They're turning off the secondary water tomorrow so I'm giving my garden one last drink. It might freeze later this week so I'll have to pick whatever tomatoes are starting to ripen in a few days.

I wonder if fall leaf color was a consideration in developing popular cv’s - or if it varies geographically? p sure this is ‘Cherokee Chief’

Plant of the day #potd 🌱 is New England asters which are wonderful in late fall as all other flowering plants senesce

Neither did I! And the flower is so tiny it could be easily missed. Plus, this time of the 🥶 year seems all wrong for flowering

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Google on Monday signed a deal to get electricity from small nuclear reactors to help power artificial intelligence. https://u.afp.com/5DFk

Anthopterus schultzeae from Ecuador and Peru flowering in my collection today. Judging by the “ae” ending, this is presumably named after the intrepid Hertha Schultze-Rhonhoff who together with her husband collected plants in Ecuador 1935-39. 🌱🌴

After a week of unseasonably warm days and not-so-cool nights, color emerges slowly. 🍁🌱

What’s flowering at The Fuchsietum? Fuchsia 'Cambridge Louie'. A single hardy upright from C.W. Napthen in the UK in 1978.

Native Seed Mix So Far https://www.allforgardening.com/1072707/native-seed-mix-so-far/ This was my first time harvesting seeds from my native flower garden at our campsite. Most of my asters and goldenrods are done flowering but the seeds aren’t ready yet, so hopefully I’ll have some of those …

Native Seed Mix So Far

This was my first time harvesting seeds from my native flower garden at our campsite. Most of my asters and goldenrods are done flowering but the seeds aren’t ready yet, so hopefully I’ll have some of those to add in before we close up for the season. But I think this is a good mix so far! Going to try to make a more chaotic patch at home than these grow in at camp, and see what happens. And I also want to gift some to friends (we all live in the same region these plants are native to). I