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The PNW Planting Calendar and My Lie

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First, my lie. I said that I had come up with a patented, super creative way of making my mason bee blocks, but lo and behold: this Randy Person beat me to it. Yes, his name is Randy Person.

Now, take note that he has explicitly copyrighted the whole design.  You may contact [...]

Are You Allergic to Bee Stings?

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Probably not.

My neighbor just informed me (after I made the mistake of telling him that I was going to keep honey bees) that he has “really bad anti-falactic shock to bee stings.”  I can only assume that he was asserting that he would go into anaphylactic shock if he were to be [...]

Why I Hate Earth Hour

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I just got an email from my very nice neighbor trying to raise support for Earth Hour.  Again, my blog, I get to be super-duper cynical on it.

I hate this kind of thing.

Earth Hour is supposed to be “a statement of concern about our planet and climate change.”  So, we all [...]

Honey Bees: The Beginning

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Oh, lord, now I’ve done it.

As if the buying the yard in spite of the crappy, falling apart, remodeled-by-hippies house so I could grow stuff wasn’t bad enough… and as though it’s not enough hassle to take care of those stupid chickens…  I had to have bees.

I started with my little [...]

Mason Bee Block Design 2009

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OK, I decided.  I’m going to go with two routes: drilled through blocks and a big, ol’ piece of PVC stuffed with straws.  Why two?  Erm… cuz… three would be too many!

OK, today I’ll show you how my patented drill-through-rolled-liner (DTRL) idea works.  Last year, I tried a similar thing, but for [...]