Tammi Day

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since May 05, 2023
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Wife, mother, and cat staff-person. I "beat the rush" and got old at 20 while in the Army Reserve (fibromyalgia), now realize I'm still young in my 50s. Currently I tinker, adjust plant positions on our 1/4 acre homestead, and watch bacteria, yeast, and fire turn wheat into bread.
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Michigan, USA zone 5-6
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My raspberries go through anything so far. Maybe these?
1 year ago

bruce Fine wrote:its got to be cgi. I dont quite have a herd but I do have a pride of cats and if you have been around cats you know they avoid water, at least mine do. and they are all outdoor barn cats. I cant image that a cat would swim across a river I cant even image they would ever want to go in. maybe im just too serious the whole thing was made as joke I guess to get peoples attention.



What Do You Call a Cat That Loves to Swim? Meet the Aquacat
https://catsadvisors.com/what-do-you-call-a-cat-that-loves-to-swim-meet-the-aquacat/
1 year ago

Kimberly Agnese wrote:Pigeon peas:)



That's fantastic! I looked into those, but I don't think they will grow here...😕
2 years ago

Joseph Lofthouse wrote:I age, and don't want to put labor into growing annuals. Therefore, I plant tree and shrubbery seeds. Things like plums, currents, pecans, pistachio, mulberry, apricot.



Have you considered some self-seeding annuals? Prep an area and seed once, that's almost like putting in a perennial... Here in 5b/6a I even get tomatillo volunteers every year, since I let the insect-nibbled ones compost in place.
2 years ago
Nikki, are your paw paws two different types? I understand that they are "self-incompatible".
2 years ago

Cy Cobb wrote:I'm really focused on watermelon & winter squash this year.  I have many other things planted as well, but those are what I'm mostly hoping for success with.  Last year squash bugs crushed my watermelons to the point that I didn't even get a harvest, and this year I've added Maxima & Moschata squashes.  I'm either going to overwhelm the squash bugs with so much food that they can't kill my plants before I get a harvest, or feed them so much that they'll reproduce to the point of killing everything.  Time will tell...



Have you tried planting herbs or alliums that help mask the squash smell?
2 years ago
I'm adding fruit trees (hoping for asian pears and pawpaw especially) and more herbs (tarragon, pineapple sage, and chamomile). How about you?

Found this in my yard last summer:

2 years ago

Brian Jeffrey wrote:If your family member excitedly tells you " I took the grass from where I put the new flower garden, and used it to patch the bare spots in the lawn!", you might be a permie . . . .



...Then, confused, you ask, "why? I was going to seed dandelions there."
2 years ago