest generation of lettuce.

marvel oct 15 Lettuce

The cabbages are ’bout ready to split so we’ve been chopping them up and trying new saute recipes. Next week I’ll start harvesting the purple cabbage — I’ve got a sweet ‘n sour soup in mind. Lots of it.

marvel oct 15 Cabbage

The orange caulifower are just starting to peek out of their protective jungle and I hope to start plucking a few within the next couple of weeks. We like to chop ’em up, toss them with some olive oil and salt & pepper, then roast (450) the living daylights out of them ’til they’re all crispy and brown around the edges.

marvel oct 15 Cauliflower

The greenhouse peppers (mostly sweet, a few hot) have been appearing at a slow but steady pace for a few months now. We’ve dried some hot ones and frozen the sweeties and hope to see several more mature before everything slows way down for the Winter.

marvel oct 15 Peppers

Finally, a late-season crop of shelling peas [top photo] is starting to look promising. We lost the lot of ’em during a brief and nasty hot spell at the beginning of Summer. I’ve got the butter and mint lined up and ready for the first few pods to plump up — we’re READY!

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What’s going on in your gardens this week?

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  1. 1.

    RedDirtGirl

    October 4, 2015 at 4:59 am

    What beautiful pix to wake up to! I am on day 7 of a detox cleanse, and am off to my local food coop to stock up on more healthy veggies, legumes, fish and nuts.

  2. 2.

    Pie Happens (opiejeanne)

    October 4, 2015 at 5:26 am

    Just gorgeous! Your pictures are wonderful and so is your garden. We are just a few miles east of Seattle but our weather is very different from yours.
    Our garden looks a bit like hell right now because it’s starting to shut down. We can still find nice tomatoes and a cucumber now and then, as well as a zucchini or two, but most of our garden is over. We are clearing the beds, and I know I should be replanting with peas, spinach, carrots, etc. I just haven’t gotten started because we have some critters who are raiding the garden, and while there is plenty for them and us and the neighbors, the damage they leave is disheartening. We had beautiful little cabbages that are being eaten by something, shrews?, meadow voles? The raccoons and the squirrels are getting quite a few of the apples, but they’ve been pretty decent about leaving the better ones alone and eating the unripe ones that fell off the tree too early.
    I think I’m a little disheartened by the mess, and ready to let it all sleep until spring.

    There are some nice pumpkins still lurking in the future rose garden. almost forgot them.

  3. 3.

    satby

    October 4, 2015 at 6:38 am

    The harvest is winding down here in Michiana, my last tomato plants were knocked over by a critter with a taste for green tomatoes and the farmers are selling the last of their produce and starting to harvest the corn and soybeans. My exchange daughters are dazzled by the fall colors on the maples though we’re far from peak color, and since I love leaf peeping it’s fun to have companions who are seeing it live for the first time.

    OT, but I am trying to set up my etsy shop for the holiday season and need some feedback, which would you prefer: lower item prices or free shipping when you buy online?

  4. 4.

    satby

    October 4, 2015 at 6:45 am

    And Marvel, your garden continues to delight every Sunday chat you share pictures with us. Thank you!

  5. 5.

    BillinGlendaleCA

    October 4, 2015 at 6:47 am

    There appears to be water falling from the sky. Should I be concerned or should I panic?

  6. 6.

    Viva BrisVegas

    October 4, 2015 at 7:07 am

    We’re just moving into our warm season. Expecting 33 degrees tomorrow. The garden is dry and getting drier, El Nino is kicking in.

    Not that there are many followers here, but the Rugby League Grand Final just finished in Sydney. 17-16 Townsville Cowboys over Brisbane Broncos in overtime. Good game.

    By the way this is a different sport to Rugby Union.

  7. 7.

    OzarkHillbilly

    October 4, 2015 at 7:16 am

    After you forced hiatus Anne, it is nice to have garden threads again and as always Marvel, I hate you and your perfect garden. ;-)

    In addition to the Brussels sprouts, I only planted various lettuces and spinach for the Fall. Everything else is either done (tomatoes, beans) or finishing up (peppers, eggplants).

    I dug up my potatoes 2 weeks ago and was surprised at how well I did with the Yukons, Fingerlings, Red Nortons, All Reds, and Blues. Between the rust and the lack of mulch I was not expecting much. My sweet potatoes fared much better, although for the 2nd year in a row the Porto Ricos were a mess: Black from the soil (on the outside-just unappetizing), split to all get out, and better than half were chewed up by critters. The Vardemon were head and shoulders better: Good color, very little splitting, not much critter damage, nicely sized and just the right amount of sweetness with a good rich flavor. The PRs just aren’t working here and next year I’ll try a different variety in their stead, but the Vs are here to stay.

    I’ve got a full week ahead of me, not least of which is picking up a load of manure for the garlic bed. Got to get them planted next week.

