The frost is coming (at 2 a.m. tomorrow, actually) so yesterday afternoon I picked the rest of the pears on the tree. I already have several in a brown bag ripening on my counter from a week and a half ago. Now I have a drawer full in my fridge and a couple that I've handed out to friends along the way. They are large! What a good crop this year!
While I was picking I saw this weird "thing" growing on some of my pear leaves. I was afraid it was a type of fire blight, but after bringing it to my local nursery, I was reassured it was harmless. It's actually a type of fungus. (Just in time for Halloween.) I was told not to compost the leaves.
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| Mystery fungus. |
After work today I'll make the rounds around the yard in covering up plants that need protection from the frost. While I think my mums
should be OK, I don't want to take any risks with my Global Warming Autumn Moon mums. They are SO big and the flowers are just about to open! I also picked the last of the tomatoes (lots of green ones) so I'll try to start emptying my planters today, too.
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| Global Warming mum, Autumn Moon. One of the first flowers to open. |
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See how large it is!
There's another to match it to the left (not shown). |
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