GardenFork – Eclectic DIY

  • Cardboard Bikes, Plywood Boats, and Pork Chops GF Radio

    Mike and Eric talk more about cycling, with Mike’s first group ride with a bunch of people older and healthier than he is. If you wnat to find a cycling group in your area, we suggest a web search for ‘cycling club’ in  your area. Keep in mind that we all start from somewhere, so go join a club and get riding. Then tell us about it.

    We talk about the Cardboard Bike Mike read about, here is the link

    We cannot overstate the importance of wearing a helmet when riding a bike. Bike helmets might look weird at first, but they can save your brain and your ears, the same ears that you use to listen to this fine program, GardenFork Radio.

    Mike’s new recipe is for Pork Chops with Savory Apple / Carrot saute , getting his daughter to eat carrots, which is a rare event, we are told.

    Plywood Boat Plans and how to build a plywood boat: Eric responds to questions people have asked about how to build a plywood boat, what kind of paint to use, how thick the plywood should be, etc.

    Eric’s latest video, how to make a balsamic vinegar dressing, is discussed, Mike tries to poke fun but it doesn’t quite work, but that’s ok. Our goal is to get people to stop buying poorly made salad dressing and go make their own. The balsamic vinegar reduction hack video is here.

    Loft bed plans – Eric posted photos and plans for a loft bed for kids, and mike has some suggestions. Eric then talks about why you should not use drywall screws when assembling this loft bed.

     

    photo by alvimann

  • Simple Loft Bed Plans DIY

    This is a loft bed a friend of mine made for his kid’s room. The bedroom is narrow, so building a loft bed with a desk underneath made the best use of a small space. You could use these plans for a loft bed in your tiny house plans as well.

    The crossbeams that support the bed are tied into the studs in the walls of the bedroom. This is house is an old brownstone with sturdy wall studs, so no need to strengthen the supporting studs. The crossbeams are tied together with screws and corner brackets, the kind used for joist hangers, which you can buy at your local lumberyard. Don’t use drywall screws, use real wood screws, drywall screws won’t support the weight.

    The platform is sized for a single bed mattress, two 2×6 studs along the width of the loft bed platform support the middle of a piece of 5/8″ plywood.

    Where the cross beams connect to the wall studs, we connected the beams and then repaired the plaster and painted the room. We found a ladder on the street that worked well for getting up to the bed. You could also buy a wooden step ladder to get to the loft bed.

    Have you built a loft bed, or have a plan for a loft bed? Let us know below:

  • Arduino Controllers, Pinball, & Burritos GF Radio

    Mike and Eric talk about how to use arduino controllers in pinball and beehives, how easy it is  to use them and program them. Repairing a shower mixing valve without cutting a  hole in the wall, be sure to turn off the water before you replace the mixing valve cartridge. Eric did put in a new shower mixing valve at his parents house,  the video will be posted soon. Mike talks about being overwhelmed with success of a bootstrapped pinball project, and how what was once great is now a ball and chain. Eric tells of how one of his beehives swarmed and what he did to try to capture the beehive swarm. Lacking a tall ladder to retrieve the swarm  cluster, swarm traps are brought out. Did it work? listen and learn.

     

     

    photo by ppdigital

  • Inside the Hive: Views from a First Year Beekeeper (Scene 19)

    After eight days in the wonderful state of Maine on a much needed vacation, I did a quick “hey howya doin’” on the hives this afternoon. As a first year beekeeper, I’ve resigned myself to the fact that the best thing I can do for the hives is not rob them of honey so instead I’m feeding them a 1:1 sugar water to help them draw out comb and create strong first year hives. During today’s check on the hives my son and I added another super to each hive (they’d completely drawn out all the frames on the top super and filled most of it with honey) so they’d have something to do with their time. Idle mandibles are the devil’s workshop… or something like that.

    It was hot and we’d already decided that today wasn’t the day to do a full hive inspection unless we saw something obviously bad when we opened the hives. Everything was humming along smoothly and the bees were calm so a quick look to see how the top frames were doing (fully drawn, mostly capped honey) and then we added our supers and refreshed their bug juice.

    Buttoning up things, I noticed this odd little insect busy stealing some sugar water off the lid of the inverted mason jar and so did the honey bees. I’ve not yet identified it and first thought it might be a syrphid fly but it has a head more like a wasp. I’m going to check with my online bug guru buddy Debbie Hadley to see if she can identify it from my admittedly bad pictures.

    Honeybees aren’t much for sharing and definitely didn’t like this little bugger anywhere near their hive. Within seconds there were a half dozen of them ganging up on it and they quickly dispatched with the intruder. This was the best shot I got of the attack and it is tough to see the prey. Two workers in the center had it locked up and a third had come in from above.

    Bees may be vegetarians but they are fierce fighters and territorial creatures. On previous inspections I’ve seen them going at it with both bumble bees and horse flies that ventured near their hives.

    Moral of the story – if you’re going to venture into a hive, bring along some friends or you’ll be sorely outnumbered.

    Enjoy,

    Matt

    Read all of Matt’s Inside the Hive Posts here

    Matt (twitter @MattInTheGarden) is quite enamored with the low bush variety of blueberries. These smaller berries are  sweet and delicious. He loves to kayak and take pictures; neither of these things does he do particularly well. He thinks most people would benefit from having a canine companion. His favorite Brady was Marsha, of course.

  • Update: Podcasts & BlueTooth Stereo Headsets

    Jabra Street2

    Speaking of listening to podcasts: back around the holidays I wrote about some stereo headsets for gardeners I thought were pretty kewl. Those were the Tags from Outdoor Technology. While the idea was good, I ended up having some problems with them.

    First of all, I sweat like a Mississippi plow mule–it’s a family trait, what we kennerly’s do best–so I shorted out two pair of the OT Tags through the USB plug on the right earphone. The third pair (not counting the set that slipped from around my neck and drown themselves in the commode at a KFC one day), finally survived my sweat, but broke the thin wires to the left earphone and battery. I’ve since found that OT doesn’t sell them anymore, so there must have been other folks with problems.

    So, I’m now using the Jabra Street2. So far, so good. The point of going Bluetooth, by the way, is getting rid of the wire between your belt holder and your ears while gardening or doing manual work, like fooling around with the bees (most BT stereo headsets also have a microphone and, because I have an iPhone I can tell Siri, “call Gayle’s mobile” while under the veil and have her bring me more smoker fuel or a box of frames or something).

    The Street2s look like a military dog tag, even have the beaded dogtag chain. Any set of 3rd party earphones will plug into the side of the unit, but the set that comes with the Street2 are far better than any set of headphones I own. But if you break or lose your headphones, just plug some cheapies into the main body.

