Thanks for the responses. We do have lumber in the garage, but it is not particularly sappy, as most of it it sat outside for a year. There are some freshly cut ends on it from building the new chicken coop. Other than that, there is nothing else sweet in the garage. Will planting some annuals...
We were inundated with bees again today. They took over the garage to the point I had to close to garage door and get out the fly swatter to kill all the ones stuck inside. I did try to shoo them out but it did not work well. I killed dozens of bees. :( Our coop and Silkie pen are temporarily...
Lol! This made me so happy! Here is the easy, no knead bread recipe. It makes two, long loaves. I've been wanting to try using all the dough for one big loaf, but haven't had the courage to do it yet. 2 Yeast packets 1 1/2 cups warm water (110 degrees) 1 TB sugar Scant tsp. salt 2 TB oil (canola...
Hello! I introduced myself here probably 6 weeks + ago, but we just moved and I have been super busy. The new house is more or less put together, so I baked bread tonight. I haven't made any in ages, but it turned out great. A few months ago, I must have bought a bum jar of yeast. After three...
Hello! We just moved a couple weeks ago (the chickens have settled nicely into the garage until the snow melts), and my neighbor has bees. We are seeing lots and lots of bees on sunny days. It seems like too many bees. When I was a kid, my friend's parents had three hives and I do not remember...
After lots of snow and bad weather for the past few weeks, it was finally sunny and in the 50's today. My two broody Silkies went outside, without needing encouragement, to drink and scratch around a little. I was so pleased! Then the most ridiculous thing happened...they got into an all out...