  8. 8.

    JPL

    October 4, 2015 at 7:18 am

    Anne, It’s nice having you post again. The pictures are gorgeous.

  9. 9.

    OzarkHillbilly

    October 4, 2015 at 7:18 am

    @BillinGlendaleCA: RUN AWAY! RUN AWAY!!

  10. 10.

    MomSense

    October 4, 2015 at 7:27 am

    Beautiful photos, Marvel!

    Montauk daisy is about to bloom and this week I’m looking forward to lots of squash in my farm share. It has been coooold at night and I’ve got a lot to do to get ready for winter.

  11. 11.

    Mustang Bobby

    October 4, 2015 at 7:37 am

    What a beautiful garden and what great photos.

    It’s finally getting to the dry season in South Florida. This morning for the first time since May it’s cooler outside the house than in it, and yesterday when I did some mild yard work (hosing down the patio, checking on the orchids), I didn’t break out in a sweat before getting to the hose coil.

  12. 12.

    satby

    October 4, 2015 at 8:02 am

    @Mustang Bobby: Define cooler ;)
    The weather here has been in the 60s and last two days 50s with wind, and my girls are freezing. I don’t turn my heat on until temps make the house colder than 63, so they’re learning to layer. Going to warm back up again this week, but after that I’m probably going to crack and turn the heat on for them. And keep it warmer than my usual temp in the house. A little bit anyway… I still have to live here and past 68 I feel stifled.

  13. 13.

    JPL

    October 4, 2015 at 8:06 am

    Hopefully our Carolina friends are staying dry inside.

  14. 14.

    p.a.

    October 4, 2015 at 8:07 am

    I have one late blooming hot cherry pepper plant with fruits swelling so fast I think it can read the calendar. Doubt they’ll redden, but most will still be harvestable within the next week, week + 1/2. It’s fun that each fruit is unpredictable; some have all their heat in the seeds and glands, some in the flesh too.

  15. 15.

    David Koch

    October 4, 2015 at 8:09 am

    Hillary was hilarious on SNL

  16. 16.

    Schlemazel

    October 4, 2015 at 8:09 am

    @BillinGlendaleCA:
    Water? You mean like in the toilet?

    This reference brought to you by Brondo

    Beautiful garden marvel, thanks for sharing!

  17. 17.

    BillinGlendaleCA

    October 4, 2015 at 8:19 am

    @David Koch: Did you read the comments?

  18. 18.

    Cervantes

    October 4, 2015 at 8:20 am

    leaves from the broccoli

    Yum.

  19. 19.

    Cervantes

    October 4, 2015 at 8:21 am

    @BillinGlendaleCA:

    There appears to be water falling from the sky. Should I be concerned or should I panic?

    Concerned.

    Panic is for when the sky itself is falling.

  20. 20.

    Cervantes

    October 4, 2015 at 8:23 am

    @satby:

    My exchange daughters are dazzled by the fall colors on the maples though we’re far from peak color, and since I love leaf peeping it’s fun to have companions who are seeing it live for the first time.

    Glad they have some beauty to appreciate along with all the other “stuff” they’re seeing here live for the first time. (If “live” is the word I want.)

    My best regards to them — and you, of course.

  21. 21.

    Baud

    October 4, 2015 at 8:24 am

    The weeds are dying. I am happy.

  22. 22.

    Baud

    October 4, 2015 at 8:25 am

    @BillinGlendaleCA:

    One does not read YouTube comments.

  23. 23.

    Glidwrith

    October 4, 2015 at 8:26 am

    That cabbage frightens me – it looks like it is about to open its mouth like Audrey in “Little Shop of Horrors”.

  24. 24.

    satby

    October 4, 2015 at 8:38 am

    @Cervantes: Thanks Cervantes! So far so good. Hopefully the goofy charms of living with an aging hippie prone to impulsive fun offset the more, uh rustic, aspects of living in a tiny house with a perpetually broke pet rescuer.

    They were so excited to tie dye, for instance. Who knew?

  25. 25.

    satby

    October 4, 2015 at 8:40 am

    @Baud: Happy events for me and my weedeater too.
    Fall is awesome!

  26. 26.

    OzarkHillbilly

    October 4, 2015 at 8:41 am

    Talk about chutzpah, who said,

    “I’m looking the other day and other people have noticed this too. And they’re all men. It’s like, where are the women? Now, Not all, but they’re mostly men. Right? And they’re also very strong men. These are not people. The first thing I said is, ‘these are men strong, strong men. Why are they not back fighting for their country?‘”

  27. 27.

    Amir Khalid

    October 4, 2015 at 8:45 am

    @David Koch:
    “The uploader has not made this video available in your country.”

    Pout.

  28. 28.

    Cervantes

    October 4, 2015 at 8:48 am

    @satby:

    They were so excited to tie dye, for instance. Who knew?

