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Deborah Edwards-Oñoro @redcrew@mstdn.social · 5d ago

Enjoyed our first ever Kellogg's Breakfast tomato from our garden with dinner tonight. What a treat! It was much sweeter and less acidic than we expected. #gardening #Zone6b

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Deborah Edwards-Oñoro @redcrew@mstdn.social · Jul 03, 2026

For gardeners who grow garlic, what vegetables have you successfully grown in the space after you pulled the garlic? #gardening #Zone6b

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Deborah Edwards-Oñoro @redcrew@mstdn.social · Jun 28, 2026

In my unscientific experiment this year on barriers for my no-dig beds, I found newsprint (4-5 sheets) worked better than brown paper leaf bags. I mowed the lawn as close as I could, laid the barrier layer, and than laid 4-5 inches of compost on top of the barrier layer before planting native plants. For the three no-dig beds I added this spring, the only bed that is full of bindweed (my garden nemesis) is the bed where I used brown paper leaf bags. #gardening #Zone6b

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JL Johnson @user47@m.ai6yr.org · Jun 26, 2026

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New instance so I guess new intro? I haven't done one in years, so here goes... Dad x2 (teen and a toddler 😳) Happy and devoted husband to @jillianmarisa@rosafamily.social. Liberal. Enthusiastic Missouri Master Naturalist and somehow President of the KC chapter. 🤷‍♂️ Tootin' since 2022. Mastodon made me a Linux-using, #fedifirst, FOSS evangelist. I dig: Conservation + naturalist topics, photography (mostly birds these days) postcards 'n travel. Leader @ a Conglom-O Corp thankfully doing tech that isn't evil. Washed up travel influencer. I still help run @AirlineReporter & host a Mastodon community of travel/airplane geeks @ AvGeek.Social. Growing a family, chickens and multiple gardens while renovating my childhood home: Grandpa's 1960 house here in beautiful Lee’s Summit, MO, US (KC-metro) #Missouri #KC-ish #Travel #Postcards #DadOps #CorpLife #Gardening #Zone6B #introduction

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JL Johnson

@User47@vmst.io · May 03, 2026

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Last project of the day was to lay cardboard down a 25 ft edge of the yard, 4ft gap from fence. Then used that dumb plastic edging on the back side which faces the neighbor. I cut and dug holes every 3 ft, and planted EIGHT American Elderberry / Sambucus canadensis. Then -because I’m nuts- I mulched as much as I could but the sun set a long time ago and I had to give up. I am BEAT. But I did it! #Elderberry #Zone6B

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@User47__dup_31603@vmst.io · Feb 28, 2026

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Last night well after sunset I got the temporary modular fence installed to protect the #CrocusLawn #BulbLawn from the rabbits. The holes are too big, I’ll fix that with chicken wire backing. Seems to have had a bit of deterrent last night. Third photo is another crocus lawn in our neighborhood I spotted today. Crazy how far behind first years are from established. Same thing happened at the old place. #KC #Missouri #Crocus #Gardening #Zone6B

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JL Johnson

@User47__dup_31603@vmst.io · Feb 28, 2026

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As I spent too much time making my mockup I realized I likely would have been better off had I went horizontally as shown here. I really don’t think our local bunnies are likely to jump an 18 inch fence. #CrocusLawn #BulbLawn #KC #Missouri #Crocus #Gardening #Zone6B

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@User47__dup_31603@vmst.io · Feb 28, 2026

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I happened to have six handy panels for another project on hand. So after work I enjoyed the beautiful weather and chopped them up into three ~2ft x ~4ft sections, taking care to leave some cut wire protrusions to press into the ground like built in stakes. #CrocusLawn #BulbLawn #KC #Missouri #Crocus #Gardening #Zone6B

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@User47__dup_31603@vmst.io · Feb 27, 2026

Last night the rabbits went to town on our #CrocusLawn. I thought things looked off this morning, but brushed it off. It's been nagging on me all day so I did a screenshot comparison from our security cameras... Nothing less than a massacre. An army of pests creeping in the night doing their dirty deeds. Crocus aren't native. And we Naturalists like to say, if something's not eating your stuff, then it's not part of the ecosystem. But I'm not willing to sacrifice 100% to feed an insatiable overpopulation w/ little predator pressure here in the 'burbs. This means war. #BulbLawn #KC #Missouri #Crocus #Gardening #Zone6B

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@User47__dup_31603@vmst.io · Feb 22, 2026

It was only 18° (f) when I decided to finish shoveling compost this morning. Turns out, it’s hard as hell when it’s frozen. Also yesterday me was a super jerk to today me for not just getting it done. But now I have my trailer back, yay! Stuff needs tending to. #MacJohnsonFarm #DisOldHouse #Gardening #Zone6B

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@User47__dup_31603@vmst.io · Feb 18, 2026

#CrocusLawn update! We drove by our old place and that yard is COVERED in the first wave of blooms. It’s the third year over there, I think. I got super sad on my way home, but was greeted by a few first day blooms here. First year is rough. And the pest pressure is higher in this neighborhood. 🫤 Yellows bloom first. These are #CrocusRomance and a generic “yellow crocus” #BulbLawn #DisOldHouse #Gardening #Zone6B

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@User47__dup_31603@vmst.io · Feb 09, 2026

We spent most of the day on outdoor tasks from our Autumn to-do list. 👀 Many of the trees and shrubs we ordered before Grandpa passed survived the winter, despite the odds: Last year, we ran out of pots, soil, and time, so some were planted multiple per 6 inch pot. 😬 We’re excited to start fresh with our gardens. #DIY #Gardening #DisOldHouse #Zone6B

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