    The usb charging port is on the bottom and, so far, has kept my salty sweat from soaking the electronics and shorting the unit out, even when worn inside my shirt. The BT radio is strong enough that I never have to take my iPhone from my belt holder and slip it into my pocket to get a good signal (a constant problem with the OT Tags). In fact, in the greenhouse I set the phone on top of a step ladder and then I can walk way over to the bee hives and still have a signal.

    The Street2 will play for about 5.5 hours without a charge, will recharge from your computer or an included wall wart, comes with a belt/clothing clip as well as a beaded chain, and a pair of better than average earbuds.

    The only downside is the microphone, which everyone review complains about. Anyway, around 60 bucks.

  • rhkennerly: Podcasts I Listen To

    Hi, Eric.

    This is really more of a question for Rick.

    Rick mentioned that he listens to a lot of podcasts. He is such an interesting guy and I’m always looking for new podcasts to listen to (I’m the one who spends a lot of time with my headphones while trainingfor marathons :)). I would love to get a peak at his playlist.

     Any chance he would share?

    Thanks,

    Cynthia

     

    Aren’t you nice? Sure, I’m always glad to share. Eric & I have been talking about a podcast about podcasts, so thanks for getting us off dead center. Here’s my current master list from iTunes. I didn’t put in links to the shows because I don’t know what feed service you’re using. They shouldn’t be hard to find.

    The first column was supposed to be a check box, but translated to a True/False entry in some versions. True means that I never skip that podcast.

    Some notes:

    • I’m not afraid of ideas, so I listen to all kinds of podcasts. The list is complete. Don’t judge.
    • I am a son of the enlightenment and a citizen of the world and so I don’t believe one country has all the good ideas, so there are many English language broadcasts from Europe, New Zealand, and Australia.
    • I’m not a doctor, but I listen to a lot of summary podcasts intended for doctors. They’re not that hard to understand.
    • I love summary podcasts, “week in review” kinds of things. Other than the morning news from NPR, I don’t listen to up-to-the-minute news. Weekly summaries are better for overview, thoughtful reflection, fact checking, and balance.
    • I don’t listen to every podcast. After all, you can only listen to so many talks about “the Transit of Venus.” So I pick and choose.
    • There are links at the bottom of this page  for pdf, xls, & cvs versions that have more detail.
    • I listen at 2X on my iPhone. Apple has a method of striping out pauses so that the voices don’t sound “funny” when speeded up.

    Managing Podcasts

    1. My technique is to “refresh” my podcasts early in the morning in iTunes on my Mac. I have a Smart List called “latest” that gathers the last podcasts from the last download.
    2. I then copy those podcasts to a regular List called “today”
    3. I delete out all the podcasts in “today” that I listened to yesterday
    4. I place all the the podcasts less than 5 minutes at the top (60-earth, 60-second science, etc.)
    5. I glance over the titles and summaries for each podcast and then rearrange the ‘today” list by interest.
    6. I delete out the podcasts I’m not interested from the “today” list.
    7. the I sync up to my iPhone

    (I limit “today” to 100 entries. So podcasts drop off the bottom of the list if I kinda want to hear them, but never get around to it. That way I never feel guilty about not hearing it and never fool myself that I’ll “get around to it”. )

