Ducks ALIVE in 2025!

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Yesterday I was in town for a dr appt., one hour, 15 minutes, very thorough, signed some kind of drug contract, got my tramadol, NOW I sound like a whinykins! :\
Drove to Lowe's, went to Customer Service to see if either or both of the Lowe's gift cards had any cash on them.
AGain, the $50 one didn't show any money, and was the same as last time I tried it there.
I am willing to try one last time and have a clerk run it instead of me.
The $25 gift card worked, so I bought a 5-pack of lawn/leaf bags (for yard cleanup and convenient burning,) and, since it looks like one or NONE of the three 2024 blueberries survived the winter :hit, I bought a midseason blueberry.
Instructions say to transplant 6-8 weeks after the last frost, which means late June.
I am having my sweet potatoes and canopy babysit it right now, bc I will be checking on them every week, if not more often.
I plopped it, packaging and all, right in the middle of the tomato caging.
At some point soon, I will need to transplant it while it grows indoors, and a small pot might fit on the outside of the sweet potato "plastic blanket." I have saved used ziploc bags for such purposes.
It needs to be growing in the basement for a full 3 months. By that time I will know if any of the blueberries survived and where in the "garlic patch" it will be transplanted.
 

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Yesterday I was in town for a dr appt., one hour, 15 minutes, very thorough, signed some kind of drug contract, got my tramadol, NOW I sound like a whinykins! :\
Drove to Lowe's, went to Customer Service to see if either or both of the Lowe's gift cards had any cash on them.
AGain, the $50 one didn't show any money, and was the same as last time I tried it there.
I am willing to try one last time and have a clerk run it instead of me.
The $25 gift card worked, so I bought a 5-pack of lawn/leaf bags (for yard cleanup and convenient burning,) and, since it looks like one or NONE of the three 2024 blueberries survived the winter :hit, I bought a midseason blueberry.
Instructions say to transplant 6-8 weeks after the last frost, which means late June.
I am having my sweet potatoes and canopy babysit it right now, bc I will be checking on them every week, if not more often.
I plopped it, packaging and all, right in the middle of the tomato caging.
At some point soon, I will need to transplant it while it grows indoors, and a small pot might fit on the outside of the sweet potato "plastic blanket." I have saved used ziploc bags for such purposes.
It needs to be growing in the basement for a full 3 months. By that time I will know if any of the blueberries survived and where in the "garlic patch" it will be transplanted.
Ducks have you ever grown figs? I was thinking about my Chicago Fig tree, and how it's springing to life in my dining room and it occurred to me this plant is from Illinois. It can likely overwinter easily where you are.
 

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