Heather Echola (@GardenGerty) on myLot

Yuleima Gutierrez @YuleimaVzla (1793) • Maracaibo, Venezuela 20h

I must start washing all of my children's uniforms, which in the primary school stage here in Venezuela consist of: a white polo shirt and blue pants for boys or a blue pleated skirt for girls. White socks and black shoes. This is...

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Heather Echola For some stains and spots rinsing with hydrogen peroxide helps. It also helps to hang white things in the sun to dry. Or if you have lemon juice that helps too.

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LooeyVille @LooeyVille (65) • United States 20h

It seems as though antibiotics mess up your gut biome and kill the good bacteria. Online sites recommend that you take probiotics all while you're taking antibiotics as well as two weeks after stopping antibiotics. I am having...

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Heather Echola I keep reading lots of reasons to take probiotics. We were always told to eat yogurt when taking antibiotics. You also get probiotics from fermented foods. I like yogurt and sometimes make my own. I think that is why sourdough bread is good for you as well.

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Fiacre Banks @xFiacre (14232) • Ireland 31 Aug

Do you like to eat sweet pastries even though they may be bad for you, and their name makes them sound unfit for human confection? Pictured above is a Flies Graveyard, more delicately referenced as a current square, frequently...

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Heather Echola I am coming. I hope I am not too late!!

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Vicki, #1 Creek Girl @1creekgirl (44086) • United States 30 Aug

I think I previously wrote about my little buddy Orville, a box common dragonfly who showed up last summer. His little squarish black and clear wings remind me of the plane that Orville and his brother Wilbur flew at Kill Devil...

dragon flies aka mosquito hawks

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Heather Echola @1creekgirl Or there are a lot of mosquitoes in the mint plants and he is feasting.

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Heather Echola @GardenGerty (165593) • United States 30 Aug

From our dining table we can look out into the yard. We see the mail box, the road, the birdbath. We can see my hyacinth beans just goin to town. They are growing and twining rapidly. The entire time we ate this evening we...

august 2025

hummingbird

hyacinth bean

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Heather Echola Very few nearby neighbors. It is a blessing.

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Heather Echola @GardenGerty (165593) • United States 30 Aug

From our dining table we can look out into the yard. We see the mail box, the road, the birdbath. We can see my hyacinth beans just goin to town. They are growing and twining rapidly. The entire time we ate this evening we...

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Heather Echola Thank you. My daughter says this looks whimsical to her. She likes it as well.

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Heather Echola @GardenGerty (165593) • United States 30 Aug

From our dining table we can look out into the yard. We see the mail box, the road, the birdbath. We can see my hyacinth beans just goin to town. They are growing and twining rapidly. The entire time we ate this evening we...

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Heather Echola I tried to take a picture of the nicest part.

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Heather Echola @GardenGerty (165593) • United States 30 Aug

From our dining table we can look out into the yard. We see the mail box, the road, the birdbath. We can see my hyacinth beans just goin to town. They are growing and twining rapidly. The entire time we ate this evening we...

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Heather Echola Oh I wish I had fruit trees. I have not seen a hummingbird inside a house. It would be lucky. I had a mockingbird chase a cat inside a house when I lived in California.

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Heather Echola @GardenGerty (165593) • United States 30 Aug

From our dining table we can look out into the yard. We see the mail box, the road, the birdbath. We can see my hyacinth beans just goin to town. They are growing and twining rapidly. The entire time we ate this evening we...

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Heather Echola I love to look out on wide open spaces.

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Heather Echola @GardenGerty (165593) • United States 30 Aug

From our dining table we can look out into the yard. We see the mail box, the road, the birdbath. We can see my hyacinth beans just goin to town. They are growing and twining rapidly. The entire time we ate this evening we...

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Heather Echola Oh how funny. I hope they do not get any part of themselves stuck.

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Heather Echola @GardenGerty (165593) • United States 30 Aug

From our dining table we can look out into the yard. We see the mail box, the road, the birdbath. We can see my hyacinth beans just goin to town. They are growing and twining rapidly. The entire time we ate this evening we...

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Heather Echola Yes, Robins will not come to seed feeders, they want the bugs and worms from the ground.

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Heather Echola @GardenGerty (165593) • United States 30 Aug

From our dining table we can look out into the yard. We see the mail box, the road, the birdbath. We can see my hyacinth beans just goin to town. They are growing and twining rapidly. The entire time we ate this evening we...

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Heather Echola Where my sister lived they were not allowed to put out bird feeders--"too messy". She would put raw peanuts in the top of a pot of soil. Crows and squirrels liked them. One squirrel would come and peer in the window if there were no nuts.

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Heather Echola @GardenGerty (165593) • United States 30 Aug

From our dining table we can look out into the yard. We see the mail box, the road, the birdbath. We can see my hyacinth beans just goin to town. They are growing and twining rapidly. The entire time we ate this evening we...

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Heather Echola That color really stands out and is inviting.

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Heather Echola @GardenGerty (165593) • United States 30 Aug

From our dining table we can look out into the yard. We see the mail box, the road, the birdbath. We can see my hyacinth beans just goin to town. They are growing and twining rapidly. The entire time we ate this evening we...

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Heather Echola Yes it is.

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Heather Echola @GardenGerty (165593) • United States 30 Aug

From our dining table we can look out into the yard. We see the mail box, the road, the birdbath. We can see my hyacinth beans just goin to town. They are growing and twining rapidly. The entire time we ate this evening we...

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Heather Echola It is like having company while you eat.

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Heather Echola @GardenGerty (165593) • United States 30 Aug

From our dining table we can look out into the yard. We see the mail box, the road, the birdbath. We can see my hyacinth beans just goin to town. They are growing and twining rapidly. The entire time we ate this evening we...

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Heather Echola And it is free to enjoy.

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Heather Echola @GardenGerty (165593) • United States 30 Aug

From our dining table we can look out into the yard. We see the mail box, the road, the birdbath. We can see my hyacinth beans just goin to town. They are growing and twining rapidly. The entire time we ate this evening we...

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Heather Echola At my old house I only ever had one hummingbird that I saw, in thirty years. Bob's cousin gets them so thick you think you are being attacked. He and his wife live on a lake and have three feeders on their deck. I think they need water as much as food.

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Heather Echola @GardenGerty (165593) • United States 30 Aug

From our dining table we can look out into the yard. We see the mail box, the road, the birdbath. We can see my hyacinth beans just goin to town. They are growing and twining rapidly. The entire time we ate this evening we...

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Heather Echola Yes, this is the hummingbird migration. I do not put out feeders but try to have flowers. If you have feeders you need to keep them up until it is almost cold because evidently there are always some straggler.

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Jenaisle @Jenaisle (16373) • Philippines 30 Aug

I went to visit some friends and I met an 82-year-old woman who was struggling to walk - even with her walker. She told me how she often lacks sleep because she couldn't climb back to bed after going to the john, so she just leans...

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Heather Echola @marguicha I am so glad that works for you now to be comfortable.

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Jenaisle @Jenaisle (16373) • Philippines 30 Aug

I went to visit some friends and I met an 82-year-old woman who was struggling to walk - even with her walker. She told me how she often lacks sleep because she couldn't climb back to bed after going to the john, so she just leans...

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Heather Echola @DaddyEvil That was my thought, a comforter or soft cushion and sleep safely on the floor. Maybe just put the mattress on the floor.

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