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♪ ♪ ♪ Amanda> Well, welcome, this is a spooky version of Making It Grow .

We're happy that you can be with us tonight.

Boo!

Anyway, I'm Amanda McNulty, I'm a Clemson Extension Agent, and it's great fun to get to come over here with my co-host Terasa Lott.

Woo, hoo, hoot, hoot.

(mimicking owl sounds) (laughing) And of course, Terasa, you're the... in normal life, You're the Midlands District Director.

Terasa> That is correct.

But today, as you alluded to with your call, I am a whimsical owl.

So, an artistic take.

Many thanks to my friend Anita, or she goes by the nickname "Pens" for crafting the feathers.

And, I was able to create my mask, so I'm not sure I accurately represent one of the four species that we have here in South Carolina year round that breed.

So those are the: Barred, Barn, Great Horned, and the tiny little Screech owl.

Amanda> Yeah.

And, we used to have, we raised a Screech owl, that we found as a baby.

And, and when we let him go, he flew up into a pine tree and crows hate owls.

And so they, I mean like 50 of them came and flew around him.

And he had to sit there all huddled up until night came, and then he could fly away safely.

<Aww> And there's one owl that you can call by going hoo, hoo, hoo, hoo And that's "who cooks for you."

Terasa> The Barred owl.

"Who cooks for you, who cooks for you-all?"

Yes.

Amanda> Isn't that fun?

Hoo, hoo, hoo, hoo!

Anyway, life is fun, especially on Halloween.

Hannah Mikell, in normal life is out there helping farmers with their row crops.

And, you know, agriculture is the biggest industry in South Carolina.

Hannah> It is, that's correct Amanda.

Yes.

Amanda> So thank you for, thank you for what you do.

Hannah> Thank you.

Amanda> You don't look very row crop-y today.

Hannah> I don't.

Today, I'm actually a Rockford Peach.

See, my peach?

I have, my baseball glove and a peach.

Has anybody ever seen the movie League Of Their Own ?

Terasa> Indeed.

Great movie.

Hannah> Yeah, yeah.

Amanda> I don't know anything about it, so tell me about it.

Hannah> So back in the day when a lot of our men went to World War II, we had to step up and have some baseball players, right?

So who better to do that, than women.

They went to work in our factories and industrial mechanization and what not.

So they also played baseball.

Now, they didn't use any peaches, but the Rockford Peaches, was in the movie, and they actually... was a really, really great movie, if you ever have time to watch it.

But, I'm one of the characters, Dottie.

Amanda> Okay.

Now where, where was their home base?

Hannah> This team actually took place in Illinois.

Amanda> Okay.

Oh, so there were many?

Hannah> Yeah, there were several.

Yeah.

Carmen> A whole league.

Amanda> Come on.

Dagnabbit.

That's really fun.

<Yeah> Okay, well, thank you for telling me about history.

Hannah> Your welcome.

Amanda> I'm so glad.

Okay.

And Carmen Ketron, you're the Horticulture Agent for Darlington and Florence.

But, today, I'm not sure we want you here or not.

<No> We're trying to hope, that you don't, don't come here.

Carmen> Exactly.

Today, I'm going as the invasive spotted lanternfly.

Straight from Pennsylvania or P-A, as I've learned that they like to call it up there.

Amanda> Do they?

Okay.

Carmen> Yeah.

Amanda> And, so do we have noninvasive lanternflies?

I mean, do we have any native lanternflies?

Or we just don't know?

Carmen> Oh, I'm not sure.

What we're mostly concerned with, is identifying and making sure that these guys don't, well, they're going to come down to South Carolina, but making sure that they don't affect too much of our crops.

They're very, problematic for a lot of our agricultural crops, including, peaches, muscadine grapes, apples, things like that.

Amanda> So do they... And do they, inject a, a bad tasting, fluid into them or what exactly does the harm come from?

Carmen> Well, they're one of those sucker insects.

So what they can actually do (sucking noise) is suck a lot of the juices and cause a lot of damage and sometimes death to the plants.

But on our ornamentals, which you know, is what I specialize in, a lot of the times, all of their honeydew that they excrete from sucking those juices- Amanda> -which because they can't take all the sugar out, so what they excrete still has a good, good bit of sugar in it.

Carmen> I'm told it's delicious, by the other bugs.

They will end up getting that sooty mold and just coat a lot of your trees, ornamentals, those porches, with a lot mold- Amanda> Nature, hates vacuuming.

So if you've got sooty mold, something's going to go down there and grow on it.

Is that correct?

Carmen> Exactly.

It can be really problematic and it can be really unsightly.

But they're coming and it's really important that we get out there and we're able to identify it.

And if you find one, to come look for it.

Amanda> Now, I think you're going to show us maybe a little later, one that you- Carmen> Oh, I'm gonna teach you how to catch'em.

Amanda> Thank you so very, very, very, very much.

Since it's our special Halloween show, we decided to have some different activities than usual.

And we have some helpers who've helped put all this together.

Brooke Thibodaux.

Who I think, Brooke, I think you live right here in Sumter.

Brooke> Yes, ma'am, I do.

My name is Brooke Thibodaux.

I'm originally from Louisiana, and live here in Sumter.

I'm the owner of "B Marketing", and, I'm happy to be here with you ladies.

And I love your outfits and your creativity, and I'm excited, to have fun today.

I've got some fellow helpers here.

Would you like to introduce yourself?

Maddox> I'm Maddox, and I'm going as Forrest Gump today.

Leslie> I'm Leslie and I'm Pocahontas today Ellie> I'm Ellie and I'm, a witch.

Amanda> Well, thank y'all all for coming to help us.

We sure appreciate it.

And it looks like we're going to have a lot of fun in arts and crafts.

Thanks.

Okay, Well Teresa, do we have "Gardens Of The Week" did people send in spooky ones, or are they just a mismatch?

Terasa> Not so spooky.

Maybe a little bit of a fall theme.

<Yes> Let's see what we have.

This is your time to shine.

It's when you get to show off what you're doing in your yard or garden.

Or perhaps you've captured one of South Carolina's many beautiful places.

Today, we begin with Louise Cromer, who shared a landscaped area complete with a bird bath and garden art.

From Annette Barrett, we have a climbing rose that was a gift from her brother many years ago.

I love it when plants have sentimental value.

From Eddie Rivers, we have cardinal flower, Lobelia cardinalis and turkey tail mushrooms.

That's a fun combination.

I think he said that was next to a beaver pond.

From Rebecca Alford, she took the outdoors and brought it in, created an arrangement from an assortment of flowers and plants in her yard.

