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    What Did You Do In The Garden?

    @flowerbug the power company hires these companies to clear trees that need to be trimmed in preparation for winter weather that feed entire communities. If tree branches or trees fall on power lines by roadsides that could cause outage for several hundred to thousands of homes. In my case one...
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    What Did You Do In The Garden?

    I have been thinking about putting a gate across our entryway.
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    What Did You Do In The Garden?

    Oh yes ,, I happened to be sitting on my big compact tractor with my dogs and horses by my side , as the trimmer guys tried to walk up on the property the dogs and horses charged at them and stopped at the hot fence line. I wasn’t expecting them to do . The animals surprised me and scared the...
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    Christmas gift lists, what tools do you want for gifts, but are too cheap, like me, to pay for!

    My hands are toast after years of hand clipper trimming. Last x-mas I was gifted a battery op clipper and small chain hand saw. These may be a bit spendy butt..This x-mas chainmail gloves would help protect my fingers from accidental damage from those battery op clippers they cut quickly and I...
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    What are You Eating from the Garden?

    @ducks4you those jars look beautiful. 👍 Dried tomatoes to make pasta. Or spinish and carrots.very good. I bought some at a speciality store and the flavor knocked my socks off…👍 By the way always thinking of you and your new shinny knee. How it going?
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    Sentry, Baymule’s Livestock Guard Dog

    @baymule what a beautiful picture, that’s a keeper. 😍😍😍😍 You said it all so eloquently. 🐶
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    Down and out needing to garden for my grief

    I have removed the wax from many waxed amaryllis over the last few years. It’s been my experience that basal plate removed was a rumor going round for years, or the roots - Not True . The bulb has enough moisture as is to bloom insitsu the same year it is waxed. Then simply remove the wax after...
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    Tomatoes for 2024

    Very true statement about house flies or any flying insect trapped inside can secretly pollinate a plant when you’re not lookin. For over 20 years I have cared for a parents beloved houseplant . It never bloomed in all that time. But one day this plant had a long drape of flower buds poking...
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    Show off your beautiful Dahlia collections .

    It can be risky leaving dahlia tubers in ground in my zone 6b during winters deluge of rain and snow. I dig the tubers up yearly. Let tubers dry using a fan , pack in vermiculite , straw , place in open sided plastic containers for air to circulate , then store them in a cool dark area in the...
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    Tomatoes for 2024

    Only you would come up with the elec toothbrush idea… 😂 Very clever..‼️
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    Peppers 2024

    Hot 🌶️ in my eyes before too… just those tiny flakes …. Iced for hours. 🧊
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    Picture Of The Week (POW) Information & Submissions

    @TEG Project Manager Thank you. 😊
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    2024 Little Easy Bean Network - Growing Heirloom Beans Of Today And Tomorrow

    What a catchy tune… I really liked that serenade about beans and the gardeners that save and grow them.
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    Show off your beautiful Dahlia collections .

    @heartsong111 It’s so easy to get hooked on Dahlias. There are so many varieties it’s hard to choose . You grew some real beauties.
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    HAIL FROM AUSTRALIA 11/11/2024

    :welcome From the Pacific Northwest coast. Your seasons are opposite ours. Your spring weather is now , And your summer starts in December. Soon you’re have lots of green beauties to share pics. 👍
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    Coffee

    In honor of all those who served. Thank you for your service.
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