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"The word Halloween is first attested in the 16th century and represents a Scottish variant of the fuller All-Hallows-Even ("evening"), or All-Hallows-Eve, that is, the night before All Hallows Day. Up through the early 20th century, the spelling "Hallowe'en" was frequently used, eliding the "v"...

Feel free to show your Autumn peeks here as well... I went for a Thanksgiving bikeride yesterday afternoon and took some shots around my neighborhood of some our trees that have turned color. We are called the "Forest City" because we have more trees than you can imagine! Here's some...

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Hello Pumpkin Pals: This thread will be a spooky Halloween story where you contribute 5-15 words at a time. Please keep it making sense, and not so silly and perverted like the other two story theads. Edit if you need to. Let's see how scary we can make it - it might turn out kind of cool...

Hello Pepper Pals: This thread will be a chance for members to get to know each other, and answer a series of questions. The person who is answering the questions will then get to pick the next person to put in the spotlight, and so on. You cannot answer the questions unless you are chosen...

Recently, I received a banana plant called Musa Basjoo, and here are pictures of it... Musa Basjoo is notorious for the red vein in the center of the leaves... Sad to report, this plant was stolen from me, when I put it outside. The good news though, I have now replaced it and I...

Recently, someone anonymously mailed me some mystery seeds that were not labelled. The seeds are inside these prickly balls... When you remove the seeds from the pods, here is how they look... After 10 days, they began to sprout. Here is how they look now... The person said they...

Hello Pepper Pals: This thread will be a spot for myself, and others, to post shots of their pets. I will start with my little budgie, which some of you already know... This is Henry with his little plastic friend , "Tee Tee". Actually, he thinks it's his baby, and he feeds it pieces of...

This will be a spot to tell some really good, dumb jokes. I will begin the thread with the first joke... Q: Did you hear about the dyslexic insomniac athiest? A: He stayed up all night, wondering if there really was a Dog!!! : O

This will be a story, where you can only contribute 3 words at a time - much like the "two word turd" thread. No double posting, and make sure your three words make sense and flow, with the previous three. If 2 people post at the same time, you have to edit your words, so the story will...

Hello, Pepper Pals: This plant was supposed to be Purple Cayenne, but turned out to be something else entirely. I have no idea what it is! : O The fruits start out dark green, then get tinged with a black/purple hue, finally ripening to red. The blossoms are white with purple/violet...

Hello Pepper Pals: Someone was kind enough to mail me some pink oyster mushroom mycellium recently, and told me I could grow them in a jar with nothing but coffee grounds and filters!!! : O Here are shots of my pink oyster mushroom mycelium, and how I was instructed to begin this whole...

Hi Pepper Pals: Here's some pics of some of my mostly seed grown indoor and outdoor plants: Yellow Foxglove... Red geranium with 'string of pearl' cuttings, 'white swan' echinacea coneflower, 'tiger eye gold' rudbeckia, 'caerulea' passion flower vine, mixed pot of hot peppers, musa basjoo...

Hello Pepper Pals: I am brand new here, and I am an absolute capsicum fanatic! : O Here are pictures of some of the hot peppers I am growing this season - indoors and out... : ) : )