And last but not least, Pamela Talbert sent us purple and orange.

So colors we often associate with Halloween.

Thanks to everyone who submitted for "Gardens Of The Week."

Next time you see us, make a call for "Gardens Of The Week" on our Facebook page, don't be shy, post your photos in the comments and you may just see them on air.

Amanda> How bout that?

And if they can also look up on our Facebook page, I think and see lots of things there too.

<That's right> Okay, well Hannah, I've already got paint all over my fingernails and this is all your fault.

Hannah> I know, (laughter) it looks good on you and I like... maybe not a brown nose, an orange nose.

Amanda> Oh, well, let me get the orange.

Anyway, so tell me, how did we come up with all of these wonderful things to have fun with?

Hannah> Yeah.

So, you know, in preparation for the show, I always go out to the field and gather up stuff.

<Yeah> And, on this weekend, we were headed up to Travelers Rest to go camping in a covered wagon.

Amanda> No?

Hannah> I know, right?

I know, so, we passed a gourd farm.

It's, Let me see if I can get it right.

It's Ghost Creek Gourd farm.

Hannah> Yeah.

Amanda> Yeah, yeah.

Dickie and Linda, they actually were on the show, like, probably 20 something years ago.

But they donated a bunch of gourds for us to practice with, and I thought, well, let's call up some 4H-ers and some friends and, and see if we couldn't get a lot of gourd painting going on.

And, you know, something just to get us festive.

And in that Halloween, maybe fall spirit.

Actually, the gourds we have were produced in 2023.

Amanda> Whoa.

Hannah> Yeah, right?

And the horticulturist might know more about this than I do, but when they're vining out in the field, <yeah> they wait for the stem to turn brown and really the vines to die.

And so they, they really like for them to start drying down in the field.

Amanda> In the field.

Hannah> And once they really become dry and kind of hard and callused, then they take them in a giant washtub like something that you, water cattle out of, and they have a sprinkler system.

And then just... (spraying sounds) and they bob up and down like, like literal apples.

Like that gourd apple there.

Amanda> That's fun.

Hannah> And it washes all of the, like the junk off.

Amanda> Sure, yeah.

Okay.

Well thanks, so much to them.

Hannah> Yeah... very sweet of them.

Amanda> Give them a special shout out.

Yay, yay, yay.

Ghost Creek Gourd farm.

Okay.

Well let's see what our wonderful helpers have done.

Brooke> We've been busy painting away with our artists here, and I want to, let them introduce themselves and tell us what you are.

>> I'm a Golden nugget Brooke> Golden nugget.

Brooke> What are you?

>> A Tinker Bell Brooke> We got Tinker Bell.

And what is your costume?

>> I'm a chef, and I bake and I cook different meals.

Brooke> Ooo, yummy.

That sounds delicious.

So we got some stickers and eyes, and we're just having a lot of fun painting away.

Amanda> It looks good already.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Okay, so we get to start on ours.

And at first I had some markers but they were too slow.

So sweetly, Hannah went over and got me some paint because I'm known for being the messiest person in the world.

So I'm going to have, and if you want some paint too.

You want a purple... you want an orange... Hannah> These are the ticket, Amanda.

I'm telling you what.

These paint markers- Amanda> They're slow.

Hannah> But you might have gotten the slow- Carmen> Try these- Amanda> No, I'm having way too much fun...

If there's a mess to be made, I want to be involved with it.

Hannah> That's right.

If you're not getting messy, it's not worth the, the fun, trying I guess.

Carmen> And I love them because they're pre painted.

What did you paint them with to start, or are they all white naturally.

Hannah> I think they're like a green.

Oh, I did paint them.

No they're not white naturally, I primed them.

<Oh> So as a, as a mom of three and, kind of a home remodeler- Amanda> -you've got plenty of stuff sitting around.

Hannah> I've got plenty of stuff.

Yeah, actually, our little golden nugget over there was made from, his hat, was made from filler, like, fill cracks and stuff outside.

Amanda> Come on.

Hannah> Yeah.

Things to keep the invasive Asian ladybugs from coming in- Carmen> Yes.

Hannah> To keep those pesky things out.

So we, we just, we made a tinfoil hat.

Amanda> Really?

Hannah> We did the foam.

Yeah, he's a golden nugget.

He's my little golden nugget.

Oh, he's a good sport though.

Amanda> I should say so.

Okay, well, I like the way mine looks <gorgeous> Hannah> It's really pretty, yeah Carmen> I love the fall colors.

Amanda> This was so much fun.

And I get to sit here and watch y'all because y'all have, y'all are taking the slower- (laughing) -more artistic route.

Who are those famous artists who would throw paint around, Jackson Pollock and all those?

Hannah> As long as you still have your ear.

Who who lost the ear?

Carmen> Picasso.

Hannah> Picasso.

Amanda> Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Hannah> I'm glad you still got your ears.

Carmen> No, Van Gogh.

Hannah> Van Gogh.

You have an orange nose too.

Terasa- Carmen> She got a little crazy.

She said we're moving on from pumpkins, to people.

Hannah> I know.

Amanda> So what kind of paint was this that you went and got me some of?

Hannah> You mixed it.

It was just colored paint.

Amanda> Colored paint?

Hannah> Yeah, just different acrylic paint.

Amanda> Sure is fun.

Hannah> Thankfully, it's not... Yeah, yeah.

Amanda> Yeah, a lot of fun.

Hannah> I really love these gourds.

They had, they had a whole warehouse full of gourds.

Yes, there's like the little jewelry gourds.

Amanda> Oh, okay.

Hannah> You had the apple.

I think this is our traditional birdhouse gourd.

Amanda> Oh, of course yeah.

Hannah> Oh, Terasa is doing a cute one.

Carmen> How adorable.

Amanda> Aww, that's sweet.<Yeah> Terasa> There's supposed to be remnant, reminiscent of hibiscus flowers.

So very tropical-feel.

I like the, the nose.

Carmen> You love that?

Terasa> Yeah.

Carmen> So how long are these going to last?

Can I keep them outside, what are we doing?

Hannah> You can.

They'll last.

As long as you can kind of keep, taking care of them.

You don't want them to get cracked and, and knocked around.

Amanda> So you shouldn't have it out in the rain.

You could just- Hannah> I mean, you could if you would like, you need to put a shellac over it, some type of clear paint.

<Yeah, yeah> Amanda> And those actually sometimes get made into birdhouses.

Hannah> Oh, yeah.

Yeah.

She had beautiful stuff.

She had some that was carved and they would like take and put a light in the bottom and poke holes in it, like with the Dremel tool.

That was too much for us today.

