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    Ducks ALIVE in 2025!

    Nothing better than puppy kisses… Ducks is covered in puppy hugs…
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    Flowers & Roses: The Heart of Every Garden

    In Spring I luv the Rhododendron’s azaleas and peony’s. In summer hydrangeas and lilly’s, dahlia’s. In fall the heaths, heathers , astilbes and ligularia’s. In winter luv winterberry , winter Heather and Holly’s
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    Your Weather, 2025

    Rain and windy the deciduous leaves are making landfall. And the leaf blower is charged up and ready to go__
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    Gone to the Dogs

    Watching my favorite tv show…
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    Picture Of The Week (POW) Information & Submissions

    Caught this deer peeking round a tree at me while working in my garden. I bet she was waiting for me to move so she could swoop in snd gobble down the home grown salad bar .
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    Ducks ALIVE in 2025!

    ducks4you I was planning on getting a crate like that for a friend. How do you like yous? By the pic posted above the pups seem to be crate trained already .
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    Your Weather, 2025

    Finally rainamd a lot of drizzle. Dawned my Oregon rain gear to mow the pastures . Nice to have the ground wet no mowing up a dust storm. H60F , L43F.
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    Escaped and/or exiled flowers

    Just from the tail end pic in above post I knew it … a sheltie what a beauty. I have owned Shelties much of my life since a child and have always enjoyed their ability to understand training - obedience - show and great athletes at agility,endurance and personality temperaments. Always willing...
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    Organic gardening 2025

    Everything organic isn’t always clearly defined nor is organic waste. This short vid is applicable to many gardeners and farmers. We sometimes wonder why a plant or crop is not do well.
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    Funny Business

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    Escaped and/or exiled flowers

    Lovely wild flower section and nice color from fall asters and the other wild blooming plants. But… Who is the beautiful puppy dog? What breed, sooo looks familiar even from behind. Can we see the front too?
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    Herbs: The Little Plants with Big Personalities

    Oregano it’s a staple in my kitchen and garden. Oregano is a popular herb due to its many popular dishes, like pizza and sauces and its valuable medicinal properties including antioxidant, antibacterial, and anti-inflammatory benefits. It’s strong flavor enhances many foods. Also it’s...
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    What's wrong with this tomato

    Looks like - Damping off is a fungal disease that kills young seedlings by causing their stems to rot at the soil line.
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    Coffee

    Prescribed burns by the BLM this weekend in Oregon. https://www.blm.gov/announcement/fall-prescribed-burns-planned-northwest-oregon
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    What’s Your Secret Recipe for Healthy Soil?

    I use well aged horse manure , aged vegetation - compost and allowing the heat in summer to kill all the weed seeds in the manure. By next season it’s black gold.
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    Let’s Talk Weeds: Friend, Foe, or Free Fertilizer? 🌿

    Chicken of the woods mushrooms are common in Oregon and found during mushroom season from sept thru Nov on the bark of degenerating decaying white fir trees in the woods next door .
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    Coffee

    Fire season in the Pacific Northwest, especially Oregon, typically starts in mid May or June and can last thru late Sept-Oct, ending ending with the first significant rains of fall. However, the specific start and end dates are highly dependent on weather conditions, with factors like drought...
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    What Did You Do In The Garden?

    Trimming trimming trimming.. trees shrubs and flowerbed clean up.
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