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How To Install a Purple Martin Bird House
I had the opportunity, haha, to put up a purple martin house for my mother in law. It was a good trade… I got dinner, and a she gave me a pole to put up my own martin house. We … Continue reading
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Tagged beekeeper, beekeeper mississippi, beekeeper oxford, beekeeping, bees, bird house, bird watching, birdhouse, birdwatching, homestead, homesteading, honey bees, how to install a birdhouse, how to install a martin house, how to install a purple martin house, martins, purple martin bird house, purple martin house, purple martins
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Beekeeping Inspection for Winter: Will They Survive?
A recent video of a hive inspection. It is important to keep tabs on the resources each hive has you you head into winter. You want to be sure to leave enough honey in each hive so they don’t starve. … Continue reading
What to Plant for Beekeeping in the Dearth.
We recently took a video tour of the property. Not focusing on the animals, the garden, or anything like that. This time, we were looking at something specific. What do plant to ensure the bees have food and resources year … Continue reading
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Tagged bee food, beehive, beekeeper, beekeeping, bees, dearth, flowers, flowers for bees, honey bees, honeybees, plants for bees, summer, summer beekeeping, summer dearth
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Carport Bee Hive Removal: Batesville, Mississippi
We headed out to the other side of Batesville to do a cut-out from a carport. The homeowner said that she thought the bees have only been there a couple of months. We ended up finding a hive that had … Continue reading
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Tagged batesville, bee hive cut-out, bee hive removal, beehive, beehive cutout, beehive removal, beekeeper, beekeeping, carport, cutout, honeybees, mississippi, save the bees
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Talking Beekeeping with @628DirtRooster.
If you have perused the internet for any length of time looking for guys to learn beekeeping from, the name 628DirtRooster is likely familiar. I recently had the opportunity to spend a couple of evenings talking beekeeping. In case you … Continue reading
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Tagged 628dirtrooster, bee, beekeeper, beekeeping, bees, dirtrooster, homestead, homesteading, honey, honey bees, keeping bees, mississippi
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How To Sharpen a Chainsaw: Husqvarna 450 Rancher
I needed to sharpen my chain on my Husqvarna 450 Rancher…. like really needed to sharpen it. It was feeling a bit dull a couple of weeks ago when I dropped an old walnut tree for my mother in law. … Continue reading
Awesome Fallen Tree Beehive Removal! Thousands of Honey Bees!
We had a chance to cut a few bees out of a fallen tree. The homeowner wanted to cut the tree down a few weeks ago. As it happens, mother nature took care of felling the tree. Now, he just … Continue reading
Product Review: Harbor Freight Electric Log Splitter
I have a cool mother in law. Really, I do. She bought me a log splitter for Christmas last year. We discussed it, and we simply couldn’t justify the cost of a gas splitter at this point, so we went … Continue reading
June Beehive Inspections
A quick look at the hives in the front apiary on the homestead. The weather was less than ideal, but I needed to get the inspection done. The remnants of Tropical Storm Cindy were on the way.
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Pallet Project: Hen House
Once again, we break out one of our favorite building materials to create something we need on the homestead. Today, it is a chicken coop/hen house. This is actually the second rendition of a hen house we have made. The … Continue reading
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Tagged hen house, hobby farm, homestead, homesteading, pallet chicken coop, pallet hen house, pallet projects, small farm
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