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CarolM

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First save of the year.

Wifey and I made an early morning trip to our local HomeDepot to check on wood for our deck. (Next project). On the way over, right there sat in the middle was a nice box turtle. A quick stop and we placed him in the nice wooded, very wet culvert.

Traveled the same route home and no sign. I’m hoping he’s off to a safer area.
Well done.
 

Momof4

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white scallop squash, armenian cucumber, eggplant, Poblano (???) pepper, regular cucumber, sweet dumpling squash, and of course you know the cantaloupe.

I love it when people think enough of my animals to bring me food for them!

The ones on the right are lemon cucumber.
I guess I’ll be sautéing some squash tonight!
 

CarolM

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Tell me if this a good or bad idea.
I have this 7ft long coroplast I used for our guinea pigs.

I don’t need it and I was going to cut it for the trash.

Then, I was thinking about turning it into a garden bed for tort food!!
Will it work? I’m assuming I would need drainage holes.
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What a great idea. I would use it to grow tort food. And yes you would probably need some drain holes.
 

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She's afraid of anyplace that happens after a ride in the truck. It's my own fault. I should have taken her out more when she was smaller and manageable.

I totally understand.
Our last dog we got when my grandson was 6 mo so for a while I was taking two dogs and a baby to the dog park and everything was great.
Then we stopped going and I have no idea how he would react now in public.

Last year we took him in for a “sore” leg. It was so traumatic for him so I fear the next time he needs to go.
He growled so was muzzled and freaked out while the vet tried to look him. They decided to drug him and try to get X-rays of his knee.
We left for lunch and the vet called us to come get him because he was so anxious and they wanted us to take him Home and give him tranquilizers and bring him back so they could give him x-rays. I asked them why they couldn’t give him something while he was already there so he didn’t have to go back-and-forth. Kind of weird.

Come to find out there’s nothing wrong with his leg he just doesn’t like to be touched on his back legs. When he’s tired he will jump up and growl. So we have learned to give him his space when he tired.

He’s a huge baby who lays on my lap but just doesn’t like to be man handled. He does let me inspect anything.

I feel your anxiety about tomorrow.
Good luck!
 

Lyn W

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Lyn, what do you teach? With all those field trips, I assumed P.E.? :confused:
I teach general subjects to children with special educational needs. I've done some PE but we have specialists for that but I do outdoor activities along with instructors from the county outdoor group. I have taught practically every subject over the years but when I went on the geog field trip I was asked to go with a mainschool group to ensure they had the right staff : pupil ratio. It was a nice change but I trained for and always taught within SEN - wouldn't swap it for the world.
 

CarolM

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I totally understand.
Our last dog we got when my grandson was 6 mo so for a while I was taking two dogs and a baby to the dog park and everything was great.
Then we stopped going and I have no idea how he would react now in public.

Last year we took him in for a “sore” leg. It was so traumatic for him so I fear the next time he needs to go.
He growled so was muzzled and freaked out while the vet tried to look him. They decided to drug him and try to get X-rays of his knee.
We left for lunch and the vet called us to come get him because he was so anxious and they wanted us to take him Home and give him tranquilizers and bring him back so they could give him x-rays. I asked them why they couldn’t give him something while he was already there so he didn’t have to go back-and-forth. Kind of weird.

Come to find out there’s nothing wrong with his leg he just doesn’t like to be touched on his back legs. When he’s tired he will jump up and growl. So we have learned to give him his space when he tired.

He’s a huge baby who lays on my lap but just doesn’t like to be man handled. He does let me inspect anything.

I feel your anxiety about tomorrow.
Good luck!
We all have our quirks. Why can't they.
 

Lyn W

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Tell me if this a good or bad idea.
I have this 7ft long coroplast I used for our guinea pigs.

I don’t need it and I was going to cut it for the trash.

Then, I was thinking about turning it into a garden bed for tort food!!
Will it work? I’m assuming I would need drainage holes.
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Yes should work with drainage holes you could maybe put growbags in it - the sort you can buy for tomato plants.
 
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