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    Dont ever go to compost in the dark!

    Yep, gonna invest in one next time I go to wal-marts!! Thanks for the tip!! :frow
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    Bird watchers?? Check it out!!

    I would love to hear the mourning doves all day!! I LOVE the sound they make...guess it triggers a childhood memory or something I remember as being pleasant.....
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    Dont ever go to compost in the dark!

    I check my flock each night just after they roost and again just before I go to bed around 10. Last night I thought I would take the scraps to the compost pile on my way to check the chickens. Our scraps go from the kitchen sink to a bucket out on the back porch and then.... to the compost pile...
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    Bird watchers?? Check it out!!

    I saw this bird as I was looking out my kitchen window...hope to catch more photos of different migratory birds as they visit my yard !!
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    Maybe a dumb worm question

    My answer as well....!! :)
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    Anyone who wondered what poke is and how to hunt it? ....

    Yes...my hubby said some of the old timers would cook it that way....guess I need to try it...Will let everyone know how it is when I do!! Thanks! :)
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    Anyone who wondered what poke is and how to hunt it? ....

    OK...POKE is a green...a wild green that people around here pick....old timers mostly. I live in South MO, but poke grows all over I believe. They are the plants that poke berries come from?? Those purple berries the indians used to make dye thousands of years ago?? Well, POKE is actually...
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    Ever seen one of these ?

    I hunt for mushrooms and just had to share these pictures!!!! Found the biggest morel I ever saw today!!
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    I have clay soil, and I REALLY want to make a flower bed ASAP. What...

    We too have the same problem...trees and clay soil. So we began by making raised flower beds and adding good black dirt that we got in the woods...Lots of 5 gallon buckets! :rolleyes: OH yes...and cow poo added to it a year before planting ...just let the cow poo age in a compost pile for a...
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    Anyone from MO ?

    I am Mary Ann and a newbie here. I live in SW Missouri. ''Show me'' a smile if you are from near here!! :D I am about 50 miles from Branson MO and 30 min from the ARK line. I am looking forward to spring and getting my hands dirty !! :coolsun :weee...
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    Not an ugly corner anymore!!

    You know.....You guys are right and we are gonna go with leaving it as is...just apply some sealer on it ...yeah :clap ....Hubby and I were standing there tonight tryin to decide and we both thought it had a nice rustic look, that we like....and heck...who wants to have to paint a fence...
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    Not an ugly corner anymore!!

    Our picket fence is all done...now...to paint or not to paint...that is the question!?! ;)
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    What is that thingy called that you use in winter to grow stuff???

    Yes !! THAT is the word I was looking for!! Thanks for the link!! Now I cant wait for winter already !! And it is only Mar!! :gig
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    anyone ever build a small leanto greenhouse in garage door opening?

    I just posted a question just like this one and am looking forward to seeing what you come up with !! Gardening in the winter....how cool is that???!!!! :cool: :)
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    What is that thingy called that you use in winter to grow stuff???

    I want to make a ''hotbox''?? :coolsun What is that when you cover a frame or wooden box with glass and are able to grow lettuce or spinach in the dead of winter?? I love spinach and now it is up to $3.99 a tub :he and I refuse to pay that for it. :barnie This coming winter I want to...
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