    Never Miss Album Episode Title Artist Time Comments
    FALSE Africa Today Africa: Wednesday, 11 Jul 12 BBC World Service 1122 Rebels in the eastern Congo threaten the regional capital as thousands are displaced. So what does the government have to say? Family planning is back on the agenda and   an Ethiopian poet with his reflections on London.
    FALSE The Age of Persuasion from CBC Radio Welcome to Under the Influence. The Age of Persuasion from CBC Radio 134 For the first 50 years of 20th century, advertising was hard-sell. The next 50 years was persuasion through creativity and media tonnage. For the last six seasons, we’ve explored the overt art of persuasion. But advertising is no longer a loud one
    FALSE All In The Mind – Program podcast Are we getting smarter Lynne Malcolm 1759 Are we getting smarter? We know our IQ scores have been steadily rising since we began measuring intelligence, but that’s not the full story. Moral philosopher James Flynn joins me to tackle the controversial questions of IQ in relation to race, gender
    TRUE American Scientist Pizza Lunch Podcast Earthquakes and Ancient Humans on the Island of Crete 443
    FALSE Americana: inside the USA Americana: 28 Aug 11: US Postal Service BBC Radio 4 1709 The US Post Master General discusses the fate of the US Postal Service as demand and profits decline. Professor Bill Marling discusses James M. Cain’s American noir classic, “The Postman Always Rings Twice.” And in a week when the people of Martha’s Vin
    TRUE Annals of Internal Medicine Podcast Issue Summary for July 3, 2012 American College of Physicians 1070
    TRUE APM: American RadioWorks American RadioWorks – Elite College for All American RadioWorks 1472
    TRUE APM: Marketplace 07-10-12 Marketplace American Public Media 1686
    TRUE APM: On Being The Inward Work of Democracy (June 28, 2012) [encore] On Being with Krista Tippett 3060 As young democracies emerge around the world, we take a long view of the ingredients that formed this democracy well beyond July 4, 1776.
    FALSE As It Happens from CBC Radio As It Happens for Wednesday, July 11, 2012 * Canadian-Bolivia Mine Nationalized * Alberta Fire Evacuees * Carbon Sheet * Quote Unquote: James Moore * Baseball Cards Discover * Somalia Al-Qaeda * FTR: Mitt Romney Booed * Woody Allen Tel Aviv As It Happens from CBC Radio 2818 Your mine is ours. The Bolivian government seizes a mine owned by a Vancouver-based company — and that company’s CEO tells us what his next move will be. Behind the curtain. A year after Al Qaeda’s African leader was killed in Somalia, documents found
    FALSE Backstory The Times’s Carl Hulse talks to Jane Bornemeier about efforts in the House to avoid a government shutdown. Jane Bornemeier of The New York Times 268
    TRUE BackStory with the American History Guys The War of 1812: Which One Was That? BackStory with the American History Guys 3180
    FALSE BBC – “The World” with Steve Masters BBC – “The World” with Steve Masters [email protected] 233
    FALSE BBC Gardens Illustrated Magazine Gardens Illustrated  – RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2012 BBC Magazines, Bristol 3494
    FALSE BBC Sky at Night magazine BBC Sky at Night magazine – Episode Twenty Six BBC Magazines, Bristol 534
    FALSE BBC Wildlife Magazine BBC Wildlife Magazine – June 2012 Immediate Media 1883
    FALSE Best of Natural History Radio NatHistory: Amazonia – Keeping It Alive! 03 Jul 2012 BBC Radio 4 1686 Amazonia – Keeping It Alive! The Amazon rainforest covers covering 1.6 million square miles. About 20% has gone in the last 40 years. How can we use the resources it contains, but still keep it alive? Producer/Presenter: Mary Colwell  Editor: Julian H
    TRUE Big Ideas – Separate stories podcast What we can learn from the multicultural experience? Antony Funnell 965 Philosopher Tim Soutphommasane asks what we can learn from the multicultural experience. From his recent TEDx talk in Sydney  presenter: Antony Funnell; producer: Ian Coombe;
    FALSE Books and Authors A Good Read 10 July 12: Alison Graham, Sophi Tranchell BBC Radio 4 1676 A Henning Mankell thriller, a tragedy from Jonathan Coe and a Graham Greene satire are the choices of entrepreneur Sophi Tranchell, TV critic Alison Graham, and Harriett Gilbert.
    TRUE BrainStuff Why do Wint-O-Green Life Savers spark in the dark? HowStuffWorks.com 147
    FALSE The BubbaTanicals Podcast BubbaCast # 79 BubbaTanicals.com 2631 Good Soap. No Crap.
    FALSE CarStuff Pikes Peak International Hill Climb HowStuffWorks.com 1615
    TRUE Pew Center on Global Climate Change Climate Change 101: Overview Pew Center on Global Climate Change 454
    TRUE Center for Climate and Energy Solutions Low-Carbon Innovation Forum Center for Climate and Energy Solutions 467
    FALSE Click DigitalP: 10 July 12: Imagine Cup Sydney BBC World Service 1647 Imagine Cup Sydney; Olympic swimmers; Dancing poetry
    TRUE Cocktail Party Science Podcast: How It Works PopSci.com / Chuck Cage 1705
    FALSE Comedy of the Week comedy: 09 JUL 12: The Guns of Adam Riches BBC Radio 4 1690 2011 Edinburgh Comedy Award winner Adam Riches makes his Radio 4 debut with a fast-paced, fully-loaded bandolier of character comedy.
    TRUE Commentary from APM: Marketplace Can big fraud settlements curb corporate misdeeds? American Public Media 150
    TRUE Common Sense with Dan Carlin Show 231 – Liberty on Life Support Dan Carlin 3444
    FALSE Commonwealth Club Radio Program E.J. Dionne Jr: Divided Political Heart (6/18/12) Commonwealth Club of California 3916
    TRUE The Complete Guide to Everything Los Angeles Tim Daniels and Tom Reynolds 3964
    FALSE Consequence Carrie Poppy vs Energy Healing Randi.org 1441
    FALSE Costing the Earth CostEarth: 22 May 12 Jellyfish Invasion! BBC Radio 4 1672 Are jellyfish taking over our oceans? Miranda Krestovnikoff reports.
    FALSE The CultCast CultCast #21 – We’ve Got A Feva! Cult of Mac 3768 Cult of Mac’s shiny new podcast, CultCast, is the best 30 minute conversation about Apple you’ll hear all week.
    FALSE Cutting The Curd Cutting the Curd – Episode 107 – Daphne Zepos Tribute Anne Saxelby 1730
    TRUE Dan Carlin’s Hardcore History Show 43 – Wrath of the Khans I Dan Carlin 6556
    FALSE Democracy Now! Audio Democracy Now! 2012-07-11 Wednesday Democracy Now! 3554
    TRUE Digital Europe | Deutsche Welle Austrian students faceoff with Facebook DW-WORLD.DE | Deutsche Welle 355 Europe versus Facebook is a group of Vienna-based students that have filed complaints against the social networking giant.
    TRUE The Digital Marketer’s Quick and Dirty Tips for Growing Your Business with Digital Tools 098 DM My 32 Most Favorite iPhone Apps The Digital Marketer 729
