Thanks for the update, Donna. My fingers are tightly crossed for this man an his bees. There is hope.
Well, I would not say that my experience is what one would call, "expertise", but I use horse manure every year. I leave it to "mature" in a pile...
Ah CHERYL-- "a family treasure"...I can totally understand that. :) Such things really can not be gotten rid of, can they. Not in good conscience...
Thanks very much, DROOPY-- What a nice thing to say. Well, I do put a lot of time into the lottie, so it ought to have a bit of acceptable...
Thanks so much for your comments and Latin names. I appreciated that. :-* (plink)
Thanks for commenting, Droopy-- No I did not see any wild swine but many, many signs of their presence. Fresh signs. They are actually a problem...
Heh heh heh...Yeah, you really wouldn't want to have the fragrance of this exotic in your nostrils...or even in your neighbourhood!
I am speechless, CHERYL!--What are you still doing with that thing? heh heh heh. Remarkable to see it. Hats off to you for learning. That thing...
chuckle........so you say...... :-P
Stunning foto's, mate. It looks like things over here at the moment...when the sun shines, that is. I just had to go back and look at your...
Fingers crossed, miss.
What a heart-breaker!! I am interested to hear what, if anything he did to try and re-coup. I have heard of hives being salvaged (to a degree)...
Hey Dan. Aside from what Carolyn said...fresh horse muck is pretty strong. I never use fresh muck for my beds...always composted ("well-rotted",...
Say Dan, do you have access to free compost...like from the council? Sounds like you have the chips sorted.
Great foto's, miss--You really HAVE been busy, haven't you. That fox is supurb. I couldn't help but notice that garment the cats were lounging...
That looks super, Cheryl. BTW--how did the "real test" turn out? Everything hunky-dory?
Any chance it could have been a wren? ,,,or perhaps a female Kinglet?
MG--Thanks for your advice. hahaha. I can type really fast with my two fingers, but I do want to learn how to do type "normally". It has to be...
I think that you are too late now. However, you are not too late to cover your plots with some sort of covering, like cardboard, plastic or...
No longer do I hear the throaty and extended songs of the birds in and around the lottie. Their songs have become short and a bit quieter--It is...
