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  1. ducks4you

    Somehow, It's Funny that Way

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    Somehow, It's Funny that Way

    OK, I am now getting to be "old as the hills"--WHEN did Anybody call dollars "bananas"?!?!? I understand "bucks", referencing deer pelts. I Also understand "balloons" bc Mobile Notaries are tested on and must UNDERSTAND loan terms without expressing any opinions about your particular loan...
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    Goin' to the Dogs!

    The hearts of animal lovers and owners must grow extra large bc we lose a piece every time we lose a furry friend. R.I.P. :hugs:hugs:hugs
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    What are you canning now?

    This is what I did with the last cucumbers gathered before the frost last week. Canned last night, 15 minutes to process, I hot water bathed them. I followed a recipe, but then I opened up a jar of Pickling Spices that I bought last year at Rural King. It was SO FRAGRANT that I had to add it...
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    Ducks 4 in '24

    THIS is what happened to the last cucumbers from my cucumber "throw away" bed. Well.worth.planting!
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    Coffee

    https://how-to-grow.org/sp/t/apricot-tree-in-michigan https://how-to-grow.org/vr/blenheim/t/apricot-tree I think you could grow them if you give them winter protection. EVEN THOUGH I had read about hybrid magnolia's, the girl series, which is mine and DD's, Magnolia Jane and Magnolia Betty, that...
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    Coffee

    Don't forget to mulch and pile up your leaves for next year's compost!! They make the Very best compost, and Darwin studied how worms used leaves to make soil. https://www.epicgardening.com/composting-leaves/
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    What are You Eating from the Garden?

    @SPedigrees, you need to learn how to hot water bath can your tomatoes. I will open a jar in the winter and eat them right out of it, and they taste like I canned them yesterday. It is Worth the time and trouble. ;)
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    Ducks 4 in '24

    I should add that ALL were transplanted in July, and DH never thought we'd get any at all this year.
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    Ducks 4 in '24

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    Goin' to the Dogs!

    JELLY! Can't get Eva to play ball...at all. :hit Pyg taught Eva that you take the ball and go home.
  12. ducks4you

    What Did You Do In The Garden?

    First, Please put "Wyoming" with your Avatar bc I won't remember where you live once you start posting for a few months. Secondly, you probably need to fence in your garden area, probably 6 footers. MANY gardeners in housing developments with 1/4 acre lots get enough sun, yours will too, but...
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    Ducks 4 in '24

    THX!! I bought most of the plants, but 3 were volunteers from last year. It must have been location, south part of my big garden, lots of full sun and lots of amendments over the years there. I have NEVER grown tomatoes that were this Big before!! :th I have saved seeds from one volunteer...
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    Concerned About Growing Old?

    OMGOSH!!! We've had cell phones for nearly 40 years now!! First one was a bag phone, more modern but very much like the old Army type phone. Never been the first in line for any new phone, and mine is an Android, but I have trouble leaving the house without it. I ran a small riding academy...
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    Concerned About Growing Old?

    So...did you also have to hunt for a flip phone?!?!? :gig :gig :gig
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    Brussels Sprouts success in Massachusetts

    The experts on Mid American Gardener said that Spring planted and early harvested Brussels Sprouts are bitter, BUT, late and cold harvested ones are Very sweet!! Congratulations!! :hugs
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    Ducks 4 in '24

    Working on the last harvest today. I started out with my kitchen table that looked like photo#1. Then I boiled to split tomatoes and Filled my 6 quart crock pot. I had to show how HUGE these tomatoes got this year!! :th They are happily cooking away. This evening DH and I are going to try...
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    Ducks 4 in '24

    A friend bought me a bag of jalepanoes! This weekend DH and I will dehydrate them, along with the sweet peppers we didn't use in the party chili AND DD's suggestion to dehydrate some tomatoes. Also, tomato canning this weekend, too. :love
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    Ducks 4 in '24

    My iced tea maker still works. I filter my drinking water, fill ice trays with filtered water, fridge has an ice maker, too, but I brew the tea, then pour it over 2 trays of ice with 7 sweet n low, then fill with more filtered water. In the summer it can go bad even if I get the pitcher in the...
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    What Did You Do In The Garden?

    Got my tomatoes harvested and the few cucumbers And some rhubarb and the surprise 12 pumpkins from the volunteer.
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