Ducks ALIVE in 2025!

[Shades-of-Oregon]

Our precious pets leave us eventually and way too early. As they go over the rainbow it is sad , but Ducks your taking the opportunity to grieve in your way for your beloved pet and create a beautiful special place of memory for Ava in a special place in your garden. Good job.

 

[heirloomgal]

So sorry to read about Eva, my heart goes out to you...

She was beautiful. You were lucky to have each other. Rest easy in heaven Eva.

 

[ducks4you]

October, 2024, right before this all started.

 

[ducks4you]

I thought that it would be a bear to get the tomatoes out of the 40 gallon water tank, but, after filling it with water, they slipped right out. I Did put in 6 inches of rough compost and covered it with a thin layer of potting soil. I'm sure that helped.
I got 4 transplanted yesterday, 3 staged--they are Very leggy, so transporting in a painters bucket is a necessity--but I dig the holes with a spade, then my post hole auger pretty deep, drop in some aged manure from a stall, then backfill.
I was running the hose very low to soak.

 

[ducks4you]

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[Rhodie Ranch]

I'm very sad for you. Its simply not fair that they can't live longer with us.

 

[ducks4you]

Thank you ALL for your well wishes. I will continue to grieve, but I won't revisit this Here until we reset the pavers/grave in September.
First real garlic harvest this week. I harvested 43 Great Lakes porcelain garlic. Since I mucked them up and had to remove straw around them to give them better air flow, I think I interrupted their growth. The bulbs are big, but not as big as those that I planted in October.
I harvest 23 German Red Garlic, cut into 2 bulbs , sooooo, we'll have to eat those, but the bulbs were bigger than the Great Lakes.
So, I have 64 bulbs curing. The German Red Garlic is currently in a wicker basket outside under the eaves of the house. The Great Lakes Garlic is in a big ceramic pot outside in the same bed in which I grew them.
I intend to tie ALL of them up and dry them in my barn starting Saturday. Just 1,001 ways to use baling twine, folks.
Basement is too damp, garage has gasoline fumes, so does the tool shed, carriage house is a possibility, but they might fall and get lost in the clutter, so the barn it is, probably in the loft.