Terasa> Almost like a luminary effect- That would be neat.

Amanda> Isn't that exciting.

Hannah> Wouldn't that be cool for your, Thanksgiving table?

Amanda> And where are they?

Up, near Laurens.

Hannah> They're in Laurens.

Yeah.

They go to all kinds of shows.

It was really fun.

<Oh> The kids got out and did... they asked them about all the different types, but they had one that they grow on trellises.

And so the weight of the bottom of the gourd makes this, the neck of it, I guess, is what you call it, elongate.

And it was almost six foot tall.

Amanda> Oh, it was not.

Hannah> Yes.

Amanda> Come on, that's- Hannah> My kids can tell us probably more about it, but they won, I think it was first place at the Ohio State Fair.

Amanda> Taller than you and I are- Carmen> Oh, yeah.

Most definitely.

Amanda> Won first state.

Hannah> Yeah.

Amanda> So they really take this seriously.

Hannah> They go to gourd shows.

They had a whole trailer pack down full of gourds.

And she gave me like the little cards of where their shows are.

Yeah, Laurens County is where it's at apparently for the gourds.

Amanda> So I guess you should call if you were going to go up there, because they might be in- <You can> -Timbuktu.

Hannah> They have seven acres of gourds.

Amanda> Seven acres, no?

Hannah> right off of 26.

Terasa> Oh my "gourd!"

(laughter) Amanda> So gourd shows, that'd be fun to go and see what people do.

Hannah> And they were "gourd-geous."

Terasa> Good one, Hannah.

(laughter) Terasa> And I bet a lot of people don't know that Luffa... That's a gourd.

The Luffa gourd.

Amanda> Oh yeah.

The one that you can wash all this stuff off your hands with.

Terasa> Exactly- Carmen> That's one you peel.

(laughter) The actual Luffa part is on the inside.

Yeah.

We love that.

But it's also very good eating raw to, <Eat raw?> Don't dry it.

You can eat the Luffa raw.

It is delicious- Amanda> -peel it and eat the inside, like with a spoon.

Carmen> Yeah.

It has kind of, a cucumber-y yam texture to it.

Amanda> That sounds kind of pleasant.

Carmen> It is lovely and it's a really good vehicle for any of your flavors.

<Oh> So it'll soak up a lot of the stuff, and still be really good- Amanda> So I guess if your on one of those peculiar diets, you could put spaghetti on it.

Carmen> Oh yeah.

Hannah> -spaghetti squash recipe Amanda> Well that's, there are those too, you know- Carmen> You can do all sorts of stuff like that.

Amanda> We used to have the spaghetti squash from the store and I really liked them.

I like the texture, I thought it was fun.

I haven't seen one I'll have to go to a big fancy store in Columbia, get myself a spaghetti squash.

Carmen> We love the cucurbitaceae.

Amanda> Yeah.

Don't we though?

Hannah> I did ask them about fungicide, you know, Cucurbits or the vinings.

I don't know, Carmen> you got it, <yeah> Hannah> Am I right?

Carmen> Yep.

Hannah> You know, I work with, like, corn and cotton and stuff.

Those that have to be sprayed a lot with fungicide.

So, like Downy mildew, powdery mildew.

There's squash stem borer.

Amanda> Let's not talk about the problems with squash.

Hannah> These are perfect.

It's a great quality.

Amanda> So Brook, tell us what your kids are doing.

Brooke> Yes, ma'am.

I have some more artists here painting some more pumpkins or gourds.

Excuse me.

And tell us a little more about your costume.

>> Elastigirl Brooke> Elastigirl.

And are you a superhero too?

>> I'm a... like...

I can be everything.

Brooke> You can be everything.

Well, that is a superpower in itself.

And tell us about a your outfit.

>> I'm a party pumpkin.

Brooke> A party pumpkin.

Well, we are definitely having a party out here, so.

And we still got Forrest Gump.

Our helper, Forrest Gump over here.

Amanda> Terasa you introduced us to that wonderful little place, "Growing Hobby."

Y'all have a lot of cool places at the, Pee Dee Farmer's market, don't you?

Terasa> We sure do.

Amanda> And, one of the people there brought me her, place where you look her up is @Sparklekinart But, look at this.

Oh, I had it on backwards.

It'd be nice if I put it on frontwards because the bones are supposed to come down in front.

(laughter) We have butterfly.

It's a good thing- Carmen> I love that.

Amanda> -So that led to me bringing in a lot of my bone collection and, this is, <Ooo> So this is the one that Edward always wears.

That's a cow pelvis.

Hannah> Yeah.

Amanda> Yeah, yeah.

And, but then I have, this is my favorite thing in the world.

So this is my beaver skull, and I had to put a little scotch tape on it.

Y'all beavers are, their teeth are fascinating, they never stop growing.

Hannah> They're a rodent.

Doing their rodent... Amanda> Anyway, the front of their tooth is, yellow or orange.

Okay.

The back is pure white and the front is like this, like it's the hardest enamel in the world.

And the back is real soft.

Let me poke you with this.

Carmen> Yeah poke me.

Ah.

Hannah> Oh, it's soft.

Amanda> Yeah, because it's got to stay sharp to cut a tree down.

Hannah> Oh.

Amanda> Now...

Isn't evolution just the most fascinating thing in the world.

Hannah> It's very, very interesting.

Amanda> I just thought that was something.

So this is one of my prized possessions, and, but his tooth has decided to be loose.

I'm gonna let it sit there, Or I could just, put it... some kind of.

(mumbling) Hannah> Oh, my gosh.

(laughter) Terasa> Only you Amanda.

Only you.

Amanda> Yeah.

(laughing) Well, I guess I'll, save myself a dentist bill and just pull it out myself.

Anyway, y'all all know our wonderful friend, Katie Collins and her sister Bridget, who for years have been coming for Halloween.

And they came back.

Oh, it was so glad to see them again.

And they did a wonderful, wonderful Halloween craft.

You're gonna enjoy this.

Amanda> Well, it's Halloween time of year, and so our favorite thing to do is have some of our favorite people come and be with us.

I'm a pollinator garden, although I don't know that things come in roses, but anyway.

Katie> Beautiful.

Amanda> Yeah.

But, Katie Collins, you're a water resources agent, but, you look a little scary today.

Katie> Yeah, not my usual outfit.

Today I'm Maleficent, and I drug along Sleeping Beauty.

We woke her up just for this and brought her along.

This is my sister, Bridget Altman.

But today she's Sleeping Beauty, Aurora.

(laughing) Amanda> And I must say, it was quite a transformation when you came out.

Katie> -with the blond wig.

