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  1. MotherofOrpies

    What did you do in the garden today?

    not only the Indians, my friend lives at a lake, and the herons drop dead fish they didn’t like onto her property, she used to get all riled up ( whew, the smell) later she found out they make excellent fertilizer, and she now has a beautiful garden 🤪
  2. MotherofOrpies

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    I know them, they are so hard to get rid of!!! And beware the poor animal which gets them in their fur 😬 you have to cut them out, they even cling to your skin 🙄
  3. MotherofOrpies

    What did you do in the garden today?

    My friend tried growing luffa last year too, if she had had any surplus, we would have gotten some from her, but…I think only 3 germinated and she only harvested 1 luffa 😂
  4. MotherofOrpies

    What did you do in the garden today?

    Goats can eat poison ivy? 😮
  5. MotherofOrpies

    What did you do in the garden today?

    It’s going to take a while to recover, I react badly to almost all pain medication, so the first few weeks after an operation are kind of miserable, I really envy people who recover in a tilidine “fog” and have little or no pain , me, my blood pressure crashes, I get sick to my stomach and other...
  6. MotherofOrpies

    What did you do in the garden today?

    Me too 🙈 but not vacationing but turning into bionic woman 🤪 got my 2. new hip
  7. MotherofOrpies

    What did you do in the garden today?

    It finally rained, of course after I hung up my 2 last loads of laundry before I go into the hospital 🙄 great that we finally had some rain, not so great the stuff I wanted to take with me is WET 🤪 most of it isn’t dryer safe … but that’s Murphy 🤷🏻‍♀️
  8. MotherofOrpies

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    It rained, 2 drops, it hasn’t rained for the last 4 weeks 😬 tomorrow, we are supposed to get more rain 🙏🏻 just came in, I was on the menu, for I think at least 200 hungry mosquitoes 😩 my legs are covered with red bites, I react badly to them, and they “love” me 🙄
  9. MotherofOrpies

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    Forrest fire threat level raised to max (5) there have already been a few, thank God most could be put out quickly , yesterday, coming back from my 2. root canal treatment, I saw another fire, police and firefighters were there ( lots of them) the guy beside me in the took a video 😬 guess what I...
  10. MotherofOrpies

    What did you do in the garden today?

    Yesterday, I started the water pump ( before, I watered the garden with watering cans) and lugged the heavy hoses around me and soaked the ground where I could ( took me 3 hrs), planted a red sage , cleaned out more nettles and did the laundry , this morning, my shoulder said ; I didn’t like...
  11. MotherofOrpies

    What did you do in the garden today?

    I always thought they stopped the buds from opening, cos I had so many ants on my peony buds, and they never opened 🤔
  12. MotherofOrpies

    What did you do in the garden today?

    I am surprised, usually the feathers are good insulators 🤔 my chickens harvest the flowers before they even turn into cherries 😬 but they harvest the gooseberries and red currants before I get a taste ( not a fan of red currants anyway, too sour) interesting fact, they don’t harvest white...
  13. MotherofOrpies

    What did you do in the garden today?

    Neighbors clematis is in bloom, since it is attached to my fence, I feel half of it is mine, cos I also water it in summer, I sometimes wonder how he thinks it survived our dry summers 🤔 Here is my own clematis, I love it
  14. MotherofOrpies

    What did you do in the garden today?

    Frost damaged walnut tree is putting out new leaves, it will cost it a lot of energy, I fear no walnuts this year 😬 My clematis in full bloom, I love the color 🥰 I planted my dahlias in pots, I hope no more frost 🙏🏻 Also put my aloe outside, they have to winter inside .. Watered my newly...
  15. MotherofOrpies

    What did you do in the garden today?

    How does the saying go 🤔 “ones man nightingale is another man’s owl” 🤪 We would love to have more rain 🙏🏻
  16. MotherofOrpies

    What did you do in the garden today?

    It finally really rained during the night, but thunder and lightning came along with it , did I mention my dog is afraid of thunder?! Anyway, I stayed up with the dog half of the night, but it is ok, since I don’t need to water the garden today and hopefully tomorrow too 🙏🏻
  17. MotherofOrpies

    What did you do in the garden today?

    Like the regular ones, but not even 1/2 the size 🤷🏻‍♀️
  18. MotherofOrpies

    What did you do in the garden today?

    My dog brings home a lot of ticks too 🙄 I dose her with a pill every now and then, but they are so poisonous I always feel bad when giving her one, and the ticks need to suck blood to die, so not a perfect solution either 😩 this year the ticks were TINY!!! I didn’t even see them, my daughter saw...
  19. MotherofOrpies

    What did you do in the garden today?

    My palovina is in bloom( first time ever for that tree) the frost killed off multiple leaves and buds, but a few managed to pull through 🥰 My first pears, let’s see if they really get to grow up to be pears I can eat 🙏🏻 Right now it is dry as a desert, I am watering whatever I manage, but...
  20. MotherofOrpies

    What did you do in the garden today?

    I’ve read, but I’m not sure it works, to plant lots of daffodils, they are supposed to be poisonous, so deer are smart and won’t go there 🤔
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