Fall-Pourri
Fern Baby Fern
"C-O-N" Must Go
Gardening
Before, During & After
September
100
Circleville, Ohio is famous for its fall festival feting these gourds; the biggest one in 2018 was over 1,600 pounds
Pumpkins
100
Ferns are plants that reproduce using spores, which means they don't grow flowers & they don't produce or spread these
Seeds
100
To lead an orchestra no longer leads with "con" to become this, a channel through which air passes
Duct
100
The true "York and Lancaster" is a Damask type of this thorny flowering plant
Rose
100
Kermit's colorful theme song about the group that nominated Ralph Nader & always spoiled the fun at festivities
Its Not Easy Being Green Party Pooper
100
This institution opened in downtown Cleveland on September 2, 1995 & celebrated with a star-studded show featuring legend after legend, including Johnny Cash, Aretha Franklin, Bruce Springsteen & Bob Dylan
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
200
Fall is perfect for this type of activity that the two kids in this painting are enjoying
Hayride
200
A little canary told us... decayed ferns from the Carboniferous Period helped create this fossil fuel; we still use it today
Coal
200
We can agree to remove "con" from a word of unity to get this, string or twine
Cord
200
This "pile" is made by layering absorbent material with manure or other nitrogen-rich material
Compost
200
Book about Bligh & Fletcher Christian & job pursuing criminals for reward as a gonzo journalist of note
Mutiny on the Bounty Hunter Thompson
200
Sergey Brin & Larry Page officially founded it on September 4, 1998; look it up!
Google!
300
The American Meteorological Society defines it as "a period, in mid- or late autumn, of abnormally warm weather"
Indian Summer
300
This "F" word refers to the leaves of a fern, which are often featherlike in shape; it can apply to palm leaves, too
Frond
300
We can verify that removing "con" from the front of a word leaves us in this place where lawyers work
Firm
300
Term for plants pruned & trained into balls, pyramids or other shapes
Topiary
300
Nation's top lawyer & a poultry dish named for a mighty Chinese military man combine for some truly illegible handwriting
Attorney General Tso's Chicken Scratch
300
September is when thousands of rodeo fans are driven into northeast Oregon for the annual Pendleton this
Roundup
400
1978's "Autumn Sonata" was the last feature film for this actress who won her first Oscar for "Gaslight" in 1945
Ingrid Bergman
400
Because they're shaped like the scroll of a violin, the curled-up leaves of young ferns are called these, & you can eat them
Fiddleheads
400
"Con" leaves a word meaning important to get this one, a synonym for consecutive
Sequential
400
It's the common name of the orange-flowered plant Lilium tigrinum
Tiger Lily
400
2011 NYC protest movement composed of the Jets or Sharks & Mao's elite quartet
Occupy Wall Street Gang of Four
400
This British explorer became the president of Jamestown colony in September 1608
John Smith
500
Don't fear the reaper or this person, found in Keats' "To Autumn", who gathers the grain the reaper has left behind
The Gleaner
500
Some ferns are epiphytic, meaning they grow on plant surfaces like tree trunks; others are epipetric, meaning they grow on these
Rocks
500
The act of taking land by force abandons "con" to go on a this, perhaps to seek more land to take by force
Quest
500
The largest single family of succulents are these
Cactus
500
The governmental right to seize property & an Internet address can compel you to guess a song title after a few notes
Eminent Domain Name That Tune
500
This all-"American" veterans' organization was chartered by Congress in September 1919
The American Legion