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You punch holes in every cell before adding soil and carrot seeds. I will be doing this soon and planting in pots. I hope to avoid carrot flies.

EVERY time I see videos about dog abuse/neglect I pat myself of the back for NEVER letting my female dogs have any puppies to saturate the pet overpopulation. Sasha gets spayed today, Tegan gets spayed June 1st.

Dunno. Worms love cardboard. Do you know that our North American worms are really European worms? Our native worms dig very deep and we don't often See them. All I know this year is that when you plant grocery story onions that have sprouted, they grow a Mass of roots, this group grew roots...

JUST when we are making plans to Sell stuff we end up buying stuff. DD's found this Armoire for $90. They drove 45 minutes one way AFTER driving from IOWA from FB Marketplace. It is 75 pounds of 20" deep, 40" wide, 65" tall cedar lined gorgeous!! My Mother's Day gift from DD's!! :love They...

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It's always good to buy in bulk, as long as you know that it will be eaten before it expires. I bought 10 lbs of King Arthur all purpose flour, exp: 2/27. Since the insects are ALL waking up I couldn't leave it in it's paper bag, so I filled up several glass containers. I finally tried out...

After the last 3 years things have gotten away from me. DD's are helping a LOT with mowing the 5 acres and helping me to organize. They DON'T plant and they DON'T weed. Things looks better. It helps that I am potting up plants this Spring in NICE looking planters. I even bought a new ceramic...

IF you read my new thread about which perennials to plant and those to avoid I found several of the "good guys" for sale at Eden Bros. I also found that I earned a $25 Farm & Fleet coupon (phone email only now), so I will have to spend it tomorrow. DD's found this armoire with cedar inside, 4...

No luck finding any peonies for DD's. I will buy two peonys for them in Fall. There are several I saw on line that are fragrant. Also NO luck finding any more peony cages! :rant And, so...I will replace the peony cage on my middle blueberry with a large plastic coated blue tomato cage...

I weeded the front beds by the sidewalk to the house. It was preliminary bc I need to dig up and reset the broken pavers that I have used to hold back the soil. Several of them are flopped over. I have saved rebar to pound in to hold them up. We have had SO much rain recently that many...

Domestic turkeys are a sneeze away from wild turkeys and they can fly up to tree branches, which helps with predators.

Tenma was a stray, somebody found her wandering in a field as a puppy, so YES, she has had a wonderful life. That's the best that anybody can do for their beloved dog.

My jobs. ToDAY I am working through them. While cleaning up the top of the garage cabinet, which has become a "catch all", I have been cleaning up dusty and dirty binders. I bought five (100 sheet) lined notebook paper sheets, FOUND a 200 sheet package (in the garage on top of the mess), and I...

BTW, Eden Bros had many of these available and recommended.

Groundcovers to avoid. 1) Yellow Archangel 2) Snow on the Mountain 3) Periwinkle--Vinca 4) Pachysandra 5) Creeping Jenny 6) English Ivy--this will eat through the mortar on your brick house 7) Lily of the Valley--Mine has SLOWLY spread around the NW corner of the house--I think the...

Please Pray for my middle DD's 15yo Spitz, "Tenma". She and SIL are working up the courage to euthanize her. She has had multiple strokes, can barely stand and is now incontinent. 🙏🙏🙏

Just posted a thread about flowers to never plant. HERE is one with recommendations. Please add YOUR favorites!! :hugs 14 Longest Blooming 1) Erigeron karvinskianus (Mexican Daisy) 2) Spike Speedwell -- Royal Candles and Crater Lake Blue cultivars 3) Calamintha Nepeta, White Cloud and...

10 DANGEROUS plants 1) Giant hogweed 2) Singing Nettle 3) Poison Oak 4) Gympie Gympie (comes from Australia, the land of the most poisonous snakes in the world 5) Spurge 6) Sago Palm 7) MIlkweed 8) Pencil Cactus 9) Burning Bush--ALMOST as invasive as Callery Pear ***The little...

This time of year we all get Giddy about flowering plants, when we see them advertised online. We need a thread about what plants NOT to plant. Sorry, couldn't link this, but here is the list, anyway. 10 plants you should not NEVER grow in your garden INvasive plants to avoid (UK): 1)...

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