(laughing) (laughing) Katie> I'm not used to Bridget being a blond.

Amanda> No you're not.

(laughing) But y'all have so much fun.

I think you just love holidays, both of you do.

Katie> We do.

Yeah, but especially Halloween.

Amanda> Any excuse.

And so are y'all gonna show us some kind of fun Halloween things we can make at home?

Katie> Yeah, we've brought along some ingredients for some healthy Halloween snacks.

So much candy, we thought we'd bring some fruits and veggies too.

Amanda> Yeah, so this isn't stuff that you could hand out, but if you were having a party.

Katie> Exactly.

Amanda> It should be great fun.

Katie> Yeah, we had a party with some of Bridget's friends just a few years ago, and we made a couple of these things there.

Amanda> Yeah, yeah.

We sure did.

Katie> We enjoyed them.

Amanda> And so, I think we've got a sample of them up here.

You want to kind of tell us what we're going to be doing?

Katie> Yeah.

So we have the easiest one is just a peeled, a little clementine or cutie orange with a little sliver of green apple in the top Amanda> Green Apple.

I was wondering what that was.

to make it look like a pumpkin.

Katie> Some people use celery, but I thought green apple tastes a little bit better.

Amanda> And the season of the year.

Katie> Yeah.

Yeah, exactly.

And then we've made a funky little mouth out of a couple apple slices and some yogurt covered raisins.

Amanda> Yeah.

Katie> He might need to go to the dentist.

Amanda> I was going to say.

(laughing) But, you know, these days, people like to do so many strange things.

Katie> You know, you can bedazzle your teeth.

Amanda> Yeah, yeah.

We've got a ghost banana.

That's Bridget's favorite, right?

A banana.

Bridget> Yeah.

Yeah.

Amanda> And so he's got... what all's on him?

Katie> He has got- Bridget> -chocolate chips and a raisin Amanda> Okay.

Katie> And a raisin for a mouth.

Amanda> That's really cute Katie> I like that one.

Bridget> Yeah, yeah.

Katie> And then we've got a spunky little spider.

What's he made out of?

Bridget> Oh!

Crackers, pretzels and peanut butter.

Katie> Ritz crackers with pretzels.

Amanda> -and you know, we were sitting here earlier, and we thought if you wanted to do this again, you might want to get, like, an Oreo or something.

Katie and Bridget> Yeah.

Amanda> Maybe look a little more spider-ish.

<Bridget> Yeah.

Katie> Look more like a brown spider.

Yeah.

We'll call him a brown recluse for today.

Amanda> Okay.

(laughing) I don't know if I want a brown recluse.

Katie> You don't want to eat a brown recluse.

Amanda> He's just a... just a spider.

Katie> We'll just call him a little house spider.

Amanda> Yeah.

There you go.

Okay.

And you even had peanut butter that came out of some kind of squeeze thing.

Katie> Yeah, yeah, some of these crafts, it's a little easier with the squeeze, squeeze tube peanut butter inside of the jar kind, because you can be a little more careful with where you put it.

Amanda> Yeah.

So are we going to get to do some of them?

Katie> We sure are.

Yeah.

We're going to put them together and make our own version.

Amanda> Okay.

Katie> Have ourselves a little Halloween party.

Amanda> This is going to be fun.

I'm so glad y'all came.

Katie> Well, we're glad to be here.

Bridget> Yeah.

Amanda> So you've already got, got us kind of started.

Katie> I've prepped a few things to get us ready to go.

So this could be something fun to do with your kids or grandkids, too.

And you can kind of prep to make it a little easier once they're there.

So on our plate, we're going to make the mouth first.

So we've got two little apple slices.

And I've gone ahead and squeezed some peanut butter on there.

And then in our bowl we have our yogurt covered raisins.

So if...you pick one to be your bottom lip and then you can just start putting your raisins on his teeth.

Amanda> Okay.

Katie> And then we'll take the top and squish it right on top.

Look at our little smiles.

(Amanda laughs) We hold them up like their our smiles.

(giggles) Amanda> And I don't... and we don't need lipstick because it's already red.

Katie> Exactly.

Already red.

And they taste really good.

We were snacking on them last night.

Bridget> Yeah.

We sure was.

Amanda> I bet they do.

Amanda> Yogurt colored, covered raisins.

Katie> Yeah.

There's yogurt in the... Katie> Yeah, it's kind of like a chocolate covered raisin, but it's like a yogurt... Amanda> That's cool.

Katie> ...glaze.

Amanda> And a little more.

I mean, even though it's not pearly white, I don't think we want them brown... Katie> You can use different things.

You can use nuts.

We've used slivered almonds in the past.

So they'd look like fangs.

Amanda> Oh, that be kind of fun, too.

Katie> Yeah.

That'd be fun.

Bridget liked the raisins though.

Bridget> Ahhh... Amanda> So...they're leftovers.

Bridget> It makes them sweet.

(laughing) Yummy and sweet.

Amanda> Okay.

Fun, fun, fun.

Katie> Should we do our banana ghosts now?

Bridget> Yeah.

Katie> What do you think?

Okay.

All right, so now we're going to make our banana ghosts And we need a little bit of peanut butter, butter for that to attach our little raisin mouth.

Amanda> Oh.

Katie> So I'm going to put a tiny bit of peanut butter on each of our little raisins Amanda> Okay.

Katie> So that they will attach.

Amanda> And that's going to stick it on.

Katie> Yes.

And then the chocolate chip eyes, you can kind of just press into the banana.

So you just need anything for that.

<Amanda> Okay.

Katie> So we'll pick where you want your mouth at.

Amanda> I'm going look at the one you did and just kind of get an idea.

Katie> And kind of flatten your raisin out, so it makes a big like, "Oh" mouth like a ghost.

Amanda> Okay.

Katie> And we'll press our two.... Yeah, that's perfect, Bridget.

And you'll put your chocolate chip eyeballs in now?

Bridget> Yep.

Katie> And then we'll just press our little mini chocolate chips in for eyes, and it looks like a ghost saying, "boo hoo hoo hoo".

Bridget> There you go.

Katie> Beautiful.

Amanda> Now, where did you get these little teeny tiny chocolate chips?

Katie> They were kind of hard to find.

Yeah, they're just the miniature chocolate chips.

Amanda> Okay, but they're out there.

Katie> They're at the grocery store.

You just have to look around for the minis.

And if you wanted to do regular size, they would just be big old... Amanda> "Bwahhhh" Katie> Big old eyes.

(laughing) Katie> That one's easy peasy.

Now we've got our little bananas, and they taste good too.

Amanda> Yeah.

This is too much fun.

