Tanglewood Hollow

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Some harvests from 2010

Posted by Jeremy Marr On February - 3 - 2011

Some random pics from this past year’s harvests. Missing fresh local food.

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Our flock

Posted by Jeremy Marr On February - 2 - 2011

Our chickens. We love em. They give us the best eggs on earth. They eat tons of bugs from around our garden. They live in 3/4 of a chicken moat.

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Bonfire Spring 2010

Posted by Jeremy Marr On May - 18 - 2010

It was a good bonfire. Lots of folks came. Great times!

Photos after the break.

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Splitting a hive

Posted by Jeremy Marr On May - 2 - 2010

Photos after the break…

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Out and about the house

Posted by Jeremy Marr On March - 23 - 2010

Wandered outside to take some pictures this afternoon. Had to try out the new memory card for my old Sony.

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Sugarin 2010

Posted by Jeremy Marr On March - 14 - 2010

We only got one long weekend to make maple syrup this year. The weather didn’t really cooperate. I’ll take the spring weather though!
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Busy bees

Posted by Jeremy Marr On May - 2 - 2009

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I love my bees. They are very polite as long as I am too.

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Make a bee-line for it

Posted by Jeremy Marr On April - 6 - 2009

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Bee-lining has been much discussed on a couple of my bee groups lately. I think it is amazing.

Back before the days of mail order bees (which I’d argue against buying by the way) people had to know a beekeeper to get into the hobby. Or they could go bee-lining, and try to get a feral hive.
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Catching a buzz on my birthday

Posted by Jeremy Marr On April - 3 - 2009

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Ok, maybe this wasn’t the most traditional way to catch a buzz on your birthday. And, maybe I got a little tipsy later that night. I guess that would be two buzzes by a truthful count.

The first buzz was from a honeybee hive.
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Hot young chicks

Posted by Jeremy Marr On April - 1 - 2009

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We got our chickens today! Seven Silver Laced Wyandottes and nine Buff Orpingtons. Woot!

Really, they are quite disgustingly cute. Pics after the click.

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