Season Changing Signs

[Gardeneer]

After leaving WA state, I am now in Southwest NC. A world apart from PNW.
In early October it still feels like summer down here. But it is not hot. It is more like August in the PNW .
Obviously, being a new transplant, I have no garden yet. Come November I will plant some garlic.
When it cools off a bit I will work on making a smallish garden ; maybe 200 sqr-ft.
Exercise time.

[Chapinz8]

For me it's always the call of the Bluejays. It's clear, a little deeper sounding, and travels far. I go down and start pulliing out the longsleves, the jackets, etc. That has always happened.

[JLJ_]

Originally Posted by Gardeneer

After leaving WA state, I am now in Southwest NC. A world apart from PNW.
In early October it still feels like summer down here. But it is not hot. It is more like August in the PNW .
Obviously, being a new transplant, I have no garden yet. Come November I will plant some garlic.
When it cools off a bit I will work on making a smallish garden ; maybe 200 sqr-ft.
Exercise time.

Congratulations on getting successfully relocated! Southwest NC . . . are you in the mountains?

You might want to edit your location that lists with your posts, too, or people are going to be baffled by your gardening experiences in Seattle.

[ContainerTed]

Beginning to see the indicaors around here. The sycamore trees are dropping leaves and the black walnuts are dropping nuts. I always gather up some walnuts to crack and save for making brownies and as garnishes on other things. The sun angle is getting lower and TVA is dropping the level of Norris Lake like they do every fall.

The world has a different "feeling" about it. My rain barrel tanks are now empty and the cocklebur weeds are putting out lots of stickers. The smell of harvest canning can be detected in the late afternoon and early evening wind drift from the neighbors. Corn stalks are stacked and the pumpkins are golden orange. The flocks of migrating Robins are passing thru and hunters dressed in camo colors are in all the sports departments. College football is the topic of the time and baseball playoffs are ongoing. And, unfortunately for this year, hurricanes are churning up the Atlantic and the Caribbean.

Yeah, it's beginning to feel like the Autumn has finally arrived.

[Father'sDaughter]

The solar powered hula girl that sits on the window sill over my kitchen sink is dancing up a storm. That means the sun is moving into it's lower winter position up in these parts.

In the summer when it's higher in the sky, it only hits the little solar panel enough for an occasional twitch of her hips.

[Worth1]

Speaking of black walnuts when I lived in Austin my neighbor had a tree.
A car came by and the tire hit a nut just right and it fired the nut right between his eyes.

Worth

[greenthumbomaha]

Put my potted plants that I plan to overwinter in my trunk bed in the garage ... just in case.

Sitting on the sofa as I type in sweatpants and under a blanket and my nose is cold and toes are frozen. Yesterday I was in a light pink tee shirt and shorts.

I'm too cold/lazy to get up and plug in the ceramic heater. One more night of 40 degree weather and then its back to 75/55 next week. Frost advisory is just to our west. Season end is becoming a reality.

- Lisa

[Gardeneer]

Originally Posted by JLJ_

Congratulations on getting successfully relocated! Southwest NC . . . are you in the mountains?

You might want to edit your location that lists with your posts, too, or people are going to be baffled by your gardening experiences in Seattle.

Thank JLJ
No mountains in this part of NC. It is flat as far as can be seen in any direction.
Now I have new challenges : Hot weather and sandy soil , about 93% sand.

[Desert Jonathan]

Max, I have found that ant's DO NOT like fresh used coffee grounds. When I've found them farming my tomato plants I put a nice three or four inch circle of grounds around the base of my plants and within one day the ant's are gone.

-Jonathan.

[JLJ_]

Originally Posted by Gardeneer

Thank JLJ
No mountains in this part of NC. It is flat as far as can be seen in any direction.
Now I have new challenges : Hot weather and sandy soil , about 93% sand.

Mountains must be north of you? I have a sentimental attachment to the region where western NC bumps into what is now eastern Tennessee -- one of my ancestral lines was there in the early days, before anyone but their neighborhood had declared independence from Britain, though folks there were mostly occupied with vigorous -- and sometimes humorous -- local disputes about whether to be part of NC or to be an independent entity/state . . . and with interactions with the Cherokee, with whom they usually got along, but not always . . . about the same as any other 'tribe' in the area.

On the sand issue, if you haven't done so already, you might want to look at the catalog on Sand Hill Preservation's website. I believe Glenn said that when he moved from the northwest mountains to Iowa he was delighted to find a place where he could dig and dig without hitting rocks, but came to realize that there were other problems with growing in sand and developed several mixes to grow in sequence, then till under, that turned the sand into a much improved growing medium.

I believe what he found most useful is at the link below, under 'soil builder mix' -- three mixes to use in series through a season -- and under that he also lists a 'soil cleanup mix' -- might be worth taking a look at, anyway, if you haven't already done so.

http://www.sandhillpreservation.com/...specialty.html

[cjp1953]

Leaves are turning here in NE Ohio and the nights are getting cooler.We could have a frost at the end of the month.I don't hold out hope that we'll have a mild winter like this past one.Only had to use the snowblower twice.Had to put off my knee replacement surgery this past Wednesday to Nov.18th due to some dental problems that I had taken care of this past Monday.Any snow and I will have my sons-in-law use the snowblower for me. Not a fan of winter now that I'm getting older.

[AlittleSalt]

I was looking up when to plant Elbon cereal rye. It says to plant it in late fall for my area. So I need to figure out which week in November when it starts with highs around 90F at the beginning of the week and ice at the end of the week. It sounds like a joke, but it is very real here.

[Worth1]

The other night I went outside to get on my motorcycle to go to the store.
Back in the house I went and put on my heavy leather coat as a blast of cool air came in.
Even now it is cooler outside than it is in the house.

I need to start the truck I haven't drove it in awhile.
Fantastic weather this year so far.

Worth

[Father'sDaughter]

Just received a weather alert with our first frost warning from 2 to 9 a.m. tomorrow. I guess I'm spending my afternoon stripping out a lot of the garden.