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    Memes That Make You Giggle

    worms get almost all food scraps here. i really hate the idea of paying for food and then not getting some use out of it somehow.
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    Official SS Poll: What is your primary reason for gardening?

    the nice thing about onions and garlic is that both of them tend to not be bothered by deer or other herbivores (other than trampling to get at the other things...). if you get enough onions growing eventually you'll have onion flowers which are great bee fodder and a way to survey your wild...
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    FarmerJamie - A new beginning

    i'm certainly territorial and don't want anyone moving my stuff around - that surely gets my back up. i wonder if the chair just just a bit dirty and perhas mildewed? a bleach wipe may help, but some materials don't do great with bleach. if something my be useful i have a hard time getting...
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    Frustratedearthmother's Journaling Journey

    That's quite enough for a whole week let alone a day! sorry to hear about the doe and, well, everything else being all-at-once... and then the thing about an appliance not lasting very long... grr! we had our main sink faucet replaced not too long ago, and it started dripping, so when we had...
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    What's for dinner?

    baked beans from the freezer, but Mom plans on cooking some things today too so... i'll be on KP duty as usual along with trying to get my own projects nudged forwards. yesterday was macaroni and cheese and spaghettios. yes, it's simple and not the best but i also did have some carrots and...
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    Coffee's Ready, Come and Sit on the Porch

    congratulations to all of you. :)
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    Basic Homesteading Skills You Should Learn

    i used some liquid bandaid a few weeks ago when i managed to stab myself with a broken cup. so, yes, you can teach an old-dog a new trick... :) it worked well. we still should get a new package of bandaids because the ones we have are pretty old and when you need them you don't want to be...
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    Daydreaming while waiting impatiently!

    we start planting mid-April if there's no forecasts of hard frosts, but we can still get some frosts into May. the warmer weather crops won't get planted until towards the end of May. for beans (my primary crop), tomatoes (our major canning crop) and peppers (yum!) they all have to be kept...
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    New member

    welcome to SS from mid-Michigan. :) whatever clean organic materials you can find will help, but it may also be good to include a small percentage of clay to help hold nutrients and moisture if your soil is primarily sand. for your primary gardens you don't want them too far from the house as...
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    Hi Yall!

    welcome to SS from mid-Michigan. we're gardening on mostly clay subsoil here and it does take some patience and leaving things alone at times it is possible to gradually improve the garden soil. the more cover crops you can grow and then turn in the debris will be a big help. if you have...
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    Daydreaming while waiting impatiently!

    i'm glad you're feeling better! :) cold 17F out there this morning with sunshine. so the ice will melt off the driveway. we got about 5-6" of snow and none in the forecast for Sunday. rain is though from Monday night to Wednesday morning.
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    Frustratedearthmother's Journaling Journey

    we don't want her falling down the stairs!
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    Frustratedearthmother's Journaling Journey

    he must be Italian... we do a lot of that. i'm only half Italian so i mostly talk with my left hand while the other is feeding my face.
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    2024 Resolutions

    i just woke up a bit ago, had breakfast, reading all this, yeah a nap sounds good... :)
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    What did you do in your garden today?

    it is plenty cold today already but will be warming up and melting off the ice-rink which is the driveway. what little heat the sun could provide yesterday did keep any more snow from building up and melting off what did fall but as the night came on and temperatures went down to 17F it wasn't...
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