    Have you built a camp-fire yet and made s’mores?

  29. 29.

    debbie

    October 4, 2015 at 8:51 am

    @satby:

    I vote for free shipping.

  30. 30.

    debbie

    October 4, 2015 at 8:54 am

    @OzarkHillbilly:

    Your link doesn’t work. Who’s the idiot?

  31. 31.

    Cervantes

    October 4, 2015 at 8:57 am

    @Amir Khalid:

    Pout.

    Does this work? (For you, I mean.)

  32. 32.

    Glidwrith

    October 4, 2015 at 8:58 am

    @Cervantes: I offered once to bring s’mores to a company BBQ and was confronted by the fact that not one of my co-workers -not even one in a group of over twenty people- were actually born in the U.S.

    None of them knew what s’mores were.

    And now that I think of it, none of the folks I’m currently working with were born here either. Hmmmm…maybe I should introduce them to this Great American Tradition.

  33. 33.

    henqiguai

    October 4, 2015 at 8:59 am

    @debbie (#30):

    Your link doesn’t work. Who’s the idiot?

    Granted there are *so* many from which to choose, but in this instance it’s Trump.

  34. 34.

    Cervantes

    October 4, 2015 at 8:59 am

    @debbie:

    Who’s the idiot?

    Trump.

    In this case.

  35. 35.

    Amir Khalid

    October 4, 2015 at 9:00 am

    @Cervantes:
    It does. Vielen Dank.

  36. 36.

    Cervantes

    October 4, 2015 at 9:03 am

    @Amir Khalid:

    Gern geschehen.

  37. 37.

    Schlemazel

    October 4, 2015 at 9:04 am

    Apparently no longer content to just cause brain damage with its players the NFL has decided to put a game on at 8 o’clock on Sunday morning

  38. 38.

    debbie

    October 4, 2015 at 9:06 am

    @Cervantes:

    Thanks. I misspoke. Double idiot.

  39. 39.

    Phylllis

    October 4, 2015 at 9:14 am

    @JPL: We’re under a flash flood warning right now, but it’s actually not raining hard at all. Radar show us (about 80 miles northwest-ish of Charleston) at the bottom edge of the rain band.

    ETA: Weather Channel reporting 14 inches of rain in Charleston.

  40. 40.

    Shakezula

    October 4, 2015 at 9:15 am

    That’s a beautiful cauliflower.

    Thanks for the reminder than I need to throw some snow pea (seeds) in the dirt. This year I discovered the joys of eating the greens. Like, duh, how come I never thought of that before?

    It got cold quickly here (from mid 80s to low 50s in about a day) and I doubt it is going to get hot (above the low 80s) here again until next summer.

    The only other thing of note is that the pumpkin vines produced a grand total of 4 pumpkins (frowny face) and some sort of nasty stem-boring beast has gotten at them so Mr. S can carve those.

    p.s. Lesson learned this summer: Do not grow squash within 30 miles of a pumpkin vine unless you want some freaky-deaky looking squash.

  41. 41.

    Schlemazel

    October 4, 2015 at 9:16 am

    @OzarkHillbilly:
    I assume many of them were sent to expensive military boarding schools which is exactly the same as defending their country.
    I mean, it worked for Dump.

  42. 42.

    beth

    October 4, 2015 at 9:19 am

    @JPL:

    Hopefully our Carolina friends are staying dry inside.

    I’ve got three buckets going in my house to contain leaks that I didn’t know I had. I predict roofers are going to be very busy in the Charleston area. We’ve got about 8 inches of water in the backyard, a sewage leak in the neighborhood, and there’s a huge puddle down the block that my daughter’s car floated through when she came home from work this morning. It looks like a good day to stay home and watch movies (or read if the power goes out again).

  43. 43.

    bemused

    October 4, 2015 at 9:20 am

    @Schlemazel:

    Disappointed CBS pre-empted Sunday Morning show.

  44. 44.

    Josie

    October 4, 2015 at 9:22 am

    Beautiful garden pics. I am jealous to the max. I also enjoyed the Hillary video.

    Today is my 72nd birthday. I am mentally mapping out the things that are really important for me to accomplish in the years remaining to me – help raise my 6 week old granddaughter, plant and care for a successful vegie garden and some day have some chickens. I used to have an aviary and bred cockatiels and gouldian finches. They are all gone and I have downsized. Now I would like to try chickens. Oh, and I would also like to learn how to can fruits and vegies.

  45. 45.

    Baud

    October 4, 2015 at 9:23 am

    @Josie:

    Happy birthday!

  46. 46.

    OzarkHillbilly

    October 4, 2015 at 9:23 am

    @debbie: Sorry ’bout that. Trump, a man who refused to ‘fight for his country’ when given the chance.

  47. 47.

