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Postby MrKennethTKangaroo » Fri May 28, 2021 2:14 pm

Last year, late freeze resulted in no peaches on our 2 trees. This year, I think we've got both this year's and last years. I've spent a solid two hours thinning them out and still have some to do. Research says you need to get them down to 6"-8" apart so 80% of them have had to be removed.

It's hard to get used to ripping tiny peaches off the tree when what you want is a lot of peaches, but we're still going to get plenty.
Are you projecting to get millions of peaches?

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Postby Kane » Fri May 28, 2021 2:24 pm

And will they be in a can?

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Postby robbiestoupe » Fri May 28, 2021 2:53 pm

And will they be free?

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Postby LITT » Fri May 28, 2021 3:31 pm

After 3 years my peonies are finally blooming

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Postby blackjack68 » Fri May 28, 2021 5:38 pm

Nice. I have peonies envy!

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Postby count2infinity » Fri May 28, 2021 6:01 pm

We put in a ton of plants this year as we actually were settled in for planting season. I can’t wait to have flowers everywhere and peppers coming out of our ears. Oh, and fresh herbs. Can’t wait to use some fresh herbs right from the garden again.

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Postby mac5155 » Sat May 29, 2021 9:08 pm

Why are wildflower seeds so damn expensive?

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Postby LITT » Sat May 29, 2021 10:29 pm

Tom petty

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Postby Freddy Rumsen » Fri Jun 04, 2021 4:32 pm

Harvested eight chickens today, I dispatched and defeathered, my youngest daughter cleaned. Went pretty well. Have eleven more to do tomorrow.

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Postby willeyeam » Fri Jun 04, 2021 4:34 pm

Very nice

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Postby MrKennethTKangaroo » Sun Jun 06, 2021 9:18 pm

Mulched a hillside with about 1.5 cubic yards of mulch this weekend. Looking forward to gravity winning the battle watching all fo that time/money slowly creep down the hillside

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Postby willeyeam » Sun Jun 06, 2021 9:27 pm

The best part of mulching. Knowing you'll have to do it again within two years.

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Postby LITT » Mon Jun 07, 2021 8:33 am

Outsourcing grass cutting and mulching this year was the best decision

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Postby NTP66 » Mon Jun 07, 2021 8:36 am

Outsourcing grass cutting and mulching this year was the best decision
I usually don't have this thought until late summer when it's 95 and muggy, but last week I was there.

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Postby robbiestoupe » Mon Jun 07, 2021 8:45 am

All the vegetables I transplanted into the garden last week have wilted and died. Second time this has happened after applying mushroom compost to the garden. Let that be a lesson to you kids out there

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Postby King Colby » Mon Jun 07, 2021 9:44 am

This happened to my brother in law too, which is odd because all of his seedlings came from me and mine immediately flourished.

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Postby count2infinity » Fri Jun 18, 2021 4:36 pm

Turns out our local pool decided to close this summer for updates. I've never been as we just moved into the house last May, and obviously we weren't going with COVID. We bought a little plastic pool for my daughter last summer and she enjoyed it (she was 2 last summer). Now that she's a little bigger, I wanted something that I could get in and splash around with her, but I didn't want to get a full pool...

Inflatable pool it is! Ordered it on Amazon today after searching all across town to buy one locally and they're just not stocked anywhere. Now we wait.

I remember summers playing in a similar inflatable pool and had a ton of fun. It was me and my brother (and then our younger two sisters). I don't recall my parents ever getting involved in the fun, but you can bet I plan to play in there with my daughter all summer long.

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Postby DigitalGypsy66 » Mon Jun 21, 2021 10:39 pm

I posted a meme ITT or elsewhere about how we spend money to torture ourselves with perfect lawns (and ruin the environment etc.)

As my irrigation system controller unit died yesterday, in the middle of a sustained drought and heat wave, I decided to look into what I've spent on that lawn.

We had a well put in, a 4 zone irrigation system installed, and sod laid in 2007 for $12000 or so.

The well died five years ago and had to have it rebuilt/redug for another $2500.

A valve was damaged and the pump system developed a leak last fall, for another $250.

I replace 3-6 sprinkler heads a season for $12 a pop.

$40-60 a year in fertilizer and herbicides.

I cut my own lawn until 2016 or so. Just got too busy; so I pay a guy $50 every other week from April - October to cut the lawn, edge the beds, etc.

I need to rent a vertical mower and thatch it, but that's not going to happen.

**** adds up just to keep up with the neighbors.
Add $25 for a replacement solenoid. At least I could install it myself. Blah.

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Postby NTP66 » Wed Jun 30, 2021 9:34 am

I need to mow my lawn before vacation, and the options are do it in 90+° heat, or in the rain. wtf

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Postby mac5155 » Wed Jun 30, 2021 10:22 am

Yeah I just chalked it up to I'll be mowing next Monday when we get back from our camping trip.

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Postby NTP66 » Wed Jun 30, 2021 10:23 am

I was going to call a lawn service that does a neighbor's house, but figured they'd need to stop by before then for an estimate, and I waited too long. May just wait until like 7pm tonight and give it a go. I can't go 2+ weeks without the lawn being mowed.

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Postby skullman80 » Wed Jun 30, 2021 10:27 am

Just suck it up and mow in the heat haha. I mowed our lawn and my in-laws on Sunday and got out early enough that I was done before like 10:30am when it really started getting super hot.

I love mowing though even in the heat and humidity.

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Postby NTP66 » Wed Jun 30, 2021 10:28 am

Source of the post I love mowing though even in the heat and humidity.
You are an insane person. I can take the heat, but the humidity just makes me want to give up and sit in a freezer.

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Postby skullman80 » Wed Jun 30, 2021 10:31 am

Source of the post I love mowing though even in the heat and humidity.
You are an insane person. I can take the heat, but the humidity just makes me want to give up and sit in a freezer.
I hate humidity in general, but something about mowing the lawn just calms me even when it's super humid outside.

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Postby mac5155 » Wed Jun 30, 2021 10:47 am

Must have a riding mower? :lol:

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