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ArraDreamingSenior Contributor
Spring has well and truly sprung in our pocket of the world.
Time to get the garden looking springy
Today our veggie patches are getting a decent fill with compost and a redo, ready for the tommies which is our biggest grower and of course our zucs, cucumbers, and all the fun things
At one point over the summer last year we were picking tomatos 10 a day.
The Rural garden supply loves to see me!!
Whats everyone planting
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DownMoreThanUpSenior Contributor
@Chasingsunsets The Goslings are growing up fast. So good seeing them flourish under the protective eyes of their parents and step parents.😍
@ArraDreaming @Dimity @AlwaysMyself @Shaz51
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ChasingsunsetsSenior Contributor
Aw @DownMoreThanUp they are growing look how cute they are!!
Thanks for updates always so nice to see!
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ChasingsunsetsSenior Contributor
Hope everyone has a good day today!! Who’s is the garden today? 😊
@ArraDreaming @Dimity @AlwaysMyself @Shaz51 @DownMoreThanUp
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DownMoreThanUpSenior Contributor
@Chasingsunsets @ArraDreaming @Dimity @AlwaysMyself @Shaz51
NEW LIFE ARRIVED TODAY!
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AlwaysMyselfSenior Contributor
@DownMoreThanUp OMG so cute and fluffy 😍
@Chasingsunsets Does watering the indoor plants on the weekend count as "gardening"? 😂. Actually, I also watered the outdoor ones - so I guess that counts too, lol. I don't have a green-thumb; my mother rescues my plants. 😂
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DownMoreThanUpSenior Contributor
@AlwaysMyself Silly mother duck already lost 3 ducklings. She lets them roam freely, a long way away from her, in broad day light. Our dam is wide as so lots of open water for the crows to swoop a snatch.
Last year she lost all of her ducklings within two days. Hopefully a few survive.
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AlwaysMyselfSenior Contributor
A very silly mumma duck @DownMoreThanUp . Interesting it isn't in her instincts to not do that.
Nature is 'cruel' by our human standards sometimes. But it is nature - the cycle of prey and predator.
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DownMoreThanUpSenior Contributor
@AlwaysMyself She still had 12 this afternoon. So 5 gone. Much better than last year, then she lost all 14 in less than 2 days. They are so very cute.
The Geese are far more protective over their young, and will not leave them alone, and call them back when they go too far. Other mummy ducks do that too, but she totally ignores them. Another female is nesting somewhere, we have not seen much of her lately, so hopefully soon we have some more. i saw that the mother goose who lost her two goslings has a new nest and more eggs this morning. So hopefully more goslings yet as well.
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DownMoreThanUpSenior Contributor
@ArraDreaming @AlwaysMyself @Chasingsunsets @Dimity @Shaz51
i took some more photos from our multi coloured blossoming garden this morning.
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Shaz51Senior Contributor
Beautiful photos @DownMoreThanUp 😍
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