Katie> Yeah.

All right, let's go on to our next one.

We're going to do little spiders.

I've got pretzels for everybody.

And two Ritz crackers pre- squeezed with peanut butter.

And we've broken some pretzel sticks.

Amanda> And you know I was going to say, I guess if you wanted to- Katie> -you could just do one on all the way around.

Amanda> Yeah.

But yeah.

Or have it be a little longer.

Katie> Yeah.

Amanda> If it was a daddy long legs.

Katie>...a big ol' long spider.

Amanda> Yeah.

Yeah.

Katie> And we've got eight legs each.

Bridget counted them out for us so that we have our correct spider legs.

(laughing) You can kind of splay them out so that they stick out the legs, if you get them too close together, they kind of jumble all together.

Bridget>...like I'm doing here.

Katie> You're doing perfect.

Amanda> You know, I have spiders in my bathtubs a lot in the bathtub.

Katie> Really?

Amanda> Yeah.

Well, yeah.

We got houses, you know, kind of open to the outside.

Katie> Yeah.

Amanda> And I just pick them up and we have a, door in the upstairs bathroom that goes out to the outside.

I just take it out there.

Katie> Yeah.

I like having spiders around.

You know, they catch some of the other bugs and, I don't know, I feel like anything that's a predator kind of is important for the local ecosystem.

They have a big impact on it.

Amanda> Yeah.

Katie> So I tend to catch them in a cup and just put them outside the door.

Amanda> Well, I just, you know... Katie> I'm not quite as brave as you, but (laughing) Amanda> There are a lot of things I'm not brave about.

Katie> I'm not that good at identifying the spiders, so I just play it safe.

Amanda> Gosh.

Bridget> Look at my little spider.

Amanda> These are so much fun.

Katie> These are very safe spiders Katie> that you can just gobble right up.

Amanda> Yeah.

Katie> Oh, cute little legs.

Amanda> That is really, really fun.

Katie> All right, we have one last snack, and this one is very simple.

So it only takes a second to make- Amanda> -if you've already peeled it.

Katie> If you already peeled it.

Amanda> You're trying to find the little bitty bitty bitty, Katie> Yes.

Amanda> oranges or clementines?

Katie> You really could do it with probably any orange.

But these are the little clementines that are really easy to peel.

So that makes it... that makes a little bit more simple.

Amanda> Sometimes you got to kind of pick all that membrane off.

Katie> These come off nice and easy.

And kids love them because they're little and sweet and So this one...pretty simple, We've already peeled it, so we've just got a little sliver of green apple.

We're going to stick in the top like a pumpkin stem.

And that's it.

You can't really even call that a craft.

It's done in two seconds.

Bridget> Yep.

Amanda> Mine has got kind of a hole, so I'm just going to kind of stick him off to the side.

Katie> You can just stick it down in the hole there, Amanda> But it won't show.

Katie> It's too far down.

Amanda> Where's the peanut butter?

Katie> Let's try the other side.

Amanda> Okay.

Katie> Oh that one's pretty big too though.

Amanda> Yeah.

Amanda> Where's the peanut butter?

Katie> Oh!

We need peanut butter.

Amanda> Because that'll help fill up the hole.

Right?

Katie> Yep.

Amanda> Won't that work?

Katie> You're right.

Good idea.

Amanda> More excuses for peanut butter.

Katie> Troubleshooting.

I think Amanda likes peanut butter.

(laughing) Amanda> I love this fancy... Katie> Yes.

See.

There you go.

Perfect fit.

Now you got a little peanut butter with your orange.

Amanda> Yeah.

Katie> These are all nice and healthy to kind of break up all that candy sugar.

Amanda> And so you got, a green apple.

Katie> Yep.

Amanda> Oh.

Which is fun.

And then you use the red apples for the lips Katie> For the lips.

Yep.

And you could do green if you want to have green lips.

Maybe you're dressing as a witch.

Amanda> Oh, yeah... just kind of all kind of... Yeah, but I like the contrast.

I think you get really good contrast that way.

Katie> And that's my favorite one because it tastes very good.

Bridget> Which one?

Amanda> Yeah, Katie> The little mouth.

Bridget> Or apple mouth.

Katie> Which one's your favorite?

Bridget> The banana ghost... and the spider Katie> I kind of knew that.

Bridget loves bananas, almost as much as Amanda loves peanut butter.

(laughing) Amanda> A lot of times I just don't keep it at the house... Katie> Yeah, Amanda>...because it's so tempting to go to the cabinet to get a little spoonful.

Well, you've certainly got me into the spirit.

Thank y'all so much.

Bridget> You're welcome.

Amanda> It's been a long.

Been way too long since y'all been with us.

Katie> I'm glad we came back.

Amanda> Yeah.

Bridget> Yeah.

Amanda> Well, thanks.

Thanks for all the holidays.

And come back and share your creativity with us.

Katie and Bridget> We will.

Amanda> Yeah.

And I think, you know, with your expert guidance, we all did pretty good.

And, I'm going to pick one and taste it, see how it tastes.

Bridget> Yeah.

Katie> Should we each pick our favorite?

Amanda> I'm going to try the spider.

Katie> Okay.

<Amanda> Because he'll be crunchy.

Katie> I'll do the little mouth.

Amanda> Happy Halloween Bridget> Happy Halloween Katie> Happy Halloween.

All> Mmmm!

Katie> It's good.

Amanda> It sure was grand to have Katie and Bridget back with us.

And the things we made were really kind of fun and tasty too.

They were for home, I don't think you could put them in somebody's basket.

But I want to wish Bridget a happy Halloween.

So Bridget have a happy, happy, happy Halloween.

Come back soon.

We were so glad to see you.

Well, this is kind of craft day for us.

And, let's see, you have decided to- Hannah> I did, you know, when we were in the upstate, they have all kinds of agritourism, apple farms.

And so we have got some beautiful stuff here.

And, you know, anything we could do to maybe add back to our communities up there that have been so devastated with trees and whatnot down from the hurricane.

Amanda> Also the apples are just delicious.

<They are> When you go to the store and get apples, who knows?

But I mean, you go up there and you get these fresh, fresh, wonderful apples.

Hannah> Yeah, you can pick from like five, six different variety of trees that they have growing.

You can make applesauce, apple butter.

<Yeah> Yeah.

Amanda> Well, you know, I've been getting apples a lot and then just slicing them up and putting them in the frying pan with just a little bit of, water or butter on the bottom and steaming them, you know, and I mean, they are the best and fastest thing for supper, and you don't have to peel them.

Hannah> No you don't.

Amanda> They really are fun.

