Ducks ALIVE in 2025!

[baymule]

Fabulous table, I love it! I love it even more for $20! Wow, she did get a steal!

 

[ducks4you]

@ducks4you
I hope you don't mind my asking this question here.

Would anyone know what the Groundin bed sheet is please? It sounds good but will appreciate anyone else's input

Top 5 Earthing Bed Sheets

 

[Finnie]

Youngest DD got into an auction in her town and won a STEAL. ANY DR table would have been a Good buy for $20, but this looks very much like what she won. NO chips, just a couple of minor coffee cup stains.
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This looks exactly like a side table (not full size dining table) that we had from my husband’s grandmother. I don’t think ours had a drawer. It was actually supposed to go to my sister in law but we owned it for 10 or 15 years until someone driving to Colorado had room in their vehicle for it.

 

[ducks4you]

I planted literally 72 seeds in a 72 cell flat, over a gro mat, under a gro light and underneath is the lid acting as a water source bc I just keep it pretty full, and on top is a 12 inch high dome. Most have sprouted
Basically I have created a greenhouse for them. Since I don't have multiple seeds in the cells, no need for thinning.
I think to when I used to buy 6 cells of tomatoes that were Way past needing up potting or planting, and most of the soil was gone, pretty much big stems and vast root systems.
I plan to send the first tomatoes out around Mother's Day.
Two will go into deep pots and share the black, leaky, 100 gallon Rubbermaid water trough next to the house, and I hope that will provide some heat.
By June I will remove the potato pots and fill the trough up and plant the two hardiest Supice early variety tomatoes and see if they like the south facing, "hot pot" location next to a water source.
I was surprised how much work I Don't have to do on the 25 ft bed south side of the garage.
Besides cutting down the blackberries, it won't take more than an hour to pull last year's weed stalks, and then I can dig holes for more potatoes and plant 2 yo okra seeds.
Just like 2 years ago, 1/2 of the peppers, also up downstairs, will go there, too.
Today it's raining in the morning. I think I'll weed around the house and in the wildflower bed, maybe get more seeds in since weeds invaded it last year.
FYI: wildflower beds are NOT maintenance free!
You have to help them by weeding, something I really couldn't do in 2024.
Also, you do NOT want to amend the beds. They prefer lousy soil, lots of sun.
The premise is self sustainability in that many flowers are perennials, and the others flower and drop seeds, replanting them for next year.
You can also throw in other flower seeds, like daisies, and echinacea and they will do well, too. I have some sunflowers I would like to start on the north side of the bed, too, bc several sunflowers came up 2 years ago there.
I understand that English primroses like crappy soil, and partial shade and can tolerate drought conditions.
Given a better situation, they will spread, so not a good choice for a wildflower area.

How to Grow Primroses

Primroses (Primula spp.) are unusually vivid spring blooming perennial flowers, ideal for brightening the garden. Here's how to grow your own.

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[ducks4you]

This Dreaded Agricultural Pest is Back: How Farmers Are Fighting It

Find out which agricultural pest is back and how farmers are fighting it!

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[ducks4you]

Growing Corn in the Desert, No Irrigation Required - Modern Farmer

This story was originally published by Reasons to be Cheerful, and is reprinted with permission. When Michael Kotutwa Johnson goes out to the acreage

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[Shades-of-Oregon]

Corn grown with no irrigation .The Hopi Indians have a system of planting corn seeds that is handed down from generations in order to survive the dry conditions and harsh elements of drought conditions in the deserts of Arizona. Interesting article. Sad to read they have living in the desert they also have a 50% chance of getting diabetes. That is very sad.