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Welded up a mould to wax top bars and whacked a disposal hose into handle covers.

The phone says “Snapdragon”.

Gave them something to aim for when landing today. The entrance reducer is re-sawn Teak from some long gone ocean liners handrail and the landing board is Red Cedar from the ranch in Dakota!

The roof is done and it’s stop; used a cool Miami chain for a little gangster look😜. The vents are in too. In order to move this thing around the shop i welded some casters to some 3”flat bar then tacked it to the feet of my hive stand and now it’s as easy as an office chair to move around. In...

10 big-uns in the bank! They closed one of our weed dominant “garden centers” this week and at 25% savings, i picked up enough of the grow medium i use for all my spring starts to get me thru a couple seasons!

Today the aluminum roofing was glued in place and i got started on my “Hive Dog”!

Im getting the top bar hive closer by the day. Once the metal roof is on and all the cool internal stuff is in i’ll be done.

I hope they were good thoughts? It’s a lot of work but the Compost is very important to me and i’ll keep up the effort as long as i can. May have to hire a kid someday as the spring transition is getting exhausting! The new hive’s coming along. The insulations in and the outer shell is on the...

First Compost turn for the year, 47min; with a fork! There’s a lot of it this year.

The beginnings of a new Top Bar Hive! This will be a double wall, insulated hive once completed. First Asparagus coming up! And at this point we are eating our own Green Beans, Celery, Parsley, Swiss Chard, Summer squash, Cucumbers, Lettuce and soon Cilantro!

In a couple more days, i’ll be eating my own cukes again. And a nice Celery “orphan” i potted up for our Pastors wife! I told him not to count on that alone for Mothers Day, probably should still include some Chocolate.

The sequence. A 2 1/2 gallon pail of amendments are broadcast on each bed before double tilling with the Mantis. Bed is trowled smooth with a cement trowel then lightly tamped to firm soil before using a Dibble board to make the perfectly spaced holes for set Onions. Once each hole is loaded the...

70 new Comfrey plants in my “Bedouin hardening tent”.

Earlier spring by 2 weeks.

Ladies, @ducks4you, @akroberts, this cat, mouse, rat, chicken thing has really led my last post; which was somewhat important, off in a ditch! I would appreciate if if these sort of things went somewhere else? Immediately coming over here and hyjacking the thread is selfish. And yes i did...

Chicken wires probably the best advice at least more civilized than the “drive by shooting” I’d suggest! All you gotta do is shoot the cat then run over to your neighbors and tell them “ you’re not gonna believe what just happened! I was just out back pulling weeds and enjoying your cat when...

Still grooving in the 40’s excites my creative juices; so I thought I’d show (anyone who may be interested) how to have great starter mix with out buying something special; which may not end up to be so special! I’d mentioned this previously but know that a picture is worth a thousand words. In...

Well, it got up to 42f today with some Sun! Sorry @heirloomgal; i know your struggling! Everybody’s roof is dripping and it’s entirely comfortable outside. Comfortable enough that if this stays another day (and it’s suppose to) i might gather up a fly rod and head down to a local creek that...

Sorry you live in such a hostile environment!🫣

Over the years i’ve mentored several folks who developed an interest in Organic gardening. The more you study, the more your head will explode from all the good ideas and advice you will discover. Some of it may be helpful but some of it wont; a lot depends on your situation; what you grow, how...