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    What Did You Do In The Garden?

    Yes dandies make wonderful garnishes for a tad of spice for salads. When I was in hort school I had a whole list of etible weeds…( I think I have acres of every one of ‘em ). Dandelion wine anyone ? Or even pickle dandies . But I digress… Dahlia , You know your only a hop skip and a jump away...
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    Quotes and thoughts for the day

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    2026, My year of Garden Narcissism

    Actually I only use mushroom compost in my garden , it’s particularly good for improving soil structure, increasing water retention, and boosting organic matter. Also good to use to top off trees and shrubs occasionally. I have it delivered from a mushroom farm then use the front bucket on the...
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    What Did You Do In The Garden?

    Got dandies too they are everywhere… get ‘em down before they set seed. Ya know what they say about dandelion’s their roots are deep and good to break up hard pack soil. Of course the horses, deer and other critters luv them too. I’m waiting for it to dry out to spray weeds so many weeds are...
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    Picture Of The Week (POW) Information & Submissions

    Verbena blooms? Deciduous azalea? Flowering almond? Cercis’redbud’? Wiegelia? Pretty in pink buds. 💕
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    2026, My year of Garden Narcissism

    Alrighty then ducks you got it all lined up and sharpening tools ta boot. I use an attachment on the battery op drill to sharpen most of my tools. But ya know those chains on the battery op chain saw are tricky to sharpen .. generally it’s easier for me to just order a new one . After years of...
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    2026, My year of Garden Narcissism

    What an interesting technique to refurbish an out building. A ‘Artist’ at work’. What a beautiful outcome. Lot’s of ideas in that vid . Maybe… just maybe it will increase my incentive to repair an old shed that has seen better days.
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    Restarting the garden

    We’ll join the group … as I am only speaking for myself… math -square yardage is a lot easier today. I simply go on line and ask Suri… I know it’s a big cheat … at this stage of the game I’m all for it… 🤩
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    Baymule’s Farm

    Good news… take it slow as each day you begin to build up muscle and stamina… make the best of those protien shakes and only shake your bootie little by little each day.
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    Gone to the Dogs

    Awww hello sweet Nancy… nice to see you.. you have grown so big.. hugs and luv from all of us…. 🤗💕
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    What Did You Do In The Garden?

    The PNW is still in the middle of a winter blast. Rain, snow, hail, wind… where it stop nobody knows… trees are down , power outages in the entire region . When the sun ..that’s referred to as a UFO in this region pops out I race out and check for damage. So far so good. All is starting to quiet...
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    2026, My year of Garden Narcissism

    Ducks4U all your efforts for growing herbs, organization skills as well as a new idea for me on the camo drop cloth/tarp. Good to see your stayin outta trouble and buzzier than a one armed paper hanger… :celebrate
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    The Cat's Outta the Bag!

    :lol::lol::lol:
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    The Cat's Outta the Bag!

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    Picture Of The Week (POW) Information & Submissions

    TEG Project Manager. Thank you 🙏🏽 You all have a great day! 👍
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