Hannah> I saw one where you can, you slice them all like what you're talking about, put them in a big circle and put a bunch of chocolate chips in the middle and then drizzle caramel and chocolate on top.

Terasa> It's like apple nachos, Hannah> I mean... it looked like a sunflower.

But it was, Maddox is shaking his head like... Amanda> Y'all gotta be having that one at home, soon.

(laughter) That really sounds fun.

Terasa> Well, talking about apples, my husband and I just recently visited upstate New York, back to my hometown.

I grew up next to an apple orchard, so it was something we did every fall.

And, this particular orchard has branched out and is, makes apple cider donuts.

So talking about yummy deliciousness, <Yum> coated with, cinnamon and brown sugar.

<Mmm> Nothing like some apple cider and a fresh, warm cider donut.

Amanda> That is really something.

Well, apples are just, I guess we can do anything in the world we want with them can't we.

And "bob" for apples.

Terasa> That's right.

Amanda> Remember "bobbing-" All> Yeah, oh yeah.

Amanda> That's a fun thing to do, too.

You have to kind of just put your face down in the water, but anyway that... You've got kids, all these kids, we'll have to have them come back one day and "bob" for apples, that would be very interesting.

(laughter) Well, you spend a... you have a big, big yard and you have a lot in your yard.

And I think you're always trying to kind of think of things you can do with some of that stuff in the yard.

Carmen> Yeah.

Amanda> -been coming up with?

Carmen> What we have the kids doing now is, little nature walk activities.

And so I brought in some stuff that I do at home, because, you know, we're trying to keep the kid off of the TV, and there's not a whole lot to do out in the country.

So we walk around the yard and we will actually go collect whatever leaves that little Juna thinks are fun.

And, put them on a little bracelet.

Amanda> Oh, so it's- Carmen> Yeah.

scotch tape inside out, kind of Carmen> Exactly sticky side out.

And you can just go walk around and, if you didn't want a bracelet.

Sometimes you can make little frames with it.

Amanda> Oh, that's really sweet.

Carmen> And as the kids get older, some of my nieces and nephews, we'll walk around and we'll try to identify what part of the plant it is, is it a leaf or anything.

And so I brought in a whole bunch of stuff that we could do together now.

And so if you want, do you guys want to do one.

Hannah> Yeah, let's do it.

Carmen> Are you game?

<Yeah> Excellent.

We'll get you guys, some frames.

Our wonderful helpers today.

Amanda> Can you buy thicker, wider than usual Scotch tape.

Carmen> You can buy the thicker, wider.

This one's just layered because, whatever you find in the house.

Amanda> Yeah.

Okay.

Carmen> Oh Yeah, yeah, yeah.

So I've got frames for you.

Amanda> You got the popsicle sticks just at the craft store?

Carmen> Yep.

Just at the craft store.

Popsicle sticks.

But you know, because I wanted to be classy on this show.

Normally I just take a, a branch that I've found that has a little "y" in it.

Amanda> That's fun.

Carmen> I'll just tape the branch and we'll walk around.

So you don't have to even buy it, we're making this is as low key as possible.

Amanda> Okay.

Carmen> But with a lot of it, you can just take your, your leaves, any of your flowers.

Now, we decorated the porch, so we've got a lot of, you know, cultivated.

<Yeah> But we found lots of Solidago right now.

A lot of the fun wild flowers are out, and it's really nice.

You just take a walk, get some steps in.

But, yeah, we just walk around, <Okay> and you can just put your, your leaves and your flowers down- Amanda> And they don't have to stay within the frame?

Carmen> Oh, no.

Make it fun.

And in the back, I know a couple of the kids were making masks, with it.

Amanda> Whoa, that's cool.

Carmen> So you could make the eyes, eyebrows, things like that.

So, yeah.

Amanda> Trust kids to be creative.

<Oh, yeah> Carmen> But it's just nice to get out because, like I said, the weather's perfect right now, and it can be just kind of fun, especially if you're trying to do something in nature that's low cost- Amanda> -and keeps them away from the screen.

Carmen> Or at least just take a break from the screen.

Terasa> It encourages, people to be more observant, right?

To stop, take your time.

What do you see?

Can you find something?

You can do your colors right.

Can you find something pink?

Can you find something red?

Can you find a leaf that feels fuzzy?

Amanda> So you could give them some tips to help them get interested and give them a little direction, couldn't you?

Hannah> I like that.

Carmen> But like you said, it's perfect for sensory learning, and that's kind of the fun thing to do these days is, get out wherever you can, and just find your sensories.

Grounding activities so you can actually touch, smell, listen to the leaves rustle.

A lot of the times, if, I'm feeling a little upset, I'll do a "five to thrive" method, where I'll go out if I'm feeling anxious, and I'll go, okay, I gotta go touch five things that are different.

And then maybe I need to go see, I need to go look for four things and identify four things in nature and then three, three things that maybe I can hear and then, of course, two things maybe that I can smell.

Are we smelling anything new and just breathing in the smells?

And then sometimes I'll do one thing I can taste.

Go, go lick a plant or something.

(laughter) Amanda> Well, and also, it's just surprising, I mean, I've got some friends who takes these wonderful cruises all the time, but if you start walking around the outdoors, it's so incredibly varied, don't you think?

It's just limitless if you stop saying, as you say, like, look for a shape or look for a flower.

Carmen> Yes.

And to Terasa's point as well, you, sometimes a lot of people will have that plant blindness where everything looks green, everything looks the same.

<Oh> Until you actually focus in on, oh, well, this plant is different.

This leaf shape is completely different than the other one.

Amanda> Leaf shapes you could spend the whole- Carmen> Oh, so much fun with it.

Amanda> How are things coming over with our creative artist on your side of the world.

Brooke> We're doing great over here, ladies.

If you want to show them, we're coloring our frames and adding bugs that we would find out in real gardens.

Amanda> Whoa!

Brooke> Show them your artwork.

We got some, true, true artists in here.

Hannah> They're very talented.

Amanda> Yeah, yeah.

Brooke> Yes they are.

Carmen> Have you guys found a favorite flower you like or a favorite leaf?

Brooke> Have y'all found favorite flowers or leaves?

>> I like this pink one right here.

<Celosia> Brooke> She likes using the pink ones.

I agree, these are beautiful flowers.

Amanda> This is... You know, this is actually a lot of fun.

I'm having a good time.

<Yeah> Terasa> It's almost therapeutic- Amanda> -kind of nerve wracking, but this is, this is very relaxing.

We have to do this a lot.

Okay.

Well, I'm having such a good time.