    Phylllis

    October 4, 2015 at 9:25 am

    @bemused: Same here.

  48. 48.

    Baud

    October 4, 2015 at 9:27 am

    @OzarkHillbilly:

    Who was he talking about?

  49. 49.

    Josie

    October 4, 2015 at 9:30 am

    @Baud: Thanks.

    Trump was talking about the Syrian refugees, asshole that he is.

  50. 50.

    debbie

    October 4, 2015 at 9:30 am

    @Baud:

    As it turns out, Syrian immigrants:

    http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/donald-trump-syrian-refugees-young-men

  51. 51.

    raven

    October 4, 2015 at 9:33 am

    Great pix! We don’t know how the garden is other than badly overgrown. In watching the wipe out of the dawgs on the tube from Laguna we know that it poured most of the day. I don,t have a card reader but, when we get home, I have some great pic of succulents grown in the planters along the strand in Manhattan Beach. There are all these swanky houses built right on the walkway and people have a small stripe of land where they grow stuff.

  52. 52.

    ThresherK

    October 4, 2015 at 9:34 am

    @Cervantes: I can hear his smug voice just by reading the words. Also sentence fragments.

  53. 53.

    Cervantes

    October 4, 2015 at 9:35 am

    @Josie:

    Many happy returns!

  54. 54.

    bemused

    October 4, 2015 at 9:36 am

    In the far north, we’ve had low 30’s and some frost for about a week. Sunny/50’s today, so need to tidy up garden beds, stow away planters and plant garlic.

    @Phylllis:

    Our sunday morning ritual.

  55. 55.

    Iowa Old Lady

    October 4, 2015 at 9:39 am

    @Josie: Happy birthday to you! Love hearing your plans.

    Re Trump. Colbert reported that before he was shipped to military school, Trump punched a music teacher because “I didn’t think he knew anything about music.” That detail confirmed my belief that Trump is a sociopath. That is just not normal.

  56. 56.

    Schlemazel

    October 4, 2015 at 9:44 am

    @bemused:
    To cerebral not enough CTE I guess.

    Used to enjoy the Sunday Morning open threads- less guilt for me not having to see these beautiful gardens!

  57. 57.

    Tenar Darell

    October 4, 2015 at 9:47 am

    @BillinGlendaleCA: DON’T PANIC. (But grab your towel, just in case).

    /sorry, not sorry

  58. 58.

    Josie

    October 4, 2015 at 9:48 am

    @Cervantes: Thank you.

  59. 59.

    Josie

    October 4, 2015 at 9:50 am

    @Iowa Old Lady: Thanks.

    Re Trump: I read somewhere that he has narcissistic personality disorder. I looked it up and it fits to a T.

  60. 60.

    Schlemazel

    October 4, 2015 at 9:50 am

    @Iowa Old Lady:
    I remember years ago, long before he was well known outside NYC, reading that bridge workers would relieve themselves off the bridge they were working on when his boat was passing underneath.

    At the time I wondered what a guy could do to have that much animosity for him. Wish I could still say that

  61. 61.

    OzarkHillbilly

    October 4, 2015 at 9:53 am

    @Baud: Syrian refugees.

  62. 62.

    Amir Khalid

    October 4, 2015 at 9:54 am

    @Josie:
    Many happy returns of the day.

  63. 63.

    satby

    October 4, 2015 at 9:54 am

    @Cervantes: finally found halal marshmallows! Maybe tonight or tomorrow.

  64. 64.

    MomSense

    October 4, 2015 at 9:54 am

    Did Putin really decide to go all in on the quagmire that is Syria? This seems like a yooooge mistake on his part.

  65. 65.

    Felonius Monk

    October 4, 2015 at 9:55 am

    @Josie: Happy Birthday, young ‘un.

  66. 66.

    satby

    October 4, 2015 at 9:57 am

    @Glidwrith: For dietary reasons you may want to get kosher (aka halal) marshmallows, since strict vegans and Muslims can’t have regular ones due to the gelatin used to make them.

  67. 67.

    Josie

    October 4, 2015 at 9:59 am

    @Amir Khalid: Thank you.

    @Felonius Monk: Thanks. Seriously? There is someone on here older than I am?

  68. 68.

    MomSense

    October 4, 2015 at 9:59 am

    @Josie:

    Happy birthday!!!

  69. 69.

    satby

    October 4, 2015 at 9:59 am

    @Josie: Happy Birthday Josie! Many, many more with your new grandbaby!

  70. 70.

    JPL

    October 4, 2015 at 9:59 am

    @Josie: Happy Birthday! I love your list but must admit that freezing food is a lot less messy than canning.

  71. 71.

    OzarkHillbilly

    October 4, 2015 at 10:00 am

    @Josie:

    help raise my 6 week old granddaughter,

    My grand daughter is the best gift I have ever received. Just a constant joy. Make the lost of every minute.

