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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Greetings from southern New Hampshire!

We are starting to see some produce from the garden. Hot peppers and some yellow plum tomatoes.

I have all of the stakes and posts for the perimeter fence installed, along with the tarpaper along the fence route. The two front gates are almost finished and I will start installing the rabbit fencing, today.

I also scored some assemblies made of 8’ 2 by 4s that I will use to make the walls for our new garden shed and for the shop expansion within our garage. It will be at least 20’ by 12’, 8’ high, with unheated storage on top and heated space inside.

The temporary fencing around the raised beds seems to be holding back the bunnies. We will see how effective the new perimeter fencing will be.

The first swarm of my beekeeping career is now safely transferred to a new horizontal hive and the girls are busy. I had forgotten how peaceful and mesmerizing it is to sit and watch the comings and goings!


6 posted on 07/31/2021 7:01:43 AM PDT by Redleg Duke (“I’m not the olny one!”)
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To: Redleg Duke

Love that the bees are re-homed and thriving! I still kick myself for not taking all of my BILs beekeeping stuff when it was offered to me years ago - before keeping bees was...the bee’s knees, LOL!

We have one friend that is interested in keeping hives here and if he ever gets it together, of course we’ll say yes! My garden does well, but it could always do better with some help from bees. :)


14 posted on 07/31/2021 7:53:47 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
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To: Redleg Duke

I love watching bees collect pollen.


76 posted on 08/02/2021 7:46:26 AM PDT by tob2 (So much to do; so little desire to do it.)
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