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TreeFarmerCharlie

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whenever I see adorable videos like that it makes me think I want one... then I see videos like this.

I wanted kids, 20 years ago, when my nieces and nephews were young. Then I saw the shit some of my sisters went through when they hit their teens and early twenties and I wasn't so interested in having kids anymore. My wife and I never had kids, and sometimes we regret that decision, but I think we both would've really struggled with raising children since we both have anxiety issues.
 

BarnBuster

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Prof Vincent Gaffney, a leading archaeologist on the project, said: “This is an unprecedented find of major significance within the UK. Key researchers on Stonehenge and its landscape have been taken aback by the scale of the structure and the fact that it hadn’t been discovered until now so close to Stonehenge.” “I can’t emphasise enough the effort that would have gone in to digging such large shafts with tools of stone, wood and bone.” The shafts are vast, each more than 5 metres deep and 10 metres in diameter. Approximately 20 have been found and there may have been more than 30.

 

lokie

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The day before going on this recent jaunt I took this of my fave cactus flower.
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I have owned this cactus for 30+ years. Started as part of a rock garden by the previous owner of my first house.
I dug up a chunk before the move. The chunk stayed out in the open, bare root all winter.
When it was planted I did not know if it would live and never expected it to flower.
In a few months it has doubled in size and has had 3 blooms. The blooms only last 3 days.

Upon return I find this flower has bloomed. The second time this season. The first time only one flower opened.
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It was part of a bag of "Mixed Pollinator" tubers.

10 tubers were planted this one and one other have come up. The other has not bloomed yet.
The leaves look similar but I have no way to know if it is the same color or even if it is the same flower until it does bloom.

Any guess what it is. I like it. It is an unexpected pleasant surprise. Looks nothing like what I thought it would.
I hope it propagates quickly.
 

raratt

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The day before going on this recent jaunt I took this of my fave cactus flower.
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I have owned this cactus for 30+ years. Started as part of a rock garden by the previous owner of my first house.
I dug up a chunk before the move. The chunk stayed out in the open, bare root all winter.
When it was planted I did not know if it would live and never expected it to flower.
In a few months it has doubled in size and has had 3 blooms. The blooms only last 3 days.

Upon return I find this flower has bloomed. The second time this season. The first time only one flower opened.
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It was part of a bag of "Mixed Pollinator" tubers.

10 tubers were planted this one and one other have come up. The other has not bloomed yet.
The leaves look similar but I have no way to know if it is the same color or even if it is the same flower until it does bloom.

Any guess what it is. I like it. It is an unexpected pleasant surprise. Looks nothing like what I thought it would.
I hope it propagates quickly.
Looks like a columbine, those are not a tuber though.
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