  72. 72.

    Cervantes

    October 4, 2015 at 10:00 am

    @Schlemazel:

    I remember years ago, long before he was well known outside NYC, reading that bridge workers would relieve themselves off the bridge they were working on when his boat was passing underneath.

    Reminds me of this:

    “Donald Trump was right,” the two men said, according to [Boston] police, as they beat the [homeless] man with a metal pipe and then urinated on him. “All these illegals need to be deported.”

    Trump tweeted on Friday that the incident was “terrible.” “We need energy and passion, but we must treat each other with respect,” Trump said.

    “Trump said.”

    Meanwhile:

    For the most part, you can’t respect people because most people aren’t worthy of respect.

    Trump said this, too — of course.

  73. 73.

    JPL

    October 4, 2015 at 10:01 am

    @raven: Be prepared for mud. Athens has been receiving steady rain. I’ve had drizzle with occasional showers. So far today, it’s just cloudy and windy.

  74. 74.

    Tenar Darell

    October 4, 2015 at 10:02 am

    @Josie: big Congrats on the granddaughter, and many happy returns on your birthday.

  75. 75.

    JPL

    October 4, 2015 at 10:03 am

    @Cervantes: Trump at least recognizes, that he is not deserving of respect.

  76. 76.

    Schlemazel

    October 4, 2015 at 10:03 am

    @MomSense:
    Don’t see how he can lose. Gets to pretend to be part of the WoT, keeps his military in working order, vexes the West and demonstrates to others that he is an ally they can count on. Nobody is going to stop him and if Assad fallls Putin walks away unscathed.

  77. 77.

    Cervantes

    October 4, 2015 at 10:06 am

    @satby:

    Enjoy!

    And have I told you lately what a mensch you are? (So to speak.)

  78. 78.

    OzarkHillbilly

    October 4, 2015 at 10:07 am

    @OzarkHillbilly: Make the MOST of every minute.

    dayum….

  79. 79.

    Steeplejack (phone)

    October 4, 2015 at 10:07 am

    @Josie:

    Happy birthday!

  80. 80.

    Cervantes

    October 4, 2015 at 10:08 am

    @MomSense:

    Did Putin really decide to go all in on the quagmire that is Syria? This seems like a yooooge mistake on his part.

    He’s doing it in order to have more of a say in what comes next.

    (It may still be a mistake, of course.)

  81. 81.

    MomSense

    October 4, 2015 at 10:09 am

    @Schlemazel:

    I’m seeing it in a much different light.

  82. 82.

    beth

    October 4, 2015 at 10:11 am

    @Josie: Happy Birthday! And what an ambitious list – I hope to have that much energy when I’m 72. Congratulations on the grandbaby too.

  83. 83.

    MomSense

    October 4, 2015 at 10:11 am

    @Cervantes:

    He cannot afford to lose Tartus.

  84. 84.

    Cervantes

    October 4, 2015 at 10:11 am

    @Josie:

    Seriously? There is someone on here older than I am?

    “Oh, to be 80 again” was a favorite song of the late Nathan Birnbaum.

    (You may have known him better as “George Burns.”)

  85. 85.

    Josie

    October 4, 2015 at 10:16 am

    Wow! Thanks to everyone for the good wishes. My granddaughter is the delight of my life. After raising three sons, holding her is like holding a doll.

    I know that freezing is less messy than canning. I may decide it is not for me, but I would like to try it, especially with tomato sauce (if I could ever grow decent tomatoes) and sugarless fruit jams and jellies.

    ETA: There is an automatic video ad on the site now that is driving me crazy, changing the screen and eating comments. Grrrr.

  86. 86.

    Schlemazel

    October 4, 2015 at 10:16 am

    @MomSense:
    I’d like to hear that as I don’t see it

  87. 87.

    Raven

    October 4, 2015 at 10:18 am

    It was mud in the construction zone when we left! Hopefully the floors are nearing being done.

  88. 88.

    tybee

    October 4, 2015 at 10:23 am

    has anyone heard a recent broacast from Betty Cracker?

  89. 89.

    tybee

    October 4, 2015 at 10:24 am

    broadcast, that is.

  90. 90.

    WereBear

    October 4, 2015 at 10:26 am

    @satby: Fall color is a rare and wonderful thing. I’m so glad they can experience that.

  91. 91.

    Riley's Enabler

    October 4, 2015 at 10:28 am

    @satby:I’ve always found your prices very reasonable. Free shipping is a lovely bonus, but I’d buy without it. Any new holiday scents? The pumpkin is divine, truly.

  92. 92.

    Phylllis

    October 4, 2015 at 10:34 am

    @bemused: Mine for years as well. Miss the regular ‘Sunday Morning’ thread that disappeared with no explanation from here ages ago.

