TomA violet blossom.
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A honey bee on a viola odorata, violet.
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I put the oxalic acid pads in the hives today. Each hive gets 50 grams of oxalic acid that is mixed with 50 grams of glycerin. The glycerin is heated to LESS than 170F/76C before the oxalic acid is mixed in and then the Swedish dishcloths are cut in half and soaked in the mixture.
This was the Center hive that has the most bees.
No stings, no drama, no surprises.
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There's a lot of pollen going into the hives today. Seems to be yellow and that cream or buff colored cedar/arborvitae pollen. I currently have violas/violets on the ground blooming but they're not busy there but It seems there's yellow pollen flowers somewhere that are big enough to cover a bee with pollen.
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The oldest chicken arrived here 11 years ago today. I think she might be the chick on the left, her eyes/pupils have always been a bit different.
Previous post.
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No crocus blooms, a new tulip is up which is one of the freebies from the bulb order, and one of the smallest pots has a daffodil showing.
#gardening #spring #March21 #crocuses #tulips #daffodils #CCBYNCND
Potted up the California Wonder bell peppers and a couple of Jalapenos that have been lingering in their small pot. 5 as planned into the tall square 3.5 inch pots and normal potting mix and 3 plus the 2 into gallon pots of old potting mix with rock phosphate and slow release high nitrogen fertilizer.
#gardening #GrowYourOwn #peppers #ChiliPeppers #SeedStarting #garden #CCBYNCND
Where the magic happens and a closeup of the material used. This is a single fold swing-away binder for 1 inch binding.
Finished the second bag and fixed a hole in the bag used for a pattern too.
Making two feed bags for horses. Mostly a copy of one that is liked. Had to make a little tuck because... don't add your seam allowance to the circumference. The thing was my circle probably would have been ok but I didn't want too much extra so I cut inside the line. It's a re-purposed shade sail sort of thing which works too good as a sail if the wind blows even a little. The bottom is pvc coated heavy screen. My sister-in-law has horses. 🐴
The other day when I finally got around to cleaning the computer out, and literally the cobwebs, I wondered to myself wtf spider is the one that always makes webs inside the case and is never seen. I think I might have found the subject. I just saw it crawling along but after taking the photos I noticed there was a random array of the fine webs on another loop of cable above this that look like what was inside.
