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    The Any Wonderful Food You Made From Your Garden Today Thread!

    That sounds soooo gooood!! It will be on next weeks menu. I'll have to have some sort of meat with it though or hubby will turn his nose up at it. :rolleyes: Maybe a thin cut steak?? Yep, that's it! :drool
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    Blueberry bushes, do I need 2 ?

    Looks like I have to go buy another blueberry bush today... :lol: That's okay, I had to go back to the nursery for a couple of other things anyway, I just hope they still have one left. ARe there any plants that you shouldn't plant blueberries near? Sorry to hijack your thread Animal Nut...
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    My first nibble from my garden

    :weee YIPEE!!! That's great! Gotta love the taste of the veggies you put your heart and soul into nurishing and growing!!!
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    The Any Wonderful Food You Made From Your Garden Today Thread!

    It was really good, the tiny loaf is just about gone (had to save some for hubby, he'll be home in just a few minutes! Hopefully the two huge loaves will last until I can get them to my g-ma-in-law!!
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    The Any Wonderful Food You Made From Your Garden Today Thread!

    Well it's not really dinner (not a proper dinner anyway) but I made some Zucchini bread with some zucchinis from my garden!!! :love :drool I made a tiny loaf for me and two giant loaves for my grandmother-in-law who is very excited about eating it tomorrow.
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    flower beds

    So I took the plunge!! I went today to get plants for the flower bed! I got lots of different things, I like a lot of variety and different textures and hubby likes lots of color. I got a gardenia for by the front door and then an indian hawthorne for the other corner, with a black eyed susan...
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    flower beds

    I love the pictures. Thanks y'all!
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    Rain barrell

    My camera stopped working, but I'm planning on getting a new one soon, once I do I will try to figure out how to post a picture.
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    flower beds

    Those Lantanas are beautiful! I will be getting some of those, and maybe some of the crreping phlox too. Thanks for the suggestions! Thanks vfem, I will probably plant some things this weekend, and hope that they do well!!
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    Are their any muscadine growers here

    Whenever I go to VA/NC to visit family, I always pick up a couple bottles of Duplin Muscadine!!! Now I need to go for a visit, or have them ship some to me!! :drool
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    What animals are you Gardening with?

    I've got two dogs and a bunch of chickens, they are not allowed in the garden though, they just beg from the other side of the fence (chickens and dogs, it's very cute). I do have a lot of frogs in my garden. I was out there the other morning messing around and I saw a slug "oh boy the...
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    flower beds

    Hi everyone! I have an "L" shaped flower bed at the front of my house that I want to do something with. I am in zone 8. Is it too late to plant perinnials now or should I wait until fall or does it depend on the plant? I'm not even sure what I want, but hubby wants something tall next to the...
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    Rain barrell

    I could use two on this down spout, I can't help but think of how much more water I would have gotten, had there been an overflow barrell there... Oh well, I'm just happy that we got this one up! Thanks for sharing my joy everyone!!
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    Rain barrell

    I'm soo excited, and just had to share that when I came home from work yesterday, hubby was on the roof fixing a section of gutter that he had just put a 55 gallon rain barrell under!!! :weee And the best part is it rained all night. When I woke up this morning, my brand new rain barrell is...
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    Ground Cherries - I'm doing it wrong

    I've never tried to grow them, but hopefully someone will have some words of wisdom to share with you!!
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    Got My New Brackets!

    I hope your plans come together! :tools
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    What do you wish you had done differently?

    I would have made a bigger garden this year. O'well I have big plans for the fall and have even started planning for next spring!! I also would have planted more corn, like my hubby asked, and more garlic for me, cause I love garlic! Oh, and when building the chickens run, I would have made a...
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    Mmmm.... Dinner! (Pix)

    Great pictures! Dinner looks good!
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    What to plant where.

    Companion planting is very cool. There is a bunch of information on here about companion planting, just do a search to find past threads on it. And :welcome Edited to add this link found from a previous post... I hope it works http://www.ghorganics.com/page2.html
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    fall gardening

    Thanks, I will contact my extension office. Thanks ya'll!
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