  93. 93.

    Schlemazel

    October 4, 2015 at 10:47 am

    @Phylllis:
    I’m surprised someone hasn’t bitched that there is no NFL thread yet.

    I thought I was the only one missing that thread but I guess not. I enjoy the garden thread so it’s not a complete loss

  94. 94.

    BR

    October 4, 2015 at 10:51 am

    @David Koch:

    Hillary was hilarious on SNL

    Hmm..I don’t meant to be negative but that wasn’t particularly funny (neither Clinton or the others in the sketch). It was sort of the usual from SNL.

  95. 95.

    Baud

    October 4, 2015 at 10:54 am

    @OzarkHillbilly:

    Thanks to you and others.

  96. 96.

    Schlemazel

    October 4, 2015 at 10:57 am

    @BR:
    Meh, I laughed, the audience laughed. That’s at least one more person than usually laugh at SNL sketches recently

  97. 97.

    RedDirtGirl

    October 4, 2015 at 11:00 am

    @Josie: Happy Birthday! Have a great day!

  98. 98.

    WereBear

    October 4, 2015 at 11:01 am

    I bought an indoor begonia for winter on my office desk. Any tips appreciated.

    Great work, Marvel!

  99. 99.

    BR

    October 4, 2015 at 11:01 am

    @Schlemazel:

    I mean, it wasn’t awful, and at least Clinton held her own.

  100. 100.

    Schlemazel

    October 4, 2015 at 11:03 am

    @BR:
    I particularly liked the part where they dinged her for slow walking her support for gay marriage. They did it very cleverly and she responded perfectly.

  101. 101.

    Cervantes

    October 4, 2015 at 11:05 am

    @Schlemazel:

    expensive military boarding schools

    The one Trump attended is now … bankrupt. (I could not have made that up.)

    Other former students: Johnny Mandel, Francis Ford Coppola, Stephen Sondheim, and John Gotti’s son, John Angelo.

  102. 102.

    Baud

    October 4, 2015 at 11:05 am

    @BR:

    It was fine.

    Although now I wish Hillary’s name was Val.

  103. 103.

    Baud

    October 4, 2015 at 11:09 am

    Trump out-Jebs Jeb! again.

    “I can tell you people say ‘Oh, we’re going to stop it,’ it doesn’t work that way,” Trump said. “This has taken place whether it’s this type of crime or other crimes, taken place forever, from the beginning, and you go out a million years from now you’re going to have problems and even if you have a very tough system you’re going to have people that slip through the cracks, and it’s a very sad situation.”

    “But no matter what you do you will have problems and that’s the way the world goes,” he added.

  104. 104.

    SiubhanDuinne

    October 4, 2015 at 11:14 am

    O/T, but here’s a nice Boston Globe piece about our friend Tom Levenson and what he likes to read in his spare time:

    https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/books/2015/10/03/bibliophiles-thomas-levenson-mit-professor-science-writer/5FH3MYxXBlqQYAVS0WLg3K/story.html

  105. 105.

    newdealfarmgrrrlll

    October 4, 2015 at 11:16 am

    Beautiful garden, Marvel!

    My gardens & yard are a messy disaster. Last year, despite pain, I was able to get a fair amount done. This year the pain was so bad I managed next to nothing and finally took myself to the doctor and physical therapy. Welp, wasn’t just piriformis syndrome … also severe arthritis in my left hip, no cartilage left in the joint. I had a left hip replacement mid-August and oh my goodness! So nice to walk without pain! So I am already scheming about seedlings, veggies, native shrubs, habitat.

    Next year’s garden will be my best ever! *cough*

  106. 106.

    SiubhanDuinne

    October 4, 2015 at 11:16 am

    @Josie:

    Yep. I’m 73 and change. A very happy birthday to you, Josie!

  107. 107.

    Baud

    October 4, 2015 at 11:17 am

    @SiubhanDuinne:

    I always pictured Tom as more … eccentric looking.

  108. 108.

    Cervantes

    October 4, 2015 at 11:25 am

    Tom Levenson via @SiubhanDuinne:

    If you want a deeper dive into the science

    Or really any good explication, then, instead of Isaacson, read something else — Bertrand Russell on relativity, for example; and in particular, if you have the math, read Pais (as mentioned in the article).

  109. 109.

    SiubhanDuinne

    October 4, 2015 at 11:35 am

    @Baud:

    You mean like with wild white hair flying everywhere and glasses crooked on his nose with one earpiece held on with a safety pin because the little screw fell out and a badly-tied cravat and some disgusting unidentifiable food stain on his shirt?

    IQist.

  110. 110.

    Baud

    October 4, 2015 at 11:40 am

    @SiubhanDuinne:

    I didn’t picture the food stain.

