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    A Seed Saver's Garden

    i'd like a robot that could do that sort of thing for me including one that could go down into a groundhog burrow and harrass and evict the creature and then backfill it and compact the area and then replant it with things that discourage groundhogs from ever coming back... it's too hard on my...
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    Advice

    willow may work ok for a hedge or more remote border planting but i'd not put it anywhere in a place where you're going to be mowing. they tend to drop a lot of debris...
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    I am farming a lot of work outside of planting and harvesting?

    as a gardener who lives in the middle of an agricultural area it depends a lot upon the methods you are going to use. most of the fields around us are rented out or farmed by others than the actual land owners. this means that most of them are managed as a topsoil nutrient strip mining...
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    Concerned About Growing Old?

    funny! we used to have a lady that walked regularly along the highway and she was always swinging her arms and dancing to music. i've not seen her in quite a few years so she likely moved on...
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    Garden humor thread..

    it can be pretty funny. we also get some good laughs from ours.
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    Baymule’s Farm

    since Boofy hasn't been a daddy before i hope you keep an eye on him so he doesn't get too rough on her. :) hope she works out well for your family and pack. are they still stirring up snakes around you with clearing/construction? is there something you can do once in a while (like driving...
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    2026, My year of Garden Narcissism

    every time you disturb the soil you are moving more seeds around into the germination zone. if you can clip them off at ground level without disturbing the soil you'll have fewer sprouting... keep clipping until they die off and give up and before they can drop new seeds.
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    Your Weather, 2026

    we finally got a good rain here. it's been a week or two. the ground in the garden i wanted to work on was too hard so i let it sit until it could get rained on. at first when the storm was coming through it was really quite a blast and it looked to be pretty harsh and perhaps even close to...
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    Tree limbs

    i saw your first post on this topic. i'm not familiar with the plant and i'm not an arborist. this may help you: https://noai.duckduckgo.com/?ia=web&origin=funnel_home_website&q=How%20do%20I%20stop%20limbs%20from%20coming%20back%20that%20I%20pruned%20off%20my%20crepe%20myrtle
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    Best way to build nutritious soil?

    i'm curious how it can be so acidic if it is mineral based and rains wash through it quickly. i think you may need to try again with a different testing kit to verify. also you say it drains quickly but is compacted, so again i'm a bit confused... :) some organic material and a small...
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    stubbed toes and mud pies

    as i've mentioned before i also talk to the crows if they are around and while they won't come close to me they don't seem too agitated.
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    Advice

    i can't suggest specific plants because i'm not from that area, but if you do end up planting any kind of fruit tree put it far enough from the house, sidewalks and driveway to keep down the amount of birdie drips and plant debris you have to deal with. for bird watching a bird bath is really...
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    Trouble Delivering on Exercise Intentions?

    this is crunch time when i can go outside and work as much as my body can take. a half hour to an hour, maybe longer - depending upon how hot it gets and what i'm doing. the ground is currently too hard for me to get a shovel to go far in some spots. we're supposed to get some rains tonight...
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    stubbed toes and mud pies

    my browser (mozilla firefox) just lets me go past a warning message like that... I'll send a note to the hosting company to see what's going on and maybe they can fix it. i have a file that says it should be rewriting all requests and letting them go through, but perhaps something isn't...
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    Trouble Delivering on Exercise Intentions?

    if i'm outside gardening or mowing i'm not going to be worried about not getting enough exercise in...
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