Bee Swarms & Shop Light Curb Rescue
Hi Friend,
The maple leaves in the yard fell a while ago. I kind of mowed them to make them more mulch-ier, and then half the oak leaves dropped. And oak leaves are as thick as leather. Not mower friendly either. The oaks will hold onto the other half of their leaves until is snows, then drop them.
Why can all this leaf litter be coordinated better around my work schedule? I'm nota fan of blowing them into the woods because it makes it harder for seedlings and young plants to push up through them. I have ramps scattered around the woods, and want them to grow, not be covered.
I made some vids for you:
Watch Here: Two Swarms One Hive, Cool Metal Shop Light Find, Honey Frames Back In Hive, Porch Painting Becomes Not Fun.
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About those LED shop light tubes. I'll do a deeper dive on my reasons for using LED tubes in old shop lights in later this week here. For the moment, if you want to get the LED replacement bulbs I used in the latest shop light vid here is the link.
I have a very old school shop light that was hanging over the garage shop counter of our houe upstate. This retired light been leaning against a wall in the garage for 20 years. Its resurrection will come soon.
THx! Eric.
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