We dive in and get all bubbly on the subject of aquaponics
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Join me on my oh-so-slow afternoon commute where we take some outstanding feedback, and embark down the strange, socially-tumultuous road that is sustainable agriculture.
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Music: EAT!
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Another two parter where we take some great feedback and then talk about some things to consider when you decide to move to the country.
Beans and Grits Blog
Firewise
Mother Earth News – Basics of Tresspassing Laws
CDC info on well testing
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Music: Roger McGuinn
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A follow up from last week’s show, on this BubbaCast we discuss some of the more practical aspects of harvesting and processing honey for the hobbyist beekeeper.
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Music: Natalie Germann, Vicki Larnach
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Although I know it’s a fluke this early, but there is a nip of coolness in the air. What a welcome relief from the blistering heat we’ve had recently. I decided that it was a perfect day to look in on the girls. Today we’re beginning our fall preparations. Some of the hives look great, and some not so much so. My goal is to get them beefed up enough to get through the winter to next spring. I’ll be saving several frames of honey from this year to feed them if I need to early next spring.
Brooks 1
The last time I checked on this one, I thought it was a goner. No queen, and tons of drones. Multiple eggs sloppily laid – all pointed to a laying worker. To my astonishment, I opened the box this morning to find the number of workers increasing and a working queen laying out a pretty solid egg pattern. How that happened, I have no idea. None. I’m grateful, but perplexed. Added 1/2 a megabee patty and 1/2 gallon of syrup.
Brooks 2
Still a dead out.
Brooks 3
Brood in various stages, but didn’t see queen. Added 1/2 patty megabee and 1/2 gallon of syrup. I’d like to see this one put more stores on.
Brooks 4
Pretty good and perfectly staged for the fall honey flow. The top deep is full end to end with perfectly drawn, empty comb. Same regiment as the others with megabee and syrup. Saw some eggs in the top super, but nothing significant. Most of the action seems to be down below.
Brooks 5
One of the strongest hives. I saw several bees still working honey in the honey super I left on from the spring. Didn’t see a need to add any supplements at this time.
Nuc 1
Pretty much the same as last time. 3 strong frames of bees. I split the brood nest with a frame of freshly drawn comb from Brooks 4 in hopes that the queen would expand her laying. Same addition of megabee and syrup.
Brooks 6
Looks really good. Chuck full of bees and honey. Didn’t add any syrup, but they did get 1/2 a megabee patty.
Brooks 7 and 8
These are doing okay, but are going to need to beef up before winter. Each had 4-5 frames of bees and mediocre stores. Added syrup and megabee. These two may get combined – possibly with the Nuc thrown in too. Wintering Nucs can be challenging.
We’ve managed the mite levels pretty well this year, but I’m going to try using one of the essential oil based varroa treatments this fall to knock the mites down more than just using a powdered sugar program. Probably looking at apilife var.
Muscadines
Listener feedback show with some swanky new bumper music!.
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Doing a Farmers Market
A long two-parter where we talk all about the ins and outs of selecting, preparing for, and participating in a local farmers market.
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The City Chicken
Music: James Larson, Gaia Consort
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The second in a series of honey bee pathogens. Today we talk about mites and beetles.
BeetleJail.com – Innovative ideas for SHB control that I saw demo’d at this year’s beekeeping institute
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Phoenix Rooster
We take some great feedback. Jams, jellies, marmalades, and preserves, oh my! Farmstead updates. Chicken Incest! And we talk some about some of the fundamental answers to the question ‘why?’
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Henderson’s Handy Dandy Chicken Chart
Young Harris Beekeeping Institute
Fresh South Market
Nature’s Harmony Farmcast
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Chaugg's Swanky Chicken Tractor
Join us for spring updates, great feedback, possum adventures, raised beds, window boxes, and other small scale farming techniques.
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