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@thebigsweed

family homesteading sports fishing travel gardening woodworking food but not cooking

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@thebigsweed Feb 12, 2025, 6:09 PM UTC

POBphotocontest New Round: COLORFUL ~ where have the jackets gone?

#### With this week's contest being colorful my mind went in many directions. Colorful pictures are easy to find, but I wanted something a little unique. After contemplating what I was going to enter…

42 upvotes 11 replies $2.47
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@thebigsweed Feb 11, 2025, 4:41 PM UTC

A FIRST FOR ME ~ hand-feeding ~ SMAP ROUND 205

#### After watching a video I thought maybe I could pull this off. #### A gentleman in a video that I just recently watched was feeding Black-capped Chickadees from his hand. He made several key poin…

274 upvotes 25 replies $7.42
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@thebigsweed Feb 6, 2025, 5:45 PM UTC

I THOUGHT THEY WERE LONG GONE. Show Me A Photo Contest Round 204

For those of us who love seeing, listening, and learning about our feathered friends, entertainment abounds. During the winter months, we use our deck like a big bird feeder. After a while, the birds…

63 upvotes 6 replies $3.40
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@thebigsweed Feb 3, 2025, 6:33 PM UTC

Garden Journal Challenge of 2025 ~ FEBRUARY!

#### I'm not sure about the rest of you who are getting ready for this year's growing season, but we've yet to begin. With us headed to Florida, later this year than ever before, we've put most thing…

136 upvotes 25 replies $4.03
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@thebigsweed Sep 27, 2024, 1:38 PM UTC

POBphotocontest ~ INSECTS/BUTTERFLIES

With this week's POBphotocontest contest being insects I thought I'd show you some pictures of the Swallowtail butterfly. When I first saw this splendid insect I thought that it was a Monarch butterf…

44 upvotes 4 replies $1.78
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@thebigsweed Sep 24, 2024, 1:22 PM UTC

I'M NOT SURE I SHOULD HAVE DONE THIS!

#### I may have to edit my ACCOUNT PROFILE which reads like this, family, homesteading, sports, fishing, travel, gardening, woodworking, food but not cooking. A few weeks ago @farm-mom made some zucc…

208 upvotes 46 replies $6.92
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@thebigsweed Sep 5, 2024, 2:26 PM UTC

Feathered Friends - Show Me A Photo Contest Round 182 ~ birds and sunflowers

#### One of @farm-mom's favorite flowers is sunflowers. It's hard to believe that these splendid giants start from a single seed like the one in this Goldfinch's mouth. At this time of the year, many…

350 upvotes 18 replies $3.35
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@thebigsweed Sep 4, 2024, 12:54 PM UTC

AT LONG LAST I'VE FOUND THE ANSWER ~ FIRE

#### Over 25 years ago I built a basketball court at our farm. We would spend a good part of the summer at the farm and having a place for the kids to practice was essential. Hoops has always been a…

199 upvotes 17 replies $3.79
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@thebigsweed Sep 2, 2024, 4:42 PM UTC

SEPTEMBER GARDEN JOURNAL ~ HARVESTING LOTS OF GOODIES

#### This year's garden has been a very successful one and the veggies keep coming. Before I get to showing you what we've got going on in our garden I must show you a vine that continues to grow eve…

101 upvotes 17 replies $1.67
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@thebigsweed Aug 28, 2024, 3:03 PM UTC

SOIL, IT TAKES SOME DOING, BUT WELL WORTH THE EFFORT!

#### As the garden season winds down I'm already busy gathering all the stuff needed to make compost for next year's garden. Here's a list of some of what I add to the compost pile, egg shells, coffe…

360 upvotes 28 replies $5.61