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  1. ducks4you

    Bison Snot. Yes -its a thing.

    We were camping in Custer State Park, French Creek Horse Camp, early -90's. All 4 horses were on picket pins, which means that they were ground tied. Our current dog, all of 30 pounds, starts barking. We look up the road through camp and there is this huge bison slowly walking down it and...
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    Hi from Florida!

    Did you know that Venus Fly Traps are native? I think that they grow wild in Tennessee.
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    Ducks ALIVE in 2025!

    Thanks! :hugs DD's suggested that I give the 1/2 pint of garlic chips to Middle DD bc we are driving to Her house for lunch today--meat loaf and other good things--so it's packed. I also retrieved some pods of purple columbine and packed them in a labelled paper lunch bag for her wildflower...
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    Coffee

    Look into a 2nd laptop around Christmastime, when Everything electric is on sale. MY laptop has a 17.3 inch screen, AND, DD knows how to hook up a laptop to a tv or large monitor bc we sometimes download stuff To my laptop that we want to watch on a big screen. I have been a STAPLES customer for...
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    Ducks ALIVE in 2025!

    Weeellllll....Not all dried out where I Like them. The instructions suggestions "rubbery" was acceptable. NOT for Me!!! :rant I separated the "hard as banana chips" garlic pieces from those that needed more time. They and the jalepano pieces, which were still rubbery, went back in for more...
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    A Seed Saver's Garden

    I did quick search for "capsicum flexuosum seeds". I don't shop Amazon or Etsy, but I couldn't seem to find a reputable seller. Where did you find Yours?
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    A Seed Saver's Garden

    I am SO HAPPY FOR YOU!!! :hugs Sorry, my dismal 2025 gardening Beats yours!! :lol: (Go to my thread...) Still, I have learned SO MUCH about container gardening this year, by accident. Our weather has been Garden LOUSY, 2 years in a row--yours probably, too, so it's not a loss.
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    Ducks ALIVE in 2025!

    So...with somewhat limited energy, I chopped up one full tray of garlic slices and that big jalepano in a previous picture on another tray. I MEANT to fill the 6 trays of the dehydrator, but couldn't, so I left the glass doors open. Last night I thought, What the hay? and started it up for 6...
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    Coffee

    @ninnymary , you will learn to LOVE your laptop!! :love Consider: it sits on your lap or you dining room table, has a nice battery, maybe 4 hrs like mine, so you don't always have to have it plugged in, and many/most have loads of RAM (random access memory) and many more GIGS than My first...
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    Birds

    That's what I thought. Thanks! :hugs
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    Birds

    Off of the cuff question--do chickens eat ticks?
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    Ducks ALIVE in 2025!

    https://modernfarmer.com/2025/08/prairie-strips-soil-nutrient-loss/
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    stubbed toes and mud pies

    I read a few pages back regarding poison ivy. Here is my go to, and for $2/bar it's a very good deal. The directions say to lather up and LEAVE.ON. Me and DD's each keep a bar of this in a travel soap container and we Swear by it for poison ivy and other weed rashes, when you forget to cover up...
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    Hi from Florida!

    :welcome from Central Illinois! THis is a very friendly place with gardeners of all levels, and those who dip in and dip out--life will get in the way. Be sure to put your general location, Florida or FL works, with your avatar. When you start posting I won't remember where you live...
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    Birthday — U S National Park Service

    OK,FINE. https://travelpander.com/are-the-cascades-part-of-the-rocky-mountains/ Don't think I'll see any ot the 14ers erupt soon! :smack
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    Funny Business

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    Birthday — U S National Park Service

    A few years ago the group of 4 of us had a planned excursion after our Alaska cruise to visit Mt. Rainier. We laid over one day in Seattle before flying back. We (3) have gone to the Colorado Rockies SO many times and we know the topography. Imagine our surprise--All winding roads weaving...
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    Ducks ALIVE in 2025!

    I have the @heirloomgal pea Seal of Approval!! :woot:woot:woot
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    Funny Business

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    Ducks ALIVE in 2025!

    Yes, I did sprout (direct seeded) a handful of sugar snap peas this Spring. Gosh they were great right off of the vine! Our Springs are So inconsistent--I think I will use distilled water jugs--I have at least 20 downstairs right now!--and start them early in those for next Spring. I think that...
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