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  1. Shades-of-Oregon

    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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    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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