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Cathie G

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Well, the tadpoles have morphed! Now I have to watch where I put my feet when I'm walking outside. There are hundreds of them:

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It's a western toad, (Anaxyrus boreas) . Here's a picture off Google of him all grown up:

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I have to figure out what my toad species is. Just for gp. I only get to see one baby a year. But so far( I believe) the one I've seen is from last year.
 

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It warming up in Northeast Ohio. Gonna be 50 today. Inside though our orchids
Have begun blooming [emoji7][emoji9] Some of these are rescues that were presumed dead and we brought them back. View attachment 271932
I have a few orchids that are struggling. They need repotting as soon as I can get the correct potting soil.
I hope they recover as well as yours.
 

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Good evenooning all. Well, we have driven to Carnforth in Lancashire today... Home is bottom right and our location top left.
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We spent the afternoon at RSPB Leighton Moss reserve doing a little bird watching.
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And the weather is lovely. Tomorrow we head just a little further north.
I' ve been there several times in the past. We used to visit when I stayed with my sister who lived in Leyland.
Glad to see it hasn't had a motorway built through it!!
 
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Cathie G

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Working in the yard to get ready to tear down tortoise enclosure and grade yard and my husband said he never thought he’d be digging up and saving weeds before!
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I like wild violets and keep moving more of them into my flowerbeds for groundcover. I have a heck of a time getting people to understand that I want them for a good reason. You are blessed to have a hubby going along with the program and helping.
 

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Cathie G

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I’m not sure if they’ll live. Most are leafy greens and dandelion.
You can't get rid of dandelions. If you even leave a tiny piece of the root they grow right back. I don't know about your leafy greens but if they are weeds most people have to poison them. They still eventually grow back.
 

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I’m not sure if they’ll live. Most are leafy greens and dandelion.
Put the roots in water, for a while - I've saved quite a few that way until I can replant in pots or elsewhere in the garden.
I've been really successful with clover after I pulled up some roots from school, I had them in a shallow tray of water for ages and wasn't expecting them to survive but I scraped the surface of a grassy area and they have taken over. Lola loves them.
 

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It warming up in Northeast Ohio. Gonna be 50 today. Inside though our orchids
Have begun blooming [emoji7][emoji9] Some of these are rescues that were presumed dead and we brought them back. View attachment 271932
Your orchids are gorgeous! I love it when they surprise you... but I'm also feeling a bit guilty at neglecting all of ours, lately... :oops:
 

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Your orchids are gorgeous! I love it when they surprise you... but I'm also feeling a bit guilty at neglecting all of ours, lately... :oops:

Thanks! That one on the top left my wife bought for my last year. It has had its blooms for over 3 months now. It’s easy to neglect them sometimes... with everything elder that had to be done. The Oncidiums need to be watered every three days or they get unhappy. My back was acting up a bit and I wasn’t going downstairs in the basement where we keep them. They were a bit angry. Except for the Phalanopsis. They go a week or so without watering. I use jacks fertilizer and soak them in bucket for 15 minutes
 

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