I’ve had a few requests for a post on how to build a top bar hive. Instead of re-inventing the wheel, I though it might be best to simply give you the link to the source. So, courtesy of Tool Lady, here’s the link… Free Top Bar Hive Plans Of…
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Hello everyone! I’d like to introduce, for the first time ever in this space, my Partner Kim (AKA Tool Lady)!!! She is going to explain how she built me what is quite possibly the best garden gift ever…a potting table!!! Full disclosure: there are a few pictures missing from this…
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A couple of weeks ago I posted about the all paper seed pods I was experimenting with. While they’ve worked out just fine, I’ve adapted my process a bit and am now using both toilet paper rolls and newspaper. The toilet paper rolls offer just a bit more support than…
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I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about what to actually plant in our new Pallet Beds since, before last Friday, they hadn’t fully existed in our imaginations, let alone in our yard 😉 Until then we thought we’d just put a fence around the new bee space…this is…
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Today we… Painted old pallets, wrapped weed cloth around them and stuffed soil into them Cleared more rocks & leveled the ground where the bees will be moved to Put some stakes in the ground Secured two of the three pallets to their stakes Created trellising above each pallet for more vertical grow space…
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After much debate, we’ve decided to move the bees. Don’t worry, we’re not moving them to someone else’s property. Instead, we’re moving them from our front yard into our backyard. Why? Well, the main reason is because, as we learned last year, it turns out I am extremely allergic to…
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Alright…here it is…our brand new chick brooder AKA Version #3! The chicks have been living in it for a couple of weeks now and it’s worked out wonderfully! I talked about our other two brooders here. Tool Lady re-used the wood that was our original coop (it’s all just been…
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So, you’ve planted some seeds, nursed them into existence and now you’re going to lop their heads off?! Yep!!! Alright, I know it’s hard…I actually hate this process…but it’s necessary in order to ensure that each of your plants has its best chance at producing some delicious harvests for you later this…