    FALSE The Dinner Party Episode 155: The All-Movie Episode American Public Media 3100 This Week: Our 1st-ever All-Movie episode, starring John C. Reilly, Terry Gilliam, Miranda July, Val Kilmer, Dick Cavett, Jackie Collins, Molly Ringwald, and Oscar-winning director Michel Hazanavicius. If it was a film, all screenings would be sold out.
    FALSE Discovery Discovery: Gene Therapy BBC World Service 1079 Geoff Watts explores new techniques in gene therapy for cystic fibrosis
    TRUE The Dog Trainer’s Quick and Dirty Tips for Teaching and Caring for Your Pet 158 TDT Do Dogs Feel Empathy? The Dog Trainer 485
    TRUE Domestic CEO’s Quick & Dirty Tips to Managing Your Home 019 DCEO How to Organize Paperwork, Part 1 Domestic CEO 488
    FALSE Downton Abbey Reflection Season 1, Episode 4 Carrie 2467
    TRUE Drowning In The Mainstream Episode 6: Reducing Consumer Lifestyle Drowning In The Mainstream 3447
    FALSE EconTalk Stiglitz on Inequality EconTalk: Russ Roberts 4049
    FALSE EE Tech News Podcast – Experts Exchange Google Conference Report: Nexus 7, Android Jellybean and G+ Skydiving (Podcast) Experts Exchange 1070
    FALSE Evernote Blogcast » Podcast Evernote Podcast #33 – Heavy Breathing Episode Evernote 3861
    TRUE Everyday Einstein 011 EDE What is Gut Microbiota? Everyday Einstein 338
    FALSE The Experts Audio Queen of the Web – The Experts Ep. 20 Triggla 3616
    TRUE FactCheck.org » FactCheck Radio Health Care Repeal, Tea Party and Political Discourse 522
    FALSE Field Notes Podcast Fake meat from Missouri Jeremy Bernfeld 491
    FALSE Food Programme FoodProg: Food and the High Street BBC Radio 4 1679 Sheila Dillon and food expert Henrietta Green visit on of the first ‘Portas’ towns to find out if food can be central to reviving our high streets
    FALSE For Your Ears Only (On Air) For Your Ears Only (On Air) 07/08/2012 For Your Ears Only (On Air) 3333
    FALSE Forum – A World of Ideas Forum: USA’s place in the world. David Brooks, Richard Haass, Anne-Marie Slaughter. 07 July 2012 BBC World Service 2449 In the run up to the American presidential election, we present a special edition of The Forum from the Aspen Ideas Festival in Colorado. How do Americans think their place in the world is changing? Does the United States still see itself as the key pla
    FALSE Freakonomics Radio What’s Wrong With Cash for Grades? Stephen J. Dubner 374
    FALSE Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4 FriComedy: The Now Show 06 Jul 12 BBC Radio 4 1687 A Week of Splits: in the week that David Cameron suggested he might have a referendum on whether the UK should break from Europe, Katie Holmes announced her split from Tom Cruise, and scientists at CERN announced the discovery of a Higgs-like Boson, Jon H
    TRUE Future Now – Innovations shaping tomorrow Stem cell research set of wide German debate DW.DE | Deutsche Welle 216 One German scientist’s request to study human stem cells led to national consequences.
    FALSE Gardeners’ Question Time GQT: 6 Jul 12: RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show BBC Radio 4 2509 Eric Robson and the panel – Chris Beardshaw, Bunny Guinness and Bob Flowerdew – invite GQT listeners to pose their gardening questions at RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show. In addition, rising star, Jack Dunckley gives his personal take on designing f
    TRUE GardenFork Radio Lose Weight, Eat Yogurt, Be Better GF Radio Eric Rochow 3083
    TRUE Get-Fit Guy’s Quick and Dirty Tips to Slim Down and Shape Up 098 GFG Hormonal Imbalances and Weight Gain, Part 2 Get-Fit Guy 583
    TRUE Get-It-Done Guy’s Quick and Dirty Tips to Work Less and Do More 227 GID Beating Down Your Book Backlog Get-It-Done Guy 341
    TRUE Girlfriend M.D. Quick and Dirty Tips to Understand Your Body 010 GMD What You Need to Know About Varicose Veins Girlfriend MD 273
    TRUE Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing 327 GG “Dilemma” and “Gone Missing” Grammar Girl 379
    TRUE Great Lives GreatLives: John Ford BBC Radio 4 1681 John Ford, director of Stagecoach, The Searchers and The Grapes of Wrath, is chosen by Eric Pickles for Great Lives. Matthew Parris presents.
    FALSE Greenhorn Radio Greenhorn Radio – Episode 113 – Courtney Banach Severine von Tscharner Fleming 1449
    FALSE Growing Your Grub Podcast GYG-081 Organic Insecticides – What Are They? Steve 1758 This week I discuss several of the better know organic pesticide compounds, both the good and the bad about using them.
    TRUE History Extra podcast History Extra podcast – 5th July 2012 Immediate Media 2949
    TRUE A History of the World in 100 Objects AHOW: 100 Solar-powered lamp and charger 22 Oct 2010 BBC Radio 4 833 A lamp that runs off sunlight. Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, looks at the final object in the series: a solar-powered lamp with a charger that can bring cheap light and power to people around the world with no access to the electric grid
    TRUE The House Call Doctor’s Quick and Dirty Tips for Taking Charge of Your Health 098 HCD What is MRSA? The House Call Doctor 407
    TRUE How To Do Everything Some Old Segments You Might Like Ian Chillag and Mike Danforth 1312
    TRUE Ideas from CBC Radio (Highlights) Dogs Themselves – Part One Ideas from CBC Radio (Highlights) 3240 http://www.cbc.ca/ideas/
    TRUE In Our Time With Melvyn Bragg IOT: Ulysses 14 Jun 12 BBC Radio 4 2525 Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss James Joyce’s novel Ulysses. First published 90 years ago, Joyce’s masterpiece charts a single day in the life of the Dubliner Leopold Bloom. Some early readers were outraged by its sexual content and daringly scatalogi
    FALSE Inspired Minds Inspired Minds: Inspired Minds – Breandáin O’Shea DW-WORLD.DE | Deutsche Welle 923 This week in the final edition of “Inspired Minds,” the man behind the series Breandáin O’Shea, talks to colleague He
    TRUE JAMA Editor’s Audio Summary JAMA: 2012-07-11, Vol. 308, No. 2, Editor’s Audio Summary Howard Bauchner, Editor in Chief of JAMA 601 Editor’s Audio Summary by Dr Howard Bauchner, MD, Editor in Chief of JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association, for the July 11, 2012 issue
    FALSE KCRW’s Left, Right & Center Middle Class Blues Podcast:News 1740 <p>US jobs numbers stayed flat for June, and the Eurozone continues its downward slide. What’s to become of America’s middle class and who’s to blame?</p>
    FALSE KCRW’s To the Point The House Votes to Repeal ‘Obamacare’ Podcast:News 3038 <p>The GOP House is voting to repeal “Obamacare,” with the Democratic Senate expected to ignore it. After SCOTUS’ ruling, is it good politics to debate the issue again?</p>
    FALSE Ken Druse REAL DIRT Like Nature, I Go On Ken Druse 1521
