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    Ducks ALIVE in 2025!

    By rooting compound do you mean root hormone? Sometimes I use a root hormone depends on the type of plant. Some plants only need a dip in willow water. The trick with growing from cuttings are varied depending on the plant, time of year and many other factors . I prefer a soilless sterile...
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    Picture Of The Week (POW) Information & Submissions

    I agree 🤠 Ducks that flower is cheerful and a bright light …just like you. 🙌
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    Let’s Talk Weeds: Friend, Foe, or Free Fertilizer? 🌿

    @SPedigrees Luv the pictures. Beautiful area you live in and the wild flowers are gorgeous. Wow is that pic of your arms from stinging nettle? That looks painful. What do you use to treat it. Antihistimes help? I have eliminated nettle entirely from my garden. I had a similar run in with the...
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    Your Weather, 2025

    Today is the first day of spring. And the equinox is when the sun aligns with the equator. From now on the days will be shorter and shorter. Then we turn the dang clocks back…Daylight Saving Time begins on the second Sunday in March and ends on the first Sunday in November. To remember which way...
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    The Cat's Outta the Bag!

    It’s been a few months now since Manxy was missing. I keep hoping he found a new home .
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    The Cat's Outta the Bag!

    My cat is called Manxy. He adopted me from watching me and keeping me company out in my gardens. I started feeding him took him to the vet , got him tags , then after a year or so one day just disappeared.
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    The Cat's Outta the Bag!

    And does your cat have a name Marie? She has moved right in. She is a lucky cat. Male or female. She’ll be a good mouser.. I don’t know if you have them or not, but here this time of year mice always try to find a warm spot to camp out over winter.
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    Gone to the Dogs

    Nancy is a lucky dog. She is doing so well and adjusted very well to her new home. She has lots of great toy’s to keep her attention and so much more. Sending hugs and biscuits for Nancy Grace and from Roxy too.
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    Coffee

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    Gone to the Dogs

    Hello all just want you all to meet Roxy . She’s a border collie rescue . I adopted her after she had already been thru 4 homes and rejected . Today she is a proud and beloved part of my family . She is so much joy , laughter and love every day. More creative and engaging than most people.
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    Ducks ALIVE in 2025!

    I have started mums from cuttings over winter in the greenhouse. By spring they are ready to transplant in 4” pot and ready to plant outside. They do great if the moles, voles, gophers or ground squirrels don’t get ‘em… then again a plants death is not always from the gardeners lack of trying...
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    Tomatoes 2025

    Well Steve I was curious to why tomatoes depend on the weather so much to ripen when home grown. I googled and found this explaination. Tomatoes depend on specific weather conditions because their ripening is a complex biological process influenced by temperature, which controls the production...
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    Coffee

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    Quotes and thoughts for the day

    The average dog is a nicer person than the average person.” — Andy Rooney
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