Tag: preparedness

Episode-231- Weatherproof The Home For Winter

Tony Teolis February 1, 2014 0 Comments
         I'm grateful for listening to a friend three years ago motivate me to insulate my home as well as I did at that time. The three winters since that time were not nearly as cold as this winter of 2013-14. The past few winters made the presence of drafts in the home known enough but not to the point where I felt further insulating was necessary. Yet this past December I was...

Episode-230- Add More Mason Bees To The BackYard

Tony Teolis January 29, 2014 0 Comments
I thought I knew about Mason Bees and how to cultivate and contribute to their growth in my front and back yards. But after three seasons with nominal success and little or no successive mason bee growth in future years it became time to ask why. Being winter these kinds of thoughts are helpful as it is also the time right before the sowing of seeds for indoor starts. The Farmers' Almanac...

Honey Bees Get Some Sun Before Snow

Tony Teolis January 21, 2014 0 Comments
January 20, 2014 outside the thrive hive top bar hive and there is a lot of activitiy. The temperature went up to 12 degrees Celcius (54 F) just ahead of another snow storm coming our way. This one looks like a keeper although the ice from last December lasted a week after the snow melted. The busy bees are a great sign as they are getting some fresh air before tis too late. Newbees are taking...

January

Tony Teolis January 3, 2014 0 Comments
As the snow falls on this secondary of January 2014 I must get off my tail and firm up plans for spring. It may seem like a far way off but in just four weeks I will have to start seeds if I wish for a productive crop starting with green onions and parsley. Then it won't be long before tomatoes and peppers and lots of other stuff are growing under lights in the green room. Before that and more...

December

Tony Teolis December 13, 2013 0 Comments
December has just begun and we were greeted unusually warm weather for then first few days but that quickly changed to cold rain with an impending ice storm on the way. I want to see how the bees are doing. I haven't seen any in several weeks and I hope that just indicates they are tucked away and clustered for the winter. The Do Not Disturb sign is posted and I must respect that. But that is...

Watch How The Mushrooms Are Flourishing

Tony Teolis November 5, 2013 0 Comments
It worked! Just a day after soaking two trial logs in a trash can full of water the mushrooms have started to flourish. I'll set the two logs aside for a few days and wait until they develop further. If they do well then I will begin dunking the rest of the logs. Then if all goes well I will seek out more logs and make an order for more mushroom plugs.