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Beekeeping => General Beekeeping => Topic started by: LazyBkpr on April 11, 2014, 06:31:20 pm

Title: The Brickyard
Post by: LazyBkpr on April 11, 2014, 06:31:20 pm

The Brickyard is ready for bees...

  I moved all the hives that were here, sitting on pallets etc to other yards, and began leveling and setting Cinder blocks that my wife insisted upon..   I still have a few more to set, but were ready for bees to begin arriving.


(https://worldwidebeekeeping.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fs27.postimg.cc%2Frl8wxek5b%2FDSCF0320.jpg&hash=598282183a8c9be848938ce1dac6513680184f03) (http://postimg.cc/image/rl8wxek5b/)

Title: Re: The Brickyard
Post by: iddee on April 11, 2014, 06:38:52 pm

But you live in skunk country. They have to be 2 deep. Now get busy.   :laugh:

Title: Re: The Brickyard
Post by: LazyBkpr on April 11, 2014, 08:43:29 pm

The Turtle gun fix's skunks... and most any other critter that might decide to mess with beehives..  its big enough to handle an elephant if necessary...   makes it nice when dealing with skunks. Nothing remains to pick up!!!

Title: Re: The Brickyard
Post by: Jen on April 11, 2014, 08:59:53 pm

Scott- ""The Turtle gun fix's skunks... and most any other critter that might decide to mess with beehives..  its big enough to handle an elephant if necessary...   makes it nice when dealing with skunks. Nothing remains to pick up!!!""

I live in the city limits so The Turtle wouldn't do. But I have a 22 and have set many a trap on the ferel cat/skunk problems in our neighborhood ~

Title: Re: The Brickyard
Post by: tbonekel on April 11, 2014, 09:00:44 pm

Really nice looking yard!

Title: Re: The Brickyard
Post by: Jen on April 11, 2014, 09:09:48 pm

tbone-  I was admiring his yard as well, love the wide openness of it.

Title: Re: The Brickyard
Post by: LazyBkpr on April 11, 2014, 09:32:39 pm

The field behind where the pic was taken from will be in grape vines within the next couple of years. I do enjoy having space.

Title: Re: The Brickyard
Post by: Jen on April 11, 2014, 09:44:33 pm

Seriously! Are you going to be a grape grower and/or a vintner?

Title: Re: The Brickyard
Post by: LazyBkpr on April 11, 2014, 09:47:49 pm

One step at a time.
   Get grapes, make them grow.
   If they grow well, and we can begin selling them to local wineries.. then we will consider making our own wine. Growing grapes is an art in and of itself.   Learning to prune grape vines horrified me..  They cut SO MUCH of them off!!!   But, grapes only grow on the new/green parts, not the old woody sections... so the pruning makes sense, even if it seems such a waste of growth.

Title: Re: The Brickyard
Post by: Jen on April 11, 2014, 10:16:56 pm

No doubt in my mind that you will figure it out!

Title: Re: The Brickyard
Post by: blueblood on April 11, 2014, 11:33:33 pm

Yeap, nice looking yard and landscape going on.