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    Ducks ALIVE in 2025!

    @ducks4you I am very appreciative of all your suggestions and time you have taken to respond. Everyone is different and a resolution to a solution is different for everyone. Joints are always my issue and so glad to see your doing so well after your joint surgery. 🙏🏽 I am planning on selling...
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    Ducks ALIVE in 2025!

    Pic of gas tank set up. Pump handle the three blue 55 gallon gas barrels
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    Ducks ALIVE in 2025!

    Exactly what I use for diesel. They are battery op. It’s lifting the tank to use them and tripping down to the gas station to fill them with diesel fuel lifting in and out of the car then trecjing Bach home lift to tre]actor.. Shoulder /neck issues to much for me to lift. I am 77 years old and...
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    Hello, im from Indiana

    :welcome Al the soil was hard pack clay soil here to. I gave up trying the amend the soil since my garden is a few acres. I began to have dump truck loads of mushroom compost delivered for built up beds. Years later it’s all good .
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    Bitters

    Several recipes online also with different ingredients to choose from. All a matter of testing out to pleaze the individuals taste buds. 😃
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    Ducks ALIVE in 2025!

    Yes and I can not lift those huge tanks any more to fill them at the gas station. I have auto pump batteries op to fill the tractor tank but I still have to lift the diesel fuel to fill the diesel tractor. I have three 55gallon barrels with pumps of gasoline fuel set up with typical gas pump...
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    Ducks ALIVE in 2025!

    My rider tractor goes to the shop next week for a major tune up. It’s still under warrantee. I have put 198 miles on it since last May 2024.. Changesd the oil 2x’s and cleaned to gas and carb filter. But I cannot get the oil filter off it machined on by the factory and that is a tough one to...
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    Ducks ALIVE in 2025!

    Beautiful roses ****s. And yes there is an easier way to post pics from your iPhone. Check to see of your iPhone is pared to your pics in your media used to store pics. That is an important factor. What I do when I’m stumped by computer issues I ask Siri how to do so and so with the media...
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    Firefly Petunia

    I had Firefly petunias a couple years ago. They are an interesting plant and read about this process years ago and finally they are available . This special variety uses genes from bioluminescent mushrooms (like Neonothopanus nambi). 🍄‍🟫 These mushrooms produce light through a natural process...
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    Bitters

    That sounds really yummy. Also maybe bittersweet aperitif with Orange , Rosemary and rhubarb is a spritz alcohol free or whatever makes your boat float.
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    Which Plant Do You Recommend Every Gardener Try Growing at Least Once?

    I agree roses are easy as long as they are not hybrid tea’s which seem to have difficulty with black spot. In my zone 8b hybrid tea roses can be tricky and agree how difficult they are to grow. However, I have several shrub roses, mini roses and climbing roses that do very well in zone 8b in...
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    Funny Business

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    My container pond/water garden

    You should be good to go. With that size water container this season maybe in another a larger container will be needed as the root grows larger. They like soggy wet clay soils under water levels.,Keep water still water lilies don’t like movement. Also there are some efficient fertilizers made...
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    Coffee

    Cold last week and this week here to. Highs in the 50’sF and if we are lucky a 60F will sneak in. Next week same story. May is a fickle weather month. One day it’s snowing the next it’s 70’F. I just hope we don’t experience another unusual blazing hot summer . I have been down sizing the...
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    Hi from Wisconsin, Zone 4/5

    @Debbie292d One year I went on a search for the best cheese cake recipe. I went thru a lot of cream cheese and neighbors , they were tired of chesee cake . Would you believe the best cheese cake recipe was the winner at the state fair that I happen to run across , everyone liked and finally...
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    Sell Your Ground

    I agree time to sell or blow up the area and turn into a rock quarry. I live a few miles from an old rock quarry where we could hear the blasts . It’s was shut down a few years ago for obvious reasons to close to us settlers.
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    stubbed toes and mud pies

    @digitS’ You are a handy fellow. Your were a tuff flower picker to deal with and very happy you never experienced any accidents crawling up on the top of glass greenhouses. OMG… Cirque du Soleil pays higher rates for doing similar stunts. 😉 I spotted a Douglas fir seedling on top of the...
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    Ducks ALIVE in 2025!

    Oh how I despise burdock. It’s coming up everywhere in the pastures . I have been mowing very close to the ground to discourage growth . This weed is a seed spreader which comes in on the wind currents during winter storms. But it seems to be getting away from me and the mower. So will spray...
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    Favorite pots, 2025, Indoor Gardening

    Ducks very nice new heavy pots. With those your practically guaranteed that the wind cannot blow them over. But no guarantee’s against critters. 😉 Just curious next, to the pots … the metal lid strapped to the concrete , is it a container ? Cistern or water? We have a cistern similar that...
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    Hi from Wisconsin, Zone 4/5

    Hi nice to see your beautiful garden. I see you are a seasoned and experienced gardener. Cudos for all the beautiful plants displayed in your garden pics.. :welcome :thumbsup There are several jam/jelly recipes online , the trick is finding the one you like. I like to goto reputable chefs . I...
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