Another one to definitely harvest is basil if you’ve got it. Most other herbs will be fine with a little frost though.
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Oh yeah, even think a cold thought at basil and it gives up. 
Chives and mint will also survive a freeze just fine, in addition to parsley.
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I’m so sad to have pulled up all of the tomato plants! Good night garden you were fun for this first year.
Anyone have good green tomato recipes? We have like 50# of them lol
I’m currently making smoked salsa and we will see if it turns out.
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Green tomatoes are good in stir fry, and they freeze well.
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I made green tomato chutney and it was fantastic.
But also, wrap them in newspaper and set on a tray in the garage and see how many of them ripen.
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has anyone in northern areas (I’m outside Vancouver BC, zone 8b i think?) tried starting scabiosa in fall? The only mention of it is on British gardening sites, everything for North America says it can only be planted in fall for southern areas. I would over winter them in the hoop house/greenhouse, which isn’t heated.
I guess there is no harm in trying, since I have seed from this year’s plants!
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Zone 8b is a southern zone here in the US, so it seems like it could work ok! I’m here in the much colder zone 5b/6a so no direct experience!
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whoa wild, I’ve never really looked into it but we have the same zone as northern Texas?!? I’m going to give it a go!
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How’d you get this picture of mr krmit??
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Dahlias are stored for the winter. All fingers crossed that they survive the winter! My mom moved so I lost the good spot I had for storage so I have them in our warehouse at work and will just watch the temperature. I think it will be fine.
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@madgeylou did you say that Johnnys sometimes has free shipping? I was going to order one pack of seeds and the shipping is $8.50! Maybe it’s only ever on large orders? (They’ve listed the new 2026 seeds now)
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they just had it like a month ago! not sure when it will happen again, though.
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fwiw i put a bunch of stuff in my johnny’s cart and left — and now they sent me a coupon code for $10 a $50 order. that would just about cover shipping, i think
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But I don’t want $50 of stuff! Ugh. Shipping costs are why I always buy more than I intend to. I will end up getting like 3-4 things soon so that I can justify the shipping. 
Are you getting the new Linen Zinnias? 
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yes! i’m gonna pick up some lisianthus seeds too, though i also just bought like 100 plugs from farmer bailey’s garden club lmao. i mostly just want to try the lisi seeds out. the nice thing about ordering from farmer bailey is that i can get a bunch of different varieties and i’m stoked about that.
there are some cute looking new snaps and pansies at johnny’s too! i have a cart full of stuff obviously just haven’t pulled the trigger yet.
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I just recently bought a bunch of seeds so I don’t need much. I have 4 things in my cart and it’s the same $8.50 shipping as for 1. 
Oh no I didn’t need to know that a new zinnia just dropped 
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The pictures are beautiful!
ETA I just looked and it’s out of stock. I ordered at lunchtime because I saw the large size packs were sold out already and I didn’t want to miss out on them. Maybe they’ll have more before spring?
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