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  1. ducks4you

    Newbie

    Six weeks of Very careful... 🙏 🙏 🙏
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    Tomatoes 2025

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    Tomatoes 2025

    Thanks, already saved on my laptop! I figure that if YOU like it, it will taste good, and I don't want to Waste tomatoes this year on a bad Pinterest recipe.
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    Ducks ALIVE in 2025!

    I will! Frankly, I also want to get some more turnips in the ground bc I think when they go to seed they make the very best cover crop! Even though 50 sq ft isn't Much I plan to plant this right next to the south wall of the garage, about 6 inches deep, where the weeds Love to take over. Too...
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    Coffee

    @Gardening with Rabbits, first 🙏🙏🙏. I am adding this to my DD/my prayer list, we pray most M-F's over the phone. Secondly, DH had suffered several heart attacks, Finally he went to the ER in 2006, ALMOST 20 years ago, and had a successful triple bypass. HE had clogged arteries. Though no...
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    Ducks ALIVE in 2025!

    OOPS! Did it again...More seeds bc I screwed up my 2025 seed starting!!! :rant SeedsNow has $10 off your order. I ordered from their "Samples." Check out how many seeds I am getting. REALLY you don't need too many seeds for your needs. I am thinking that the Sunn hemp would be a great cover...
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    Ducks ALIVE in 2025!

    Finally, after towing stuff around I will be back to finish clearing the 3rd 12 ft tomato row. Had to change shirts--too hot! :( As I collected the other day, I also made a pile of past-it or spoiled fruit. I kept thinking of how proud @heirloomgal would be of me collecting tomatoes for their...
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    A Seed Saver's Garden

    WHAT.KIND.OF.BEANS.ARE THOSE?!?!? They look like aliens or prehistoric undersea creatures!!! :eek:
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    A Seed Saver's Garden

    @digit, tomato soup recipe, pls. :D
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    Ducks ALIVE in 2025!

    Good to know!! :hugs
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    Hi from Metro STL, MO

    :welcome from Central IL, right on the 5b/6a line. Please be sure to put your General location--St.Louis, MO--with your avatar bc I will be sure to forget where you live once your start posting. As an aside, I have had a very small gardening year, even though I have a LOT of space in the...
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    What Did You Do In The Garden?

    This is what I harvested yesterday from 2/3 of the tomato fencing. Didn't get out today, BUT we have had a 2 hr soaking rain this afternoon!!! :weee :weee :weee :weee
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    Ducks ALIVE in 2025!

    @Shades-of-Oregon , do you use rooting compound?
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    Picture Of The Week (POW) Information & Submissions

    O M GOSH!! Thank you!!! :hugs I don't think I'll catch any more shots like that one since our growing season is winding down. BUT, it does make a very nice FB cover photo. ;)
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    The Cat's Outta the Bag!

    MY Vet wants to do simple hysterectomies on our puppies, but, since they MAY live to 15yo AND DH and I may not live that long--sounds morbid, but it's true!--DD's would inherit them and they Both say no bc the puppies would still go into heat. My fencing is horse pole fencing. I don't have a...
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    What Did You Do In The Garden?

    Cleared two of the 12 ft tomato fences of weeds and harvested--pictures later on my thread. Also tied up sprawling tomatoes. We have 3-4 weeks left for tomatoes to ripen before the 1st possible frost. I also potted up the clearance mums and threw in some seeds in planters for a lst shot. ALL...
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    Ducks ALIVE in 2025!

    NO!! Some plants like mums are really easy to overwinter. Just the ones I bought don't have sufficient roots to transplant in September.
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    Gone to the Dogs

    I LOVE stories like these! Thx for sharing!! Just wanna say, PLEASE train your dogs to sit by your side, in the case that a criminal breaks in. They WILL kill your dog First. I KNOW this would be the case with my two GSD's bc police use them and Melinois AND Dobermans. I want a criminal who...
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    Second-Chance Garden

    This stuff is always what makes gardening fun!
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    Old seeds germinating

    I once germinated (but left the seedlings to dry out), 35yo (family) tomato seeds. Older seeds can be viable BUT they will take longer to germinate, so be patient. ALWAYS worth a try, but you need to be a Good seed babysitter!
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