Yeah, but, I'm going to do some more, but I think, Terasa, you may have a few questions for us, do you?

Terasa> I think we do.

Let's see what we can find on the computer.

Oh, this one is sort of spooky and, and timely.

So Greta, from Galivants Ferry said, "I am overrun with spiders on my porch.

And recently some of them had, have started making dirt mounds and hiding in them."

That sounds unusual.

"How do I get rid of them?"

I'm not a spider expert, but, it sounds unusual to have spiders in dirt mounds.

Yeah.

What's going on?

Carmen> One of the, when we look at the picture, it is not actually a spider... Amanda> It's not a spider- Carmen> It is a, mud dauber or dirt dauber.

Amanda> Dirt dauber.

I love'em, think they're so much fun.

Look like organ pipes.

<Yes> Don't they?

Carmen> And what we're looking at is, what she did was she smashed the, the actual mud hut, that the dirt dauber, which is a solitary wasp.

So, I didn't even get to see the dirt dauber there, but, what it has left is their nest and what the dirt daubers do, those wasps, they actually collect the spiders, and they'll put them into those nests for their young to eat.

Amanda> And there's, the spider stays alive, I understand, I think they're paralyzed or something.

Because you don't want your babies eating rotten meat.

You want them to have something nice and fresh.

Carmen> Yeah.

And so that's the kind of the funny thing is actually, that nest, that nest is actually doing a lot of good to, kind of hold up and maintain the population of spiders.

If she's scared of spiders.

I know that some people who are scared of spiders probably don't, also don't like wasp, but, it's actually a really beneficial thing to have is those dirt daubers hanging around and collecting the spiders.

Amanda> Well, it's just when somebody comes to see you who's never seen him before, and you take him out there and they just go, "holy moly, what in the world is going on?"

And I think, just to think how complicated the world is.

Carmen> Yeah.

Amanda> Every, you know, all these different species and individuals have such a creative and fascinating and different ways of staying alive, perpetuating the species Carmen> And making that circle of life work and how hard that nest was to build.

I kind of felt bad.

How much time went into building that beautiful conical shaped nest?

Kind of like, almost like, a little cathedral look to it.

Terasa> It's like, it's architecture for sure.

And you think about how those organisms can possibly accomplish that, right?

I mean, human beings can make great buildings, but we have a lot of tools at our disposal.

Carmen> And they're doing everything on their own with their little mouths, their little arms.

Yeah.

Amanda> And that they're just born of that genetic knowledge.

It's pretty stunning.

Hannah> I love, when we were on the farm, we had, an irrigation pond.

So when they started to irrigate out of it, the water levels would drop.

And so that was, discovering new colors of mud.

And so, the dirt daubers at the beginning of the summer would start off with like a dark brown.

And then as it went, it was like, lighter and then red.

Amanda> Because the mud was different?

Hannah> Yeah, yeah, different color mud.

(laughter) Isn't that funny?

Amanda> So it was like they'd gotten four cans of paint, and painted...

I've never heard of that.

That's really too cool.

Hannah> Check it out.

Amanda> Yeah.

That's fun.

Carmen> So, at the end of the day, Miss Greta, I think she should probably just, hold off on them and let them do their thing because they're actually doing what she wants.

<Okay> And getting rid of those spiders.

Amanda> How about that?

Well, Terasa, what else can we talk about?

Terasa> What else?

Let's see.

Well, Kenneth wrote to us, from North, South Carolina and said- Amanda> I, love that, don't you?

North, South Carolina.

Terasa> I woke up this morning and I noticed my neighbor's peanuts are all upside down.

"Is this the work of a critter or some sort of a peanut napper?"

Hannah> Peanut napper.

(laughter) Amanda> The peanuts are all upside down, <upside down> Hannah> Upside down, yeah, yeah.

Amanda> Well, Hannah, I think you're going to have to help us with this one.

Hannah> I can, I can.

So earlier in the year, of course, we plant our peanuts in the ground, right?

They start to grow in the actual pods of the peanuts.

They, they peg down in the dirt.

And so, like, you know, within an inch or so of the top of the dirt.

Amanda> So they develop, the peanut itself develops- Hannah> -In the dirt.

Amanda> Under the ground.

Hannah> Right, right, right.

And so they have to have some way to dry the peanuts, so they can then put them in a shipping container or, not a shipping container, but a trailer, and then go and have them made for candy or oil or, or crushed for peanut butter, what have you.

So they have to have some way to invert them.

And so they have these giant blades that kind of look like a big V shape.

And they go underneath the row, so they kind of pick the plant up and they start to flip it.

If I have videos, I'll have to send them to you.

Amanda> Yeah, that'd be fun.

Hannah> It's, it's really cool to kind of see in person, but then as they flip and they come back over, they have these long fingers on the back of the digger and it inverts them.

<Oh> It just flips them upside down.

So I happened to bring some today.

I like to taste one or two in this stage because they're, I'll pass them over.

I know you like to eat some stuff.

But they, these would be set aside for drying.

So these are a little more mature.

You wanna try some?

<Sure> Amanda> So these aren't for boiling, these are for drying.

Hannah> Well, you can, you can still invert them this way, for boiling.

But, but generally we wait until they're a little more mature to, dig for, like, candy and peanut butter and oil.

<Delicious> Right.

So these are all our leaves.

We want to make sure- Amanda> a little sandy, but.

(laughter) Hannah> Oh, no.

But, but we have, a big vine that we can then turn them upside down, and the peanuts just kind of sit up and shine, and they're able to dry.

Amanda> Yeah.

Hannah> Yeah, yeah.

Weather can be our friend or foe in this type of situation.

Amanda> How long, how many days depending on the weather does it usually, do they usually stay like that before they actually go in and gather.

Hannah> Depends on our temperature, right?

So if we have 84 degree days like we've seen recently or versus like a 60 degree windy day, it can take anywhere from like three to maybe five days.

Yeah.

Amanda> And I have heard that rattlesnakes are very beneficial, at coming in and eating the rats and things that try to come and eat the peanuts.

<Yep> There's a place for everything.

Hannah> That's right, Yeah.

That circle of life, right?

So we've got little rodents running around eating peanuts.

A couple of years ago I had a new peanut grower and I was, we were doing some pod blasting.

So we take these off and see with a pressure washer, what the skins look like, or the, the actual pod itself.

And by the color of the pod, tells us the maturity.

Amanda> Yeah, I think you've told us about this.

Hannah> I have, right.

I'm glad you remember.

But in the days, right before we dig, we determined that it was going to be like 5000 plus pounds of peanuts.

<Ooh> Right?

It's going to be a huge load of peanuts that year.

