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  1. gardentoad

    Take a good look

    As a retired truck driver I think that I have been at that intersection :lau Once you are out of the hospital you can start wearing your tin hat again..then you will feel better. Good luck in the days that follow Don
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    Thinking about raising some chickens...

    Chickens chickens chickens, as you can tell I like chickens We have layers, breeds, pets, and food.. We eat a lot of eggs and sell a few..I also hatch chicks for sale. They give us stuff for our garden and work very hard on pest control..they also a great form of entertainment, we sit on the...
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    Oh my aching Back! Help!

    Sorry bout your troubles, I have problems for years..containers are my answer to having a garden..raised bed didn't get the garden high enough for me to work..my containers are waist high so very little bending.. Hope you can find something that works for you.. Just keep trying Don
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    Filler for large pots, idea...

    You all know that I container garden, we use fillers in the bottom..and not very many single serve bottles, here is what we use Milk jugs 2 liter soda bottles Cooking oil containers Old flower pots Butter containers And just about anything else that we get that is made of plastic...of course...
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    I'm blaming it on spring

    :hide :hide :hide sorry guys, you all have heard about our weather, I just don't think I could stand what you all are going thur. I just hope the rest of the year get better for you Don
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    Don't mean to brag "but"

    Thanks everyone, with all the great weather that we have been having we just had to take a chance..we have had lots of rain in the last couple of weeks 4 inches in the last 2 days with more to come, so when we get a break we run out with a cup and dip the standing water out. we invested a lot...
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    Don't mean to brag "but"

    My containers are all full, and plants are popping up... I am a happy camper (gardener) Sorry I just had to brag :weee. Please forgive me Don
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    Gardening with Bearman

    Well well you do have the bug,... Looks really good Don
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    Thanksgiving

    Yes shade clothe, right now I have bird netting over them..maybe next year I will make mini hoop houses and ad a small heater..gotta get started as soon as possible.. Don
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    Thanksgiving

    Well it may not be Nov. but I have a lot to be thankful for today. I have a DDDDDW that has blessed me with 39 years of her company..My very best friend.. I also have a lot of the garden started 83 degrees with lows in the middle 50's and I just placed 12 Turkey eggs in the Bator so come Nov...
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    How long have you been gardening?

    , He sang at the Super bowl, I never was a Aerosmith fan.. If that was the way he sang back in the day...makes me even more proud to be country.. Don
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    How long have you been gardening?

    I never paid much attention being a teen in the 60's , I had a lot of other things on my mind.. Then the army came along and after that life happened. Driving truck over the road for 30 plus years doesn't give much space for a garden. I do remember my father trying to get Me to do this or that...
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    Really need to know about these

    Ok, my DW and I was at the market today and found these what are they called and what will we get when grown.. we have already started some onions from seed, and we tried the little white bulb things last year and didn't get a single onion.. what should we have gotten? Thanks in Advance Don
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    Pig Manure

    Not real sure but it sure growed some nice tomatoes in my old pig pen, and even the seeds had been composted via my pig. Don
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    We have lift Off

    Funny thing I have no lights :hu just natural, really they are kind of a dark spot in the room. Don
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    We have lift Off

    A few days ago a few of the members were wondering about those little seed plug things, here is a couple of pics to show what happened when we tried some of the jiffy refills in our starter contains. on our kitchen counter in just 5 days Don
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    vacuum sealers?

    Yes we have one and love it, we also have the jar lid attachment, the down side is that the bags cost alot, we get the rolls from wallie world which helps some, we have had rabbit that was froze for a year, and it was great.. Don
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    Chicken Ice Capades

    Yes I agree they are funny, but I do believe that goats running to a feed bucket makes me just laugh and laugh I do like critters Don
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    Buying my hens from???????

    I hatch most of the ones I need now and sell my extra, but when I first started I used Ideal in Texas Don
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    How big is your garden?

    I container garden, in 96 half barrels plus all the vineing stuff and fruit trees with lots of room to expand. All my containers are about 18" off the ground Don
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