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  1. ducks4you

    TEG Prayer Chain

    Several members here have been praying for needs. My middle daughter call each other--she lives 2 hours away--and we have an ongoing prayer list and we usually pray every day, M-F. She works from home and puts aside some time, often we talk and she is working on a web page, so productive. BUT...
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    Happy St. Patrick's Day

    ...and may the snakes never come back!! https://www.history.com/topics/st-patricks-day/who-was-saint-patrick Here's all of the Celtic Music you will EVERY WANT...OR NEED! https://www.accuradio.com/keyword/Celtic/
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    Pi Day, 2025

    No energy to make another pie today, so I stole the picture from my friend who DID make a pie for Pi Day! 3.14159265358979323846… https://www.mathsisfun.com/numbers/pi.html
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    BLOOD MOON TONIGHT!! March 13, 2025

    I don't use Yahoo News very often, BUT, TONIGHT is the Blood Moon. Geeky Astronomers are calling this the Pi Day Blood Moon bc its starts at midnight on the EAST COAST. Everywhere else, it is beginning tonight, March 13th. The whole event takes about 3 hours and it is magnificent...
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    Who here has been watching and is a fan of "Gross Pointe Garden Society"?

    Been watching this delightful soap opera series. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt26748764/ 1st episode (Pilot) identifies characters as different flowers, zinnias, lily of the valley 2nd episode is "Pests" and the garden club finds a solution to eradicating an invasive 3rd episode (this Sunday) is...
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    Sewing and other projects, starting February, 2025

    I looked back 6 years bc I thought that we had a sewing, etc. thread, but we do not. Several members do sewing, quilting and other textile projects periodically, and I have been posting my projects, as they happen. I am starting with a simple project, a Christmas gift towel calendar that was...
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    Your Weather, 2025

    We Have to start a new thread, since we in an active weather pattern. LINK to this video is below. https://weather.com/storms/winter/news/2025-01-06-south-winter-storm-forecast-snow-ice
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    Favorite pots, 2025, Indoor Gardening

    What are your favorite pots? Did you buy them, get them as gifts, search them out? I will start with the small plastic pot I just used to pot up an Amaryllis pup, one of three pups attached to the Apple Blossom Amaryllis bulb that I gave to my youngest DD, but I kept the other 3 for some winter...
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    Ducks ALIVE in 2025!

    NEW thread. Thanks, @AMKuska for the inspiration to jump ahead on the calendar. I have probably been planning for next year during my right knee recovery. BTW, I garden in various beds around the 1 acre that is yard and not horse pasture (or the barn and shelter.) I am planning my garden AND...
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    Christmas gift lists, what tools do you want for gifts, but are too cheap, like me, to pay for!

    YOU know how it is. Family bugging you, saying, "I don't know What to buy you for Christmas!" Like they don't know you are a hobby farmer (even if you have a postage stamp sized garden.) So, Let's list some things that would make good gifts, or, at least are worthy of discussion, like price is...
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    Cicada 2024 invasion

    Two broods will be emerging soon in Illinois. There are only a few places where BOTH the 17 year and 13 year emerge, most places it will be one or the other. If you live where new homes were built after 1980ish, Your trees probably don't have any bc trees were cut down to build and the cicadas...
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    Aurora Borealis visible this weekend in most of USA

    Scientists said that a solar storm that produces such a large aurora is very difficult to predict, hence the late notice, BUT, look to see the aurora tonight, May 10th, tomorrow, May 11th and Sunday, May 12th. Get away from city lights--my property IS away from city lights--and look between...
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    Pollinator/Local wildflower plants to use on properties

    My Village board is looking for money saving ventures. Two board members have researched grants for free seeds for pollinator gardening and probably also planting local native flowers. They/I wish to save money mowing properties that the Village owns, especially one property too small to...
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    Stupidity in action

    THIS IS A RANT FEEL FREE TO SKIP THIS POST I wanted to keep my gardening thread free of politics, but I wanted to share things that I have heard about that I believe, are very harmful. More stupidity~...
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    Ducks 4 in '24

    Couldn't think of a better name for this year's thread. My gardening New Year's resolution? No more online seed buying!!! (for this year's growing season) I have determined that anything else I need to buy I can get at a box store. I did make one more 2023 seed purchase, from Victory Seeds...
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    Christmas 2023, what do you recommend that family give you for Christmas?

    I thought I would start a discussion about suggested gifts for we gardeners, items that we REALLY appreciated and use all of the time. Non gardening family always ask for your list and none of the things WE want are flying off of the shelves. I have two suggested favorite gardening items: 1)...
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    What kind of cucumbers do you recommend?

    As you know I have had limited success growing cucumbers VERY late, both in 2022 and 2023. I had to put my stash in the fridge bc one of them starting rotting!! :eek: Won't get to my pickles until Monday... I realized that EVERYBODY, inCLUDING DH loves fresh cucumbers, but the picklers have to...
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    Farmers using basalt to fix their Carbon

    https://modernfarmer.com/2023/09/enhanced-rock-weathering/?utm_source=modernfarmer.beehiiv.com&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=why-farmers-are-pouring-rocks-onto-their-fields
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    Invasives and your experiences with them.

    I came across this YouTube to share about a list of invasive plants you should NOT buy/plant, that are readily available at garden centers and box stores. I have not had the terrible spread of mint and lilly of the valley, which are pretty much confined to next to my buildings. Others do. My...
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    Throw away Downey Unstoppables!!

    I have used the purple and teal beads, but when I switched to the orange beads 2 months ago I never realized WHY I was started suffering from welts all over my body!! I searched to see if anybody else had the same problem, bc I have NEVER had welts as an allergic reaction EVER...
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