But whenever he started combining.

So he dug them and let them lay, he turned around and started combining, and they were like 3,000 pounds.

So he had lost a lot of weight off of his peanuts.

Why do you think that was?

Carmen> Dirt.

Amanda> How about that?

Hannah> You thought it was dirt?

Carmen> Oh, yeah.

Why?

What was it?

Hannah> It was deer.

Amanda> Whoa!

Hannah> Pesky deer.

We're like oh look, they just went ahead and turned it up.

We didn't have to work for nothing- Carmen> 2,000 pounds of?

Oh no.

<Yeah> Amanda> Well you know, they were here before we were.

Hannah> Yeah, it's deer season right now.

So happy hunting.

In my part of the world, right?

But I do think that they, yeah, we can see a loss from deer.

And we can also see a loss from just other types of critters too, like raccoons and whatnot.

But in the majority, we have some excellent peanut yields across our state.

And we have some really good peanut growers.

Amanda> What was, what was the, you know it was so dry?

I'm surprised that we were able to get such great peanuts.

Were they under irrigation.

Hannah> A lot of our peanuts are under irrigation in parts of the states where we rotate through peanut and cotton and corn even.

But yeah, they'll hold on, they're about like cotton.

They do, can weather quite well.

Amanda> Okay.

Hannah> But yeah, they did all right.

We will see some loss probably.

I hate to put a number on it per se, but we'll know after harvest kind of what our, our numbers look like.

Amanda> But it's still enough that they're going to stay, our farmers will be productive.

Hannah> They will.

You know, there's that economic threshold.

Do we put any more into the crop in order to, to still gain what our profit can be, and our profit losses are?

But yeah, we, we do have some, some good land, some great peanut growers around our state.

So we try our best to manage our, our loss, plus, our inputs in the crops.

Amanda> Yeah, will we make more if we go ahead and put more fertilizer?

Or will we just kind of break even?

Hannah> That's right.

Yeah, you got it.

Amanda> Yeah, and it's so fun to see'em, because I understand it used to be before we had all these fancy tractors that people didn't know where the peanuts were, because the whole field looks the same, and they kind of just have to guess.

But now they know exactly where they are.

Hannah> Yep, yep.

They do.

The vines get so lush and so, full that they will overlap, and so it's really hard to tell where the rows are.

Amanda> But now with all this fancy new stuff that people have.

Hannah> Technology.

Yeah.

Amanda> Okay, well, so, Carmen, apparently there's there's always something, there's some good new things, but sometimes there's some good bad things.

So, I think you were a bad thing today.

Carmen> Yes, today I'm a bad, spotted lanternfly.

And so, individual ones have been found.

They came from P-A.

Okay.

Originally they came from Southeast Asia on some, landscape rocks.

Amanda> On some?

Carmen> Landscape rocks.

Amanda> Landscape rocks, no?

Carmen> The egg masses were, laid on some landscape rocks and came over to the port and, and they came into Pennsylvania around 2014.

And in ten years, they have completely taken over Pennsylvania.

And they're working their way down south.

And there have been a couple of sightings in North Carolina.

There's established populations in Virginia now, so it's only a matter of time, not if, but when.

And so one of the big things the Department of Plant Industry, with Clemson wants to do is they want to make sure that folks know how to identify them and to report if they think they've seen it.

Not the ones that absolutely are, but anything that they think may look like one, they want to take a look at.

Amanda> So they'd rather you erred on the side of caution, I mean, that you erred rather than said, well, I'm not gonna send this in because they'll laugh at me and think I'm funny.

Carmen> Exactly, and one of the big ones is, if you can, you can take a picture.

Now, remember, they're leaf hoppers.

They can't go very far, but they have great jumping legs and they will jump from tree to tree.

Amanda> Makes it hard to take a picture with your camera.

Carmen> Yes, so one of the best ways to do it is, to take, I've been told by my other Pennsylvania... a water bottle and actually- Amanda> So if you see one- Carmen> see one, if you think it don't smash it, because then that's gonna be hard to ID, but actually try to just grab it.

And, a lot of the times they'll jump right into your- Amanda> Yeah, they'll jump, they'll hop- Carmen> They'll hop right on in.

And a lot of the times what will happen is after that, you'll have them close them quick because they can hop out.

<Yeah> And get it to one of our local extension offices.

Amanda> Should you put them in the refrigerator or the freezer or what would you think?

What would you suggest?

Carmen> I'm told in P-A it's called an icebox and that, and that's a great way to kill it.

Is you just put it in the freezer and freeze them.

Or you can put it, you can fill it with isopropyl alcohol, which is how I normally like my, bug samples brought to the office, just in case it's something gross.

But, fill it with isopropyl alcohol.

Amanda> You could just- Carmen> Yep.

Freeze them.

And try not to crush them and bring them into the office.

Take some pictures.

And you can, and we can, we end up being able to either take them to the Department of Plant Industry or, figure out, if it's not, we might- Amanda> I'm going to interrupt you for just one second.

You wonderful artistic kids, bring your, all your artwork up to the table so we can see it, in just a second.

Okay.

Carmen> Oh, I love that one.

Amanda> Y'all are so, so clever.

Carmen> Yes.

Amanda> Is there, I mean, it just, I don't see anything very specific about that, that would make me want to take a picture of it.

Carmen> A lot of the times it is our beautiful spots.

And then the bright red that you can actually see, on the under wings.

Hold on, let me see if I can open my beautiful box up, because I thought you would say so.

Amanda> Oh.

Carmen> Now in the nymph stage, they're small black, and, with white spots.

And then they slowly grow into this standard look with that bright red- Amanda> That's red.

Carmen> Yeah.

Bright, beautiful red, on the, under wings.

And that's going to be how you see it.

But they often are going to be in large masses, many, many, many together.

Oh yes, excellent.

Amanda> Whoa.

That's the prettiest thing I've ever seen.

Good gracious, almighty.

Look at this.

These guys are super, super creative.

Terasa> Wow.

Look at that.

(all chatting) I am very impressed.

Amanda> Did y'all have a good time making them?

(all chatting) Whoa!

Oh, and look at... Amanda> Oh, look at that, with all the stickers on it.

Gosh this is just... >> Is purple your favorite.

>> Aww!

Amanda> Oh, yours is wonderful.

And I guess I could even, fan myself a little bit with it.

>> Let me see yours... >> We could probably... >> Let me see.

>> Oh, I like that... Terasa> We have got quite the assortment Amanda.

Amanda> We need to start getting ready to say happy Halloween.

Oh, oh, oh let's go.

Ready, 1-2-3 All> Happy Halloween!

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