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I had the same drowning issue you had. But I modified the floats by gluing vinyl screen on the underside of them. And now it's the best feeder I've ever had. It's the fastest, I can have it as a trickle feeder and I can use it to open feed. It's seriously hard to beat.
We bought our house and property that hadn’t had anyone living in it since the 70’s. I planted a garden for the last two years in an 30’x20’ area that is contained with chain link fencing. My garden grew fantastic, like unbelievably fantastic. I found out that the owners back in the 70’s had a daughter who raised show lambs in that area in the chain linked fencing. That lamb manure is over 50 years old! There is also a horse stable with 3 stalls just full of 50 year old horse manure. I have enough fertilizer to last my life time, and who ever gardens here after I’m gone. I now joke about having antique manure fertilizing my garden, flowers, trees…etc.
I wish I would have to be busy with taking my trash once a week that would kill 1 and half hours of my week for something meaningful rather than going nuts in the city and having nothing to do with my day (ps.I work 8 hours a day)
Hey nice vid, i got another idea, it works very well. Drill a Pole in the ground (a small log or a stick. Put a small roof on it, and let a string hang down. Put these 10 metres near the hive. It's easy to build and effectiv. Another information: don't melt up your wax for these. Put a small hive near the swarm area, collect some beewax and let the waxmoth in. The pheromones of the eaten wax and the poo of the moth larva is like a magnet to the bees. The pheromones smell until 2 years then you have to put new larvas and wax in the hive. Important pls use just your own wax, because in america is a creepy bee sickness, that will rotten your larvas.
I have found elderberry to be so invasive. Ive tried removing them from my garden and they just keep coming back. I moved them to an area I'd rather have them grow and they have already spread like crazy! Anyone else find this? I love having it but it's just taking over.
I have bearded silkies too, i breed those, currently 28 chicks! &Just got 2 turkey chicks yesterday. Hope i get male & female now i see your video. My son loves the names you chose!
you will have better growth if you use a lot of aged wood chips to hold moisture. they need full sun AND lots of water which is why people plant them around water. aged arborist wood chips are great at adding humus to the soil and holding moisture and nutrients. the effects of mowing it down is common to many plants. it actually encourages them to reproduce and spread. you can propagate them by cuttings as well. very easy plant.
It’s that time of the year. Poison Ivy season. I’ve been seeing it pop up in the yard. Slowly taking it out carefully. Nothing like my first year when we moved here it was all over
Back in the 1960s my Dad and I would capture these swarms and add them to our apiary. We seldom got stung because we moved slowly so they didn't feel threatened. We brought along and empty hive and would cut the branch off and place it into the hive.
I just got this one to use for our first full harvest. Previously we have only taken a few frames and did crushing method. I'm hoping to preserve comb in frames now.
You have to become a botanist of your local area. Put on supers when the right flowers are blooming. Sourwood only grows in any great abundance in the mountains of ga, Tn, and Nc, so can only get sourwood here
