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  1. I put the oxalic acid pads in the hives today. Each hive gets 50 grams of oxalic acid that is mixed with 50 grams of glycerin. The glycerin is heated to LESS than 170F/76C before the oxalic acid is mixed in and then the Swedish dishcloths are cut in half and soaked in the mixture.

    This was the Center hive that has the most bees.

    No stings, no drama, no surprises.

    #beekeeping #bees #apiary #HiveCheck #March25 #BeeVideo #TheBeeKeeper #CCBYNCND

  2. Where the magic happens and a closeup of the material used. This is a single fold swing-away binder for 1 inch binding.

    Finished the second bag and fixed a hole in the bag used for a pattern too.

    #sewing #horses #HorsePeople #FeedBag #CCBYNCND

  3. Making two feed bags for horses. Mostly a copy of one that is liked. Had to make a little tuck because... don't add your seam allowance to the circumference. The thing was my circle probably would have been ok but I didn't want too much extra so I cut inside the line. It's a re-purposed shade sail sort of thing which works too good as a sail if the wind blows even a little. The bottom is pvc coated heavy screen. My sister-in-law has horses. 🐴

    #sewing #horses #HorsePeople #FeedBag #CCBYNCND

  4. The other day when I finally got around to cleaning the computer out, and literally the cobwebs, I wondered to myself wtf spider is the one that always makes webs inside the case and is never seen. I think I might have found the subject. I just saw it crawling along but after taking the photos I noticed there was a random array of the fine webs on another loop of cable above this that look like what was inside.

    #spiders #cobwebs #arachnids #USB8 #CCBYNCND

  5. The geraniums are greening up slowly after being under the lights for a week. I've turned the lights down some since the lettuce seemed to be suffering as it got taller. The grape cutting from last year that had a verbena I saved in it is growing fast! The saved Red Marconi isn't doing much but I haven't fertilized or pruned it either. Extra details in ALT about tent and LED lights.

    #gardening #GrowYourOwn #geraniums #verbena #lettuce #GrowLights #GrowTent #LedGrowLights #CCBYNCND

  6. The Red Marconi and Jalapeno peppers, or chilies, are getting their first true leaves. The California Wonder 300 are all up 100% from last years bought seed, 100% dud on saved seeds. I'll have to make sure to grow one of them well into a non green color for seeds.

    #gardening #peppers #ChiliPeppers #chilli #GrowYourOwn #GrowLights #garden #March18 #CCBYNCND

  7. The local deer that's been around a year or two in the winter and spring. It acts different and is always ... by itself. 🤣 It loves the Euonymus bushes. I always thought the long tips just had some winter kill until I realized something was eating the leaves.

    #nature #deer #MuleDeer #wildlife #BackyardDeer #March18 #euonymus #CCBYNCND

  8. One of the two new roosters from last years hatch. He was overseeing, or just lurking on the youngest hen that is a bit wild. It is a Swedish Flower Hen, as are all but one of the 19 chickens here.

    #chickens #rooster #SwedishFlowerHens #BigWhiteRooster #NoJoke #CCBYNCND

  9. Some of the replanted California Wonder 300 peppers have sprouted. It looks like it's last years seeds so what I saved must be duds. Probably should have did a germination test on everything. Everything else is doing good.

    #gardening #GrowYourOwn #SeedStarting #peppers #basil #lettuce #LedGrowLights #March15 #CCBYNCND

  10. Put a feeder on my Center hive yesterday with 2:1 syrup. Less than 20 hours and more than a third appears to be gone. This was the high population hive that felt light. Consecutive rainy days forecast and not much to forage on.

    #beekeeping #beehive #apiary #bees #TheBeeKeeper #SugarSyrup #CCBYNCND

  11. Planted a row of peas, two rows of beets, six patches of radish, one of spinach, and one of arugula. The patches I just broadcast the seed and 5 fingered it in and tamped. It can be thinned. Skipped the other cleaned bed for now and the frozen end beyond the arugula since it has some grass that needs cleaned out when it thaws.

    #gardening #GrowYourOwn #peas #beets #beetroot #arugula #spinach #radish #garden #SeedStarting #March6 #CCBYNCND

  12. Bees are bringing in dark yellow pollen today. No hazel pollen and the bees are done with the snowdrops so I'm not sure what they're finding. Tallest daffodil in the warmest spot here is only a few inches sprouted up. Maybe so other kind of early blooming tree around. Whatever it is the bees like it.

    #beekeeping #bees #apiary #honeybees #beehive #March6 #CCBYNCND

  13. This is the "East hive" that has the old queen from the almost 2 years ago swarm. The upper deep box was still heavy so they have plenty of food. No moisture issues from this hive or the "West hive" and it had adequate weight also.