    TRUE KERA Unlimited: KERA’s Think Podcast The Glorious Story of a Rowdy Nation KERA 2913
    FALSE kprg Ep. 113 “Guam Herstory – Women’s Lives, Women’s Stories” KPRG – Public Radio For Guam and the CNMI 3607
    TRUE The latest segments from The Takeaway John Leguizamo: A ‘Ghetto Klown’ Reflects Public Radio International and WNYC Radio 623
    TRUE Legal Lad’s Quick and Dirty Tips for a More Lawful Life 116 LL Apple Versus Gizmodo: Lost or Stolen Property? Legal Lad 300
    TRUE Leverage 10 Podcast Multiple Job Disorder Electric Entertainment 1351
    TRUE Lifehacker Google, Google, Google, Finding a Sturdy Laptop Bag, and De-Spamming Your Inbox Lifehacker 2048
    TRUE Living Planet Living Planet: Blowin’ in the wind DW.DE | Deutsche Welle 1799 Learn how a village in Germany is getting a blast of wind power, as well as finding out about an Australian community po
    FALSE MacAnswers – Daily Mac Tips from MacMost.com Determining Mac Maximum Memory MacMost 73
    FALSE MacMost iPhone Ringtones Subscribe To See 100+ Free Ringtones MacMost 48
    FALSE Make-It-Green Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for an Earth Friendly Life 035 MIGG It Was a Very Good Year Make-It-Green Girl 494
    FALSE Material World Material World: 5th July 2012: Higgs-like particle discovered and exciting new science presented at the Royal Society BBC Radio 4 1739 Scientists at CERN have discovered a Higgs-like particle. Also, show & tell at the Royal Society: a new method to read fossils, the sound of bubbles and the genetic spread of peoples in the UK
    TRUE The Math Dude Quick and Dirty Tips to Make Math Easier 112 TMD What is a Higgs Boson? Part 1 The Math Dude 468
    TRUE Michigan Radio: The Environment Report Podcast The Urban Tree Hunter MR 254
    TRUE Modern Manners Guy Quick and Dirty Tips for a More Polite Life 208 MMG Proper Beach Etiquette Modern Manners Guy 469
    TRUE Money Girl’s Quick and Dirty Tips for a Richer Life 275 MG How to Invest a Windfall Money Girl 497
    TRUE More Hip Than Hippie Podcast More Hip #299 – Foraging Food More Hip Than Hippie 3572
    FALSE Movie Date from The Takeaway Movie Date: ‘Savages,’ ‘Katy Perry,’ and ‘Spiderman’ Public Radio International and WNYC Radio 1343
    TRUE Moyers & Company Full Show: Is Labor A Lost Cause? Public Affairs Television, Inc. 3145
    FALSE – The Naked Scientists ENHANCED PODCAST – Stripping Down Science Naked Scientists ENHANCED PODCAST 12.07.08 – Super Bainite: Super Strong Steel Dr Chris Smith, The Naked Scientists 3574
    TRUE NASACast: This Week @NASA Audio This Week @ NASA, July 6, 2012 665
    FALSE The Naturalist The Naturalist – Episode 95 – The Zoo Part 2 Bernie Wides & Carol A. Butler, Ph.D 2434
    TRUE NEJM This Week – Audio Summaries NEJM This Week – July 12, 2012 The New England Journal of Medicine 1382 Supplement to the New England Journal of Medicine, Vol. 367, No. 2.
    FALSE The Nerdist Complaint Unit for Nerdist Trollery Nerdist 3856
    FALSE NewsPod NewsPod: 11 Jul 12: Social care bill BBC Radio 1696 Lansley unveils ‘comprehensive overhaul of social care’ / Contraception aid / Taliban commander / China trafficking / Shostakovitch Leningrad Symphony
    FALSE NOW on the News | PBS Camilo Mejia on Atrocities in Iraq NOW on the News 617
    FALSE NPR: Book Tour Podcast In Search Of The Holy Dead NPR 2210
    TRUE NPR Columns: Simon Says Podcast Mr.’ And ‘Ms.,’ A Courtesy To Be Respected NPR 170
    TRUE NPR People: Hmmm…. Krulwich on Science Podcast Wanna Live Forever? Become A Noun NPR 275
    FALSE NPR Programs: Fresh Air Podcast A Door In The Ocean’ Leads To Dark Depths NPR 435
    FALSE NPR Programs: Tell Me More Podcast NPR: 07-11-2012 Tell Me More NPR 2809
    FALSE NPR Programs: Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me! Podcast NPR: 07-07-2012 Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me! NPR 2802
    FALSE NPR: Talk of the Nation Opinion Page Podcast Op-Ed: ‘Higher Education’ Is A Waste Of Money NPR 1006
    TRUE NPR Topics: Economy Podcast NPR: 07-10-2012 Economy NPR 714
    TRUE NPR Topics: Environment Podcast NPR: 07-05-2012 Environment NPR 1497
    TRUE NPR Topics: Food Podcast NPR: 07-05-2012 Food NPR 1195
    TRUE NPR Topics: Science Researchers Take Stock Of 2011 Weather NPR 198
    TRUE NPR Topics: Your Health When Does An App Need FDA’s Blessing? NPR 333
    TRUE NPR: 7AM ET News Summary Podcast NPR News: 07-12-2012 7AM ET NPR 299
    FALSE NPR: Books Podcast Author and Screenwriter Nora Ephron Remembered, Teenage Brain, more NPR 1608
    FALSE NPR: Car Talk Podcast #1227: A Civic Divorce NPR 3234
    FALSE NPR: Intelligence Squared Podcast Debate: Should College Football Be Banned? NPR 3030
    FALSE NPR: Planet Money Podcast Episode 385: How Good Governments Go Bad NPR 1052
    TRUE NPR: Snap Judgment Podcast Snap Judgment #213 – Blood and Faith NPR 3178
    TRUE NPR: TED Radio Hour Podcast Africa: The Next Chapter NPR 3001
    TRUE The Nutrition Diva’s Quick and Dirty Tips for Eating Well and Feeling Fabulous 195 ND What are Prebiotics? The Nutrition Diva 448
    FALSE One Ocean from CBC The Nature of Things One Ocean – Wade Doak One Ocean 1728 http://www.cbc.ca/oneocean
    TRUE One Planet OnePlanet: After We’re Dead BBC World Service 1078 Each year, approximately 55 million of us die, and many of us continue to damage the environment even after we’re dead. On One Planet this week we’ll hear about ‘green funerals’ – rituals and practices to honour a life without the use of toxic embalming
    FALSE One Species at a Time Four-Leaf Clover 292
    TRUE Onion Radio News Jesus Questioned For Accepting Tithes From Lobbyists The Onion 53
    FALSE Penn’s Sunday School I’ve raped everyone I want to. Penn’s Sunday School 5558
    FALSE The Permaculture Podcast Interview: Dyami Nason-Regan and Ethan Roland of Appleseed Permaculture, LLC Scott Mann 2914
    TRUE Pew Research Center | Audio Slideshow: War and Sacrifice in the Post-9/11 Era [email protected] 429
    TRUE Philosophy Bites Hanna Pickard on Responsibility and Personality Disorder (originally on Bioethics Bites) Edmonds and Warburton 963
    TRUE A Point of View PoV: The curse of a ridiculous name  06 July 2012 BBC Radio 4 582 Adam Gopnik muses on what it means in life if – like him – you’ve been lumbered with a funny name.
    FALSE PotterCast: #1 Harry Potter Podcast PotterCast 247: Frankie’s Fired The Leaky Cauldron (LeakyNews.com) 3991
    FALSE PRI Permaculture News Update PRI Permaculture News Update – July 19 www.permaculture.org.au 187
    TRUE PRI: America Abroad Religious Minorities in the Middle East America Abroad Media 3060
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  • Well Water Pump Repair! GF TV video

