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Ethel: R.I.P.

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I figure I should get some of the unpleasantries out of the way before I start posting sunny pictures of my perfect children eating fresh, organic produce.

Ethel the chicken has ceased to be.

Not totally sure about the birth and death dates. Pretty sure she's dead.

<irreverant, gross chicken story alert>

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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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Why NOT to transplant carrots, Knautia macedonica, and, of course, bees.

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You may recall that I had to see for myself why most folks say “don’t transplant carrots” and yet… your John Jeavonseses recommend it.  Well, I’d say that the jury is mostly in on that one.

Transplant your carrots, and you can expect to produce something that looks like:

Roaster Chicken Carrot

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Hive Stand and Burr Comb

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Interesting day with the bees, so I thought I’d just do an update…

I am officially completely confused again.  I’ll get to the reason a bit later… but indeed, I started out by building some hive stands.  Firstly, my previous pallet stands looked stupid.  They barely kept the hive off the ground and [...]