    #beekeeping #bees #apiary #honeybees #beehive #HiveCheck #March3 #CCBYNCND

  14. Checked the hives today to verify they had enough food. This is the 'Center hive' and the quilt box was very wet and had a little mold starting to grow in it. I took all the pine shavings out and wiped it down with some tea tree oil soap after I was done checking them. Lots of bees in this hive and I might have to feed it if the weather turns cool or rainy.

    #beekeeping #bees #apiary #honeybees #beehive #HiveCheck #March3 #CCBYNCND

  15. Hazel blossoms and catkins. This is one that is the farthest behind. The other trees/bushes catkins are elongated and yellow now but not dropping any pollen.

    #hazel #hazelnuts #spring #pollen #flowers #BloomScrolling #gardening #CCBYNCND

  16. My center hive always has bees landing on me when I'm taking photos, which is only significant because it consistently was the one that I'd get stung by last year.

    #beekeeping #bees #March3 #apiary #HoneyBee #beehive #CCBYNCND

  17. A warm sunny day and all 3 hives are active but I don't think there's much out here for them to forage on.

    Some slow bees to enjoy at 25% speed.

    #beekeeping #bees #March3 #apiary #HoneyBee #beehive #CCBYNCND

  18. This is the West hive today. I've seen each of the 3 hives busy now so I think they made it through the winter ok so I'll just have to see how much food they have left one of these days while it's sort of warm. Cooler and wet weather coming they say.

    #beekeeping #bees #apiary #beehive #Feb28 #CCBYNCND

  19. Lettuce getting bigger. Soil temp up to 60F / 16C. The romaine has roots coming out the bottom of the pots, didn't look at the others.

    #gardening #GrowYourOwn #lettuce #GrowLights #LedGrowLights #CCBYNCND

  20. I saw a bee flying by when I was taking photos of the snowdrops today but it didn't stop on any that I saw.

    #BloomScrolling #flowers #snowdrops #gardening #WinterFlowers #CCBYNCND

  21. Should see some pollen from the hazel trees in a week or so if it stays warm. The catkins are expanding fast. Last year there was pollen and bees gathering it for one day and then the wind blew about 50mph and no more pollen.

    #gardening #flowers #beekeeping #hazelnuts #hazel #trees #catkins #CCBYNCND

  22. There's a pepper on the 1 year old Red Marconi plant I potted up and have indoors for the winter. Some closeup photos of the lettuce too. February 20, 2025 photos.

    #gardening #GrowYourOwn #lettuce #peppers #MarconiPeppers #SweetPeppers #GrowLights #LedGrowLights #CCBYNCND

  23. Lettuce update, it's still alive after transplanting. Soil temp is 46F or 7.7C, air temp was a little higher than that under the lights.. or radiant temp perhaps.

    #gardening #GrowYourOwn #lettuce #WinterLettuce #IndoorGrow #GrowTent #GrowTentWithoutWeedThanksWA #CCBYNCND

  24. My flower in the tent probably looks different that most flower in most tents.

    #flowers #verbena #PinkFlower #IndoorGrow #CCBYNCND

  25. I put the lettuce starts in larger pots. Divided the romaine since I had a couple of pots that didn't sprout. The seeds were planted about 3 weeks ago but it's cold in the basement so growing is slow.

    #gardening #GrowYourOwn #lettuce #GrowLights #LedGrowLights #CCBYNCND

  26. I spent 2 hours looking for a digital copy of an old car photo then finally just went to the source and found the print but I found a more suitable one too for it's purpose. Seems like I only have 4 photos of that car. It was a different world before digital photos. Here's the one I knew I had.

    #mopar #OldCars #Dodge #DodgeCoronet #CCBYNCND

  27. The 1988 Honda CBR600F Hurricane. This was the second one of these I had bought. It was 20 years old then. Needed a fuel pump and the carbs cleaned to get it running, then I repaired and repainted all the broken plastic. It ran a lot better than the first one. A little small for me but it's not like you're riding one of these for days. Had it a year, maybe two.

    #motorcycle #HondaMotorcycles #CBR600F #motorcycles #MastodonOnly #CCBYNCND

  28. I got around to watering the tray of plants in the basement and saw some flowers. It was mid-October when I potted up all the volunteer verbena and one Marconi pepper plant. The verbena doesn't mind the cold, the pepper plant is just maintaining life.

    #gardening #BloomScrolling #flowers #garden #GrowTentWithoutWeedThanksWA #LEDgrowLights #MastodonOnly #CCBYNCND