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    What did you do in your garden today?

    It appears two or three asparagus crowns died. What stalks were growing are now dead. Only harvested a fraction of my sunchokes from last year. The bed is covered with new growth from what I left untouched
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    Memes That Make You Giggle

    "Wobbles". Immediately my brain went to Dr. Who. 😀
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    What did you do in your garden today?

    I couldn't find the old LDS document that listed suggested storage amounts for staples per person, but I found this
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    Coffee's Ready, Come and Sit on the Porch

    Rain continues.
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    Coffee's Ready, Come and Sit on the Porch

    Okay, big boy pants on. Local concrete guy coming out for final estimate on the patio and sidewalks this morning.
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    Coffee's Ready, Come and Sit on the Porch

    Rain overnight again. Iron infusion treatment 3 of 5 completed this morning for the wife. Getting there
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    Egg Hatching and Keeping Chickens

    Last fall, I gave the neighbor the rickety mobile coop thing the previous owner left for us. The grandpa rebuilt and strengthened it, and they have a small flock. I now get to hear egg songs in the morning. If I can get the garden going, I will check to see if I can give trimmings to her to...
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    2026 Resolutions

    It turned out wonderful today. We worked in the basement. 3 bags of trash, one tote for donation, two totes of bedding getting donated at the county APL, Christmas stuff sorted and condensed, packed carload of cardboard recycling taken, and cleared out some of the clutter. Next for the...
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    2026 Resolutions

    The eldest is with us this weekend. The plan was to work in the garage. Only in the 40s today, still damp and wet. Not sure what we are going to do.
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    Coffee's Ready, Come and Sit on the Porch

    Another half inch of rain overnight. Foggy and wet this morning
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    Coffee's Ready, Come and Sit on the Porch

    I did it old fashioned way. Had shingles in 95. Lol
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    Coffee's Ready, Come and Sit on the Porch

    3 quarters of an inch of rain in 45 minutes. Bands of showers still moving through
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    What did you do in your garden today?

    Mud, mud, and more mud. Looking hard at raised beds, but I am cheap. Lol
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    Penny pinching

    My son, years ago, built a hydroponics system at school for a high school project. It did very well, but their sponsor teacher retired, and it was dismantled after 2 years. Now that he has his own place, he has plans to set something up. I did several gardens and worked full time, with 3 kids...
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    Coffee's Ready, Come and Sit on the Porch

    Got about 60 minutes of trimming and mowing before the sky opened up. One narrow heavy band right over us for the next hour. Ground still so very soggy
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