    The electric pump that pumps water to our drip irrigation system broke down, so its time for some electric motor repair. This pump supplies water to our drip irrigation system for our vegetable garden. We use soaker hose watering system for the garden, you can watch our how to make a DIY drip irrigation system video here

    But the pump broke. I think it got flooded with the heavy rains we had. GF Radio co-host Mike suggested replacing the capacitor, so we ordered one and we’ll see what happens in the video here.

    What we’ve learned about drip irrigation:

    Most vegetables and flowers do not have to be watered everyday. I found myself over-watering the plants when I first turned on the plant watering system. I know have the water timer set to turn on the water every 3 days and it runs for an hour. The plan is to water the soil well and then let it dry out between waterings. You don’t want wet soil all the time. If you notice moss growing in your vegetable beds, you are over watering your plants.

    Several beds have plastic mulch over the soil, we put the soaker hoses under the plastic and it all works fine. Check out the links below for more drip irrigation videos and posts

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  • Season Cast Iron How To with Gary House

    This is the third of a series of articles about how to cook in a dutch oven, dutch oven recipes, and how to season cast iron and dutch ovens by Gary House, of Cooking-Outdoors.com. A big thank-you to Gary for contributing this.

    The good news is that almost all new Dutch ovens come pre-seasoned direct from the factory. Today’s seasoning process at the factory is so good; you can use your new Dutch oven right out of the box (after washing) without going through the initial seasoning process. New Dutch ovens will still require continuous seasoning to build up the layers of protection.

    Seasoning is the process of applying thin layers of grease or oil and baking until absorbed into the cast iron. This continuous process builds up layers of “carbonized” oils, protecting the surface from rust and giving you that desired non-stick coal black patina coating.

    Vegetable oil, olive oil, bacon grease, Crisco, lard and premade seasonings are commonly used to season cast iron. I cannot tell you what one is best for you and everyone has their special grease or oil that they prefer; I will recommend you try grease instead of oil, as it is easier to see when you apply too much allowing you to remove the excess. Personally, I use Crisco these days and it works very well for me.

    If you do have an un-seasoned Dutch oven or skillet and want to season it here are 8 simple steps to make that process easy:
    •    Wash with soap and water.
    •    Dry completely with heat, a towel will not remove enough moisture. Place cast iron in oven for a few minutes or in the sun if hot out until it is too hot to handle with your bare hands but easy to handle with heat pads. (Cast iron absorbs grease and oils best when warm so apply your seasoning to pre-heated cast iron that is warm to the touch, no need to burn yourself. Pre-heating opens up the cast iron pores to allow the seasoning to be absorbed.)
    •    Before applying seasoning, check for rust. Now is the time to remove it.
    •    Lightly grease inside and out, you do not want the oil to pool or build up anywhere while you are seasoning your oven. Lightly means enough to change the color of the cast iron; do not apply a heavy coating that feels sticky to the touch.
    •    Place your Dutch oven upside down with the lid laying flat on the grate into a BBQ that can maintain 375° F consistently for one hour. If you use your oven in the house you could get a lot of smoke in the kitchen, consider yourself warned.
    •    Bake for 1 hour at 375° F
    •    Turn heat off, open lid and let cool.
    •    Repeat two more times for best results.

    Your Dutch oven is ready to use!

    For bests result, apply a light coat of seasoning to your Dutch oven after every use. This builds up the layers of carbonized grease every time you do this, giving you layers of protection and non-stick surfacing.

    There may come a time when you need to re-season your cast iron; perhaps it is getting a little rust, some bubbles have formed or the finish is chipping off. All caused from improper seasoning or care, but easily fixed.

    •    Place your Dutch oven or cast iron skillet in a self-cleaning oven.
    •    Turn and lock oven in the self-cleaning cycle.
    •    Run until cleaning cycle is complete. Your Dutch oven will be a light grey color when done.
    •    Let cool for a couple of hours
    •    Repeat steps 1 through 8 above.

    I will leave you with my 6 Golden rules for storing your Dutch oven

    Rule #1
    Never put away your Dutch oven dirty.
    Rule #2
    Never put away your Dutch oven wet.
    Rule #3
    Put a light coating of seasoning on your Dutch oven while it is warm from cleaning.
    Rule #4
    Air circulation prevents a rancid Dutch oven; store with the lid off or ajar.
    Rule #5
    Store your Dutch ovens in the house where the humidity is balanced.
    Rule #6
    Rotate your Dutch ovens when selecting one for a meal. The one on the bottom in the corner is all dusty is going bad on you!

    Next time we will discuss temperature control when cooking and I will have an easy bread recipe for you!

    Part Three of our Dutch Oven Cooking Series by Gary House, creator of www.Cooking-Outdoors.com; an excellent source for all things about outdoor cooking, including Grill & Smoker reviews, recipes, and videos.

    Gary is also the host of a new DVD, Taking Your Dutch Oven To The Max, using the dutch oven to smoke, grill, and even make ice cream.

    Listen to Gary on this episode of GardenFork Radio talk about how to season cast iron, how to use a dutch oven, and dutch oven recipes.

  • NYFD in action

    I was walking down the avenue to the hardware store when I saw the black plume of smoke and heard the fire engines coming. There was that burning tar smell of a roof on fire. Like half the neighborhood, I walked a few blocks closer to watch.

    What stuck with me was the  orchestration of the FDNY’s response to the fire. Obviously, they practice for this all the time, but to watch it unfold is amazing.

    The first engine on the scene has its crew out of the truck before it even stops. The driver hooks the pumper up to the fire hydrant and lines are run. Firemen are climbing up the back fire escape, others are inside the building getting people out. Two ladder trucks arrive and they are on their way to the roof.

    Then the Rescue truck arrives and 4 guys pile out with their oxygen tanks and are immediately inside the building. Several chainsaws with roof cutting discs are with them.

    The EMTs arrive and stand by with their fire gear on.

    Then in a matter of minutes the black smoke turns white, and they have extinguished the fire. Its just one of those things that I find amazing.

  • Inside the Hive: Views from a First Year Beekeeper (Scene 18)

    The last half of June and the first week of July 2012 have been HOT here in Virginia. I live in the Piedmont region and…

    Stop. Geography Time!

    I’m doing the MC Hammer shuffle dance right now. It ain’t pretty, folks, but I try to imagine that it looks good. Humor me. I have almost no rhythm and I paid a fortune for these parachute pants.

    Ahem…

    Virginia is broken up into five physiographic regions:

    1. Appalachian Plateau – way down in southwest Virginia. Factoid:  Virginia actually extends west of Detroit.
    2. Valley and Ridge – western part of the state. Beautiful and so different than heavily populated NoVA.
    3. Blue Ridge – picturesque and home to some great hiking and camping opportunities.
    4. Piedmont – rolling hills and some plateaus.
    5. Coastal Plain – typically we call that “Tidewater” around these parts. GF’s Rick lives in the Coastal Plain region.

    As I was saying, I live in the Piedmont region and it comprises the largest area of the state. We’re west of the Tidewater and the fall line separates the two regions. It is higher than Tidewater and it is also HOT here in the summertime for man and beast alike. August can be brutal here. This year it’s been pretty hot since my kids got out of school. Anyhow…

    So my lovely bride and I were out working on our garden fence (pictures soon) one evening and noticed that the bees were doing something interesting. This picture shows them doing something called “bearding” which is different from the bee bearding that some folks do where they get bees to hang all over their face. I don’t understand doing that at all, quite honestly. Hanging bees off one’s face is akin to sword swallowing, running with the bulls and juggling running chainsaws – they all fall into the same category entitled “Activities Which May End Badly”.

