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Combining Two Bee Hives.
AS well as taking a little honey from my bees, it is time to think about doing everything I can to ensure their survival through our brutal winters. My rule is two full supers of honey per hive by winter. Two hives are looking quite short so I have begun to supplement feed them already.…
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Searching for the shot.
Last night the new macro extension tubes for my old Nikon were delivered. Such excitement. I am a little girl with this stuff. I lined them up, (there are three) put them on and off the camera. Lined them up again and waited until morning. This morning I screwed the biggest looking one in between…
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Sustainable/Self-sufficient/Subsistence? Labels.
Sustainable sounds so similar to subsistence. (Please excuse the alliteration) Subsistence is hand to mouth, then the hand is empty. Sustainable involves the land and using your hands to feed your mouth while enriching the land to grow some more. Sustainable growing is by nature more upwardly mobile. Subsistence is hard to get above. Both…
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Waiting for the little Mites
I woke up this morning to find that my internet connection was down. I was practically hyerventilating within seconds. Am I one of the addicted ones? Grimly I turned everything off. I reluctantly backed away from the keyboard and went for a longer walk than usual. Something is happening to the air out there.. clouds…
The Kitchen's Garden 