  111. 111.

    schrodinger's cat

    October 4, 2015 at 11:45 am

    @Cervantes: David Griffiths’s Revolutions in 20th Century Physics is pretty good and it is a slim volume. Also, Feynman Lectures, although that can get too technical for a lay person.

    Or a copy of Einstein’s works in translation.

  112. 112.

    Kay

    October 4, 2015 at 11:45 am

    The rise of anti-establishment candidates and Marco Rubio – and the re-emergence of Jeb Bush – have stalled Ohio Gov. John Kasich’s momentum in New Hampshire, a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist poll shows.
    Kasich, who a month ago sat in second place, behind real estate mogul Donald Trump, does not rank among the Republican presidential field’s top 5 this time

    I’m still not seeing how having so many candidates helps Republicans. I think primaries are (generally) good in terms of Party politics and I still don’t see how this many candidates helps. With as nutty as their base is, it’s just chaos and there could be real repercussions when it all shakes out because some of these people who might be competitive in a general will not be able to stick around while 10 people who won’t be competitive do a vanity/grifter tour. It sure didn’t help Romney when Santorum and Huckabee and Gingrich grifted for 6 months in 2012. I don’t even know what happened to Michele Bachmann and she sucked up a lot of air in 2012. Was that a great investment for the GOP? I don’t think so.

  113. 113.

    Esme's Mom

    October 4, 2015 at 11:51 am

    @satby: Yeah, I’m with Riley’s Enabler – your soap has just about replaced whatever it is we used to use. Getting ready for a fall restock and looking forward to using the doggie bath time soap on Esme. As she stands here trying to get me away from the big square light.

  114. 114.

    schrodinger's cat

    October 4, 2015 at 11:55 am

    @satby: Free shipping all the time! Set a floor for free shipping, say for example $25. Free shipping if you buy soap $25 or more.

  115. 115.

    Ejoiner

    October 4, 2015 at 11:56 am

    Hey! We’re on the Weather Channel! They keep showing shots around Columbia of the massive flooding – which is weirdly just a few blocks from my house. And I just ran to the grocery store no problem and got some supplies in case our situation gets worse. Lots of friends and co-workers having to move into shelters and local schools (which are also flooding as well).

  116. 116.

    Anoniminous

    October 4, 2015 at 11:58 am

    @Kay:

    When the enemy is making a mistake break out the popcorn. I love the fact the GOP is imploding. I hope it continues all the way through the primaries, their convention, and into the actual election.

  117. 117.

    Baud

    October 4, 2015 at 12:02 pm

    @Kay:

    Jeb! has reemerged?

  118. 118.

    scav

    October 4, 2015 at 12:03 pm

    @Cervantes: And a sincere thanks to Tom L for a pointer toward Matsuo Basho. That looks to be captivating. Between chasing that (and background / context for same) and Doctor Who I should be able to distract myself from picking at much of the hysteria. And if Basho sweeps me into another immersion in Genji, I could be out for a solidly decent time. Ohh, grand.

  119. 119.

    JPL

    October 4, 2015 at 12:06 pm

    @Ejoiner: I’m pleased that someone checked in. Stay dry.

  120. 120.

    Anoniminous

    October 4, 2015 at 12:07 pm

    @Baud:

    He is up to 10% in the latest Ipsos/Reuters poll.

    UNLIMITED CORPORATE BRINK’S TRUCK BENJAMIN CASH!!!!

  121. 121.

    Baud

    October 4, 2015 at 12:09 pm

    @Anoniminous:

    Excellent!

  122. 122.

    Cervantes

    October 4, 2015 at 12:10 pm

    @schrodinger’s cat:

    David Griffiths’s Revolutions in 20th Century Physics is pretty good and it is a slim volume.

    Excellent choice for a non-expert: tested by having been taught to undergraduates for years; certainly more up-to-date (2012) than the Russell (1925); and by way of math it demands little more than arithmetic and algebra.

    I’d still (also) recommend the Russell for how well it’s written, though — plus it focuses on Einstein.

    Also, Feynman Lectures, although that can get too technical for a lay person.

    Yes, although he wrote less technical expositions as well.

    Or a copy of Einstein’s works in translation.

    Zur Elektrodynamik bewegter Körper, for example, was surely a masterpiece, but may not be accessible to everyone, even in translation.

  123. 123.

    Kay

    October 4, 2015 at 12:15 pm

    @Baud:

    Well, he’s at 11% and he was once the frontrunner so comeback kid, I guess. 11% is up from 5%.

    New Hampshire is Kasich’s whole deal. If he doesn’t do well there he has no reason to keep going unless Bush really crashes, because he’s identical to Bush although slightly better at campaigning, but even that’s in comparison since in real life Kasich is weirdly inarticulate- he seems to have a small vocabulary or something. He often sounds as if can’t call up what should be an ordinary, adult range of words. I’m not even talking about soaring rhetoric. I mean nouns.