    Bearding is something honeybees do when it is hot. It helps with ventilation in the hive and is a normal thing when it is hot. I use, as I’ve written before, a screened bottom board so that helps somewhat with ventilation. I do need to, however, vent the hives a bit at the top (you can do this by propping the outer cover open with a stick) when I’m home. I’ve also seen folks offset a honey super a bit to help let some of the heat escape. It isn’t absolutely critical but every bit helps.

    I thought it was interesting that both hives were doing this and the patterns were similar. They definitely were making use of the landing boards (those slanted boars on the bottom) and stayed out there until well after 8:30PM. I don’t believe that bearding is any indication that there is a problem in the hive, just that it is hot.

    Bees are quite good at regulating the temperature in the hive. They’ll flap their wings to help cool things off. If you are quiet and put your ear up to the back of the hive – it is quite safe back there – you can hear them inside, buzzing away and flapping their wings. I think that sound is cool. They also will bring water into the hive so I keep a large plastic pan filled with large rocks and water nearby to provide them with easy access to water if they need it. The rocks give them someplace to land without drowning in the water. They also weigh down the pan during windy times.

    Enjoy and stay cool!

    Matt

    Read all of Matt’s Inside the Hive Posts here

    Matt (twitter @MattInTheGarden) enjoys the music of the Punch Brothers, Crooked Still and The Greencards. He is a fan of pepper jack cheese. He doesn’t like liver of any sort. He believes the world would be a far better place with more folks like the late Fred Rogers in it.


     

  • Lose Weight, Eat Yogurt, Be Better GF Radio

    Mike talks about how to lose weight by reasonable dieting, cycling, and a new outlook on his health.

     

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  • Self Watering Pots for Rooftop Garden

    A friend made these DIY Self Watering Plant Containers for his green roof, and I wanted to share them with you. He built a small deck on the roof of his building in Gowanus, Brooklyn, NY, and watches GardenFork to learn how to do stuff. neat.

     

    These self watering planters are homemade, he stacked two 5 gallon buckets on top one another, cut a hole in the bottom of the upper bucket, slid a perforated pipe in there, and cut a slot in the side to fill up the water reservoir. I’m going to have to make a GF how-to video on how to make self watering containers.

    Rooftop gardens need constant watering in the summer, the plants dry out in the hot sun quickly. In Brooklyn you add to that the breeze coming off New York Bay, and you get dessicated plant leaves quickly.

    Vegetable plants that work well for rooftop gardens are ones that do well in the summer heat. Peppers are great, lettuce not so great. Squash, especially winter squash, do well, and because their vines sprawl all over a roof, they also create a cooling effect for the roof, shading it with the large squash plant leaves.

    Herbs like basil, sage, rosemary – those from the Mediterranean – are good for rooftops.

    We’ve done a how-to video on making a drip irrigation system for a rooftop garden here. The drip irrigation system uses soaker hoses, its an inexpensive way to water your rooftop garden. Here is another soaker hose drip irrigation video we made for our vegetable garden.

    How do you water your roof or patio garden? Let us know below:

  • Worm Composter Barrel by Rick : GardenFork Radio

    Rick’s homemade worm composter; we learn more about how rick made a worm composter out of a barrel. Rick also posted a how-to video on our site here on how you can make worm composter, and gives us some more pointers.

    How to make kefir: Producer Sarah tell us how she made kefir, a fermented milk beverage, with special grains she ordered on the web KefirLady.com . You can’t just start making kefir, you have to get the grains from someone. We will be talking about how to make your own soap with Sarah soon, btw.

    Rick isn’t into smoothies, we learn. And Eric confesses that he forgot to post the cedar jelly tasting from the Cedar Jelly a viewer sent us.

    If you chain saw wont start, watch this how-to video, and then listen to us talk about chain saw repair

    Rick is growing malibar spinach in his aquaponics greenhouse, its not a true spinach, it is a vine and you harvest the leaves. You can read more about Rick’s aquaponics and aquaculture here.

    How to pollinate tomatoes in a greenhouse? Rick tell us how to pollinate vegetables in a greenhouse with a toothbrush, you have to listen to this to understand how Rick does this.

    Gary House of Cooking-Outdoors.com has posted several articles on how to cook with a dutch oven here on our site. A big thank you again to him for doing that. check out his new DVD on his site here.

    Rick is hoping the cast iron foundry startup Borough Furnace will make a cast iron dutch oven soon.

    The letterpress shop Eric talks about is Hatch Show Print

  • Energy Saving Lights in the Food Store

    I rarely go to large grocery stores, between the local food coop, and our locally owned grocery store, I avoid them.

    But this week I had to go to the DMV, and afterward I wandered around the shopping mall nearby. I went into the large store that sells all sorts of stuff, including a large food section, and I noticed that the lights in a bunch of the food coolers and freezers were off. I thought that someone needed to replace those bulbs soon.

    Then the lights in the coolers near me started to turn on. I looked closer at the coolers and realized each one had motion sensors. Neat.

    The retail world is big on lighting products just so, especially food, to make it look great. I found it interesting and a big turnaround for the grocery business to turn off the lights on some of its products.

    A couple of things in my head right now:

    What kind of lights are used in the motion sensor equipped coolers? Turning lights on and off many times a day can reduce the life of a bulb, and it takes energy to turn on a light. So I’m wondering how the cooler designers figured out that tradeoff.

    And I’m curious how the energy savings works out. It must work, or this large store would not be doing it.

    I see so many office buildings with the lights on late at night, and most of them are empty, though some of them are now equipped with motion sensor lights, now we see it in the grocery store.

  • Inside the Hive: Views from a First Year Beekeeper (Scene 17)

    Having the right tool for the job makes all the difference. You can try to drive a nail into the wall with your shoe to hang that picture and it might work but even a crappy dollar store hammer will make that job a cinch because the hammer is specifically designed to accomplish that task. Those Top-Siders… well, not so much.

    Tools for beekeeping are no different and today I want to introduce the hive tool to you. There are a few different types and I’ve got two of them. The one I’m not talking about in this post is flat with a 90 degree bend on one end. Both ends narrow down and can be used for prying or scraping. I like it. I’ll talk about it in the future.

    But in this photo you can see my other hive tool – the J-hook style hive tool in action. It has a flat end that tapers to a narrow blade and this is also useful for prying apart hive bodies, particularly when they are stuck together due to propolis. Visible in the picture is the J-hook end that is great for lifting up one end of a frame in order to grab hold of it. This is quite helpful when removing the first frame in the box because there isn’t a lot of room anyway and adding a bunch of bees to the mix only makes it that much more difficult to get a good grip on the frame. Those (as GardenFork’s own Rick would call them) “bugs in a box” seem to have a keen sense for being exactly where I need to put my fingers. Not wanting to crush any bees (or get stung in the process), I just use the tool to carefully move the frame into a position where I can more easily grab it.

