Hard freeze last night Oct. 16th) now time to clean up the gardens to get ready for the next season. Full moon on the 17th. Comet in the sky. What fun is our skies!!!!

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Good morning…frosty morning as we had that killing frost at 26 degrees.  BUT I was wondering how much of your garden was green with the dry fall we have had.  IT is time for this season to come to an end and get ready for the season of rest in the garden.  It doesn’t mean our work is done in the garden.  Now the cleanup, putting away garden stuff, hoses, sprinklers. Cleaning up garden tools and getting the garden ready for next season. 

For me, I need to clean up another rack of plants.  Most of them are lily plants, so will dig up the bulbs and put them into brown paper sacks.  I have tried to leave them in the pots or have dug up and just put them in containers.  Either way not that successful.  Here we go, work to do with the gardening.   When I heard, it was going to get cold, I wondered when we would have that full moon, looks like this week on Thursday so close to this killing frost that we had.   Here is some information about the full moon this month.  Stay safe all of you. 
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The full Moon on Thursday, October 17, 2024, is known by its nickname, the Hunter’s Moon—it appears low and large on the horizon. This year, it’s also the biggest and brightest Supermoon—so that should be quite a sight! The Hunter’s Moon will reach peak illumination at 7:26 A.M. Eastern Time on Thursday, October 17, 2024. It will be below the horizon, so wait until sunset to watch it rise and take its place in the sky.
Like September’s Harvest Moon, the Hunter’s Moon rises around the same time for several nights, bringing early light to aid harvesting and hunting.
October’s full Hunter Moon orbits closer to Earth than any of the other full Moons this year, making it one of the four supermoons of 2024! At its nearest point, the Hunter’s Moon will be 222,055 miles (357,363 kilometers) from Earth… this is the closest Supermoon of the year! 
“Supermoon” is a catchy term for what astronomers’ call “a perigean full Moon,” which is when the full Moon happens at or near its closest point to Earth in its oval-shaped orbit. While a supermoon is technically bigger and brighter than a regular full Moon, it only appears about 7% larger—which can be an imperceptible difference to the human eye, depending on other conditions.
As the Moon drifts over the horizon around sunset, it may appear larger and more orange—how perfect for the fall season! But don’t be fooled by the “Moon Illusion,” which makes the Moon appear bigger than it is.
For decades, the Almanac has referenced the monthly full Moons with names tied to early Native American, Colonial American, and European folklore. Traditionally, each full Moon name was applied to the entire lunar month in which it occurred and through all of the Moon’s phases—not only the full Moon.
The Harvest Moon and the Hunter’s Moon are unique in that they are not directly related to this folklore or restricted to a single month. Instead, they are tied to an astronomical event: the autumnal equinox!
The Harvest Moon is the full Moon that occurs nearest to the autumnal equinox date (September 22, 2024). This means that either September or October’s full Moon may take on the name “Harvest Moon” instead of its traditional name. Similarly, the Hunter’s Moon is the first full Moon to follow the Harvest Moon, meaning it can occur in either October or November.
This year, the Harvest Moon occurred on September 17, so the Hunter’s Moon will follow it one lunar cycle later, on October 17.
Why Is It Called the Hunter’s Moon?
This particular full Moon is commonly referred to as the full Hunter’s Moon. It is so-named because it was considered a signal for hunters to begin hunting in preparation for the upcoming cold winter. At this time, game animals were also fattening up to ready themselves for the winter season. Moreover, since fields had recently been cleared out under the Harvest Moon, hunters could easily spot deer and other animals that had come out to search for remaining scraps. Additionally, foxes and wolves would also come out to prey on these animals.
The earliest use of the term “Hunter’s Moon,” cited in the Oxford English Dictionary, is from 1710. Some sources suggest that other names for the Hunter’s Moon are the Sanguine or Blood Moon, either associated with the blood from hunting or the color of the changing autumn leaves.
Taken from https://www.almanac.com/content/full-moon-october
Till next time, this is Becky Litterer, Becky’s Greenhouse, Dougherty Iowa [email protected]  641-794-3337  cell 641-903-9365 [email protected]