  124. 124.

    JPL

    October 4, 2015 at 12:19 pm

    @Ejoiner: I just heard that most of the highways are closed, including 95 for thirty miles.

  125. 125.

    Josie

    October 4, 2015 at 12:21 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne: Thanks. You are a good influence on me. I have to drive 2 1/2 hours to go spend time with my granddaughter, and my youngest son had almost convinced me I couldn’t do that, that I needed someone to take me. After reading of your travels, I realized that I am quite capable of driving myself anywhere I want to go and will go every other week to help when my daughter-in-law goes back to work. I am really looking forward to it. I am somewhat of a hermit and this will force me out of my house and on to adventure.

  126. 126.

    Baud

    October 4, 2015 at 12:22 pm

    @Kay:

    The portions of the debates I saw, he seemed to do well (compared to the other establishment candidates).

    I agree that nouns are an important subject, but I’m pro-noun. The GOP base may feel differently.

  127. 127.

    Josie

    October 4, 2015 at 12:24 pm

    @satby: I agree with those who suggest free shipping with a minimum purchase. You can figure out what amount and size of package would work best for you.
    On ebay, I have noticed that the offer of free shipping draws buyers, even when the cost of shipping is figured into the price of the item.

  128. 128.

    a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q)

    October 4, 2015 at 12:25 pm

    Thanks for the lovely garden shots Marvel (thanks to AL also). Happy Birthday Josie and enjoy the grandkiddo.

    I though of Tom L when I picked up How to Teach Relativity to Your Dog, which I’ll start later today. I maybe should have started with How to Teach Physics to Your Dog, but that will be next.

  129. 129.

    Oregon Rose

    October 4, 2015 at 12:30 pm

    @WereBear: No doubt you already know the first rule of plant care – water only when the soil is dry! Begonias hate being over-watered. Also, even in an office, watch for aphids.

  130. 130.

    Debbie

    October 4, 2015 at 12:30 pm

    @Kay:

    I haz a sad at Kasich’s slippage.

    It’s just as well, he’d never be able to keep his mouth in check through November 2016.

  131. 131.

    Cervantes

    October 4, 2015 at 12:34 pm

    @Baud:

    Baud 2016: A [noun] in every pot and [another noun] in every garage!

    Well, it did OK for Hoover in ’28.

    If not thereafter.

  132. 132.

    SiubhanDuinne

    October 4, 2015 at 12:39 pm

    @Josie:

    Well, I know long solitary drives aren’t for everyone, but if my road trips encourage you to just get in the car and go see your granddaughter (or simply take off and explore and allow yourself some getting-lost time), then I’m glad to be a good influence.

    I don’t think anyone has ever accused me of being a “good influence” before now. You see, there are still surprises every day!

  133. 133.

    Cervantes

    October 4, 2015 at 12:41 pm

    @a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q):

    Dogs are pretty good at physics ab utero.

    (Well, Newtonian mechanics, anyway.)

  134. 134.

    satby

    October 4, 2015 at 1:30 pm

    @Riley’s Enabler: Thanks! Yes, getting ready to repost the cranberry from last Christmas and added a strong coffee one since it was a huge hit at the farmer’s market. Going to do a non-soy oil green tea and maybe a chocolate mint for Christmas as well. I’m hoping Mazedancer got her non-soy soap and lets me know how she likes it.

  135. 135.

    satby

    October 4, 2015 at 1:31 pm

    @BR: I think that she showed up and was a good sport about being ribbed makes it funny.

  136. 136.

    satby

    October 4, 2015 at 1:34 pm

    @WereBear: Me too! The sugar maples are coming through for us, some of the other trees look not so good. I can never remember if color is better in normal, rainy or drought years. It’s not looking promising here, but then they have nothing to compare it to so it’s amazing to them.

  137. 137.

    satby

    October 4, 2015 at 1:36 pm

    @newdealfarmgrrrlll: Glad that new hip is helping! you had quite the impressive Sunday morning garden chat pictures a while back, so looking forward to you feeling better!

  138. 138.

    SWMBO

    October 4, 2015 at 1:40 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne: That sounds more like John Cole.

  139. 139.

    satby

    October 4, 2015 at 1:43 pm

    @Esme’s Mom: @schrodinger’s cat: @debbie: @Josie: Thanks all! (hope this reply works!)

  140. 140.

    Tenar Darell

    October 4, 2015 at 1:54 pm

    @satby: Wait, I could smell like coffee all day long?! Awesome!

  141. 141.

    newdealfarmgrrrlll

    October 4, 2015 at 2:03 pm

    @satby: Thanks! One of many wonderful things about all the prairie natives I’ve planted was that they looked amazing with no input from me this year. The number and variety of pollinators that showed up was astounding, and lured in birds that don’t usually frequent my yard.

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