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Sweet Melty Cheeses It’s Hot

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Hot Bearding Bees!

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Great Bubbling Beard of Bees

Here in Portland, we’re having a bit of a heatwave.  Now, I know people in Phoenix will scoff at all the drama about 100 degrees, but here in the Pacific Northwest, it’s a big deal.  The Washington bees– I assume because it’s so crowded in there– are [...]

Blog “Upgrade”, First Real Honey, and PESTO!

You may have noticed that I wrecked upgraded my blog. The crack technical staff (i.e., me) here at Urban Hayseed, LLC (yes, there really is such a thing) spent hours and hours upgrading our software, resolving all the broken plugins, and installing a new theme that allows for a bit more customization. As a result, what used to work… doesn’t.

Specifically, I’ve noticed that the map of readers is all whacked. I had the staff remove the wiki (it was literally only used by spammers, and I think they’ll be OK without my help). I’m going to see if I can resurrect the forums, though. I really think that’d be good fun if we could get them seeded with some interesting threads.

Back to food! It’s been so hot lately that I’ve been afraid to don my long pants and go hive diving to see how things are going, but today I felt like I just had to check in with the bees.  Besides, I just bought this nifty remote control for my camera and needed to take a picture of myself doing something…


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Kraut!!!

I know what you’re not saying… you’re not saying to yourself:

Oh, sure, he’s all ‘bee, bee, bee…’ and ‘whoop-dee-doo, I made raspberry sauce’ and stuff, but where’s the ‘Preserve’ in ‘Produce, Prepare, Preserve’?  What a jerk!  WHAT A JERK!!!

Hey now!  Calm down.  I was getting to that.

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How About Raspberry Jam (or Sauce) Then?

Fine.  If we can’t make ethanol, and infusing vodka just seems… like a bad idea… maybe some delicious raspberry sauce (and/or jam) is a better idea.

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