    There are a few other tools that are useful when inspecting a hive. I’ll write about those in the future.

    Enjoy,

    Matt

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    Matt (twitter @MattInTheGarden) can be found most summer weekends mowing grass. He’s nonplussed about trimming the ditch along his farm’s road frontage. He stinks at throwing a baseball and really isn’t particularly skilled at throwing objects in general. Matt likes his steaks grilled medium and never uses steak sauce. 

     

  • Surfcasting with Lures How-to GF TV Video

    Surfcasting, saltwater fishing from shore, is easy to do, and a great way to learn how to catch fish. In this how-to video we use lures at the beach to fish for striped bass and bluefish. Ocean fishing like this is not complicated, and i’m all about simple is good.

    We went surfcasting at Fort Tilden Park, on the border of Queens & Brooklyn in New York City; its pretty wild to be in the city, yet on the ocean, weird dichotomy there between the urban business and the calm of the ocean surf.


    A couple of things I learned about ocean fishing on this trip:

    • Bring along water friendly shoes like those sandles with big holes in them, or don’t wear shoes at all if its warm enough
    • Apply sunblock, the bigger the SPF number the better. Even if its cloudy, you should protect your skin.
    • Make sure you have the proper permits and are allowed to be fishing where you are fishing. I’m big on following the rules, that’s why they are there.
    • Pay attention to bag limits and eating limits. Around NYC, the fish have accumulated some chemicals in their flesh that you don’t want to eat large amounts of.
    • Buy used surfcasting gear on craigslist, our suggestion is 10- 12′ lightweight rod and spinning reel. I used braided line for the first time in this video and it worked well.

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    A big thank you to my friend Brian and his dad Jack.

    We’ll do more fishing videos in the near future, i’m all about eating food that is locally harvested. What are your surfcasting tips? Let us know below:

     

  • Inside the Hive: Views from a First Year Beekeeper (Scene 16)

    When folks talk about beehives – average, non-beekeeping folks, that is – they’ll probably mention honey, honey comb, the queen bee, maybe pollen. Those are things most folks would know. Today I want to talk about something that few folk outside the beekeeper community would know about – propolis.

    In this image you can see what look like dirty peanut butter along the edge of the hive body. This is a resinous substance known as propolis. It is produced by the bees from the plant resins and sap. It is a sticky, gooey mess when it is warm and I am told it is hard and brittle when cold. The color will vary a bit based on what plants the bees use to produce the propolis.

    Bees use propolis in the hive to do a few things:  fill in small cracks, seal up anything they think needs to be sealed, coat anything they cannot remove from the hive (such as a dead mouse). Personally I’ve not seen bees do the latter (yet) but I’ve certainly seen them seal up gaps.

    Hives bodies (the boxes holding frames of comb) are challenging enough to handle when they are full – they get heavy quickly. Propolis adds to the challenge by sticking them together, making it harder to separate hive bodies so you can lift them. I had to really work hard to get the hive body above this one in the picture off and found my hive tool worked pretty well to gain some leverage and pop it apart.

    Propolis, I’m told, is quite effective at hermetically sealing nasty stuff in the hive (such as that dead mouse) so that it doesn’t foul up the hive. It apparently has some antimicrobial and anti-fungal qualities depending upon what plants resins are used. I’ve witnessed that honeybees are pretty clean creatures and act in a very methodical way to maintain order. If I ever have an opportunity to capture them coating something (other than the cracks of the hive) with propolis, I’ll be sure to snap a picture.

    There are folks who use propolis for medicinal reasons. I’m told you can find it in heath food stores and that claims are made as to its efficacy in the treatment or prevention of this or that. I don’t have any personal experience here so I can’t really say. I’d probably want to see some scientific evidence of this before plunking down any cash on this. I’m not sure that there is even any requirement to prove its efficacy before selling it. And if there’s (potentially considerable) variability in its makeup, it might be difficult to know if that propolis you’re buying is going to do you any good. Again, I’ve got no experience here but I’d be reluctant to shell out too many of my greenbacks on a substance that might not be regulated and may not provide any real benefit. I simply don’t know enough about this to definitively come down on one side or the other. Caveat emptor.

    Beekeepers wanting to collect propolis (and potentially make some cash by selling it) can put a screen in the hive – these are available from the various beekeeping supply companies – and the bees will coat the holes with propolis. Personally, I’d rather that they make honey but who knows… I might try this in the future.

    Enjoy,

    Matt

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    Matt (twitter @MattInTheGarden) enjoys making his own carbonated drinks with his Soda Stream. He is not a fan of horse flies but prefers them to deer flies since he can hear them flying around. He is tired of replacing rotted wood in his raised bed gardens and wants to move to brick ones. First, he’ll need to get some mad mason skillz(TM) to accomplish that task.

  • Inside the Hive: Views from a First Year Beekeeper (Scene 15)

    The bees in hive #2 (the hive formerly known as “the nuc hive”) have been very productive. Three weeks ago we put a medium super with new foundation atop this hive and when we checked it on Father’s Day, we found not only drawn comb but drawn comb filled with nectar in the process of being turned into honey. All ten frames were drawn and most of them were full of nectar or were in the process of being capped so we put another super on this hive to provide them more room.

    In this image you can see a sample of what I mean. The bees are very busy working to create honey. This is accomplished via enzymes within the bees which break down the complex sugars into simpler sugars. This is called inversion. Then the water content is reduced by the bees via fanning. Once it has reached the proper moisture content, it is capped by the bees.

    I personally find bees amazing. There are so many aspects of their lives which make me wonder, not the least of which is how do these bees know when to cap the honey. I suspect it is passed down through their genes but still… it is fascinating that they create a substance which has an insanely long shelf life. Cool huh?

    One other thing.

    A medium super of honey is pretty heavy. I can completely understand why some folks opt for the 8-frame mediums vice the 10-frame ones.

    And don’t get me started about the weight of a deep hive body full of brood and bees. But that’s a topic for another time.

    Enjoy,

    Matt

    Read all of Matt’s Inside the Hive Posts here

    Matt (twitter @MattInTheGarden) is not a fan of Bermuda grass. He likes Art Deco but not Zydeco. He prefers to make greeting cards rather than buy them. Twenty-eight years later he still can play (albeit poorly) a tenor sax solo he had to memorize for jazz band concert in high school.