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[poultryand bees]

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I just had never seen pallets of such large size, and for free they would be worth traveling a few miles - but not from OKC to Tulsa.

 

[Sooner]

Here is a blog on tiny homes...... http://lloydkahn-ongoing.blogspot.com/

Thought it was interesting that down the page he has a McMurry catalog.

 

[poultryand bees]

Here is a blog on tiny homes...... http://lloydkahn-ongoing.blogspot.com/

Thought it was interesting that down the page he has a McMurry catalog.

"Tiny homes" is an interesting concept - but I think my preference would be for larger closets - some the size of the 192 sq. ft. cabins featured by this book.

 

[Sooner]

I can see downsizing & I am all about a smaller space to have to clean but I don't think I could go that small.

When we built it was the size to be liveable with two kids still at home & not to big once they were gone. The only way I can see going that small is during retirement while traveling.

 

[NanaKat]

How are you going to travel and have chickens and bees and garden......

 

[Buster52]

A tour of Polyface would be facinating, but at $1000 for a full day I am guessing they don't get many "tourists" just passing by and curious about the facility. I wonder how many people from the same group of folks can participate in the $1000 / day tour?

I wondered the same thing, but people must pay it for it to be worthwhile to even offer it.

That won't be his day job, though. He will be a full time farmer just like now. I'm just excited I get a free tour of Polyface from someone who knows it in and out, and maybe meet the rock star of sustainable ag.

 

[Sooner]

How are you going to travel and have chickens and bees and garden......

I have a long ways to retirement! Who knows what life will be like then, I may be happy to just travel to see the chickens & bee's~

 

[Poco Pollo]

Here’s a beekeeping class report: I attended the first of four N.E.O.B.A. beekeeping classes at the OSU Extension in Tulsa, and I’m pleased to report that every minute of instruction was interesting, entertaining, or informational: well worth the cost of the class.

Greg Hannaford, owner of Ozark Bee Supply, is teaching the class, and his wife, Shelly, is directing from the back table. We had a history lesson covering early beekeeping to current times, a vocabulary lesson covering hive parts so that we would all be speaking the same language, and we got to look over beekeeper safety equipment so that we can make decisions about what we want. I’ve got several heavy to medium duck canvas jackets already, so I’m going to get a mesh helmet, veil, smoker, and a good-fitting pair of goatskin gloves. Other items will be added, I’m sure, but since I’m not a bee magnet like my DH, I think the safety items I’ve chosen will give me a good start.

A complete hive (sans bees) was used to demonstrate proper hive procedures, and we received a lot of information regarding the different ways to get our first bees. After class, I ordered a basic hive and safety tools from Ozark Bee Supply. I also ordered a nuc of Italian bees. I’m thinking about ordering a couple of medium supers, even though I won’t need them right away, because I want the exterior of the hive to be uniform. Bee Uniform? Too many ideas in my head right now. I’ll read Starting Right with Bees, the text for the class, in my free time this week.

 

[coop101]

A man traveling down a country road was forced to stop before a giant puddle covering the entire road. Looking to the side of the road, the man noticed a farmer leaning on a fence. "Think it's safe to cross?" the man asked.
"I reckon so," replied the farmer.
The car was immediately swallowed by the puddle as the man drove in. In fact, it was so deep that he had to roll his window down to swim out of his car back to the surface.
As his head broke the surface the man said to the farmer, "I thought you said I could safely drive through this puddle!"
"Well, golly!" said the farmer, scratching his head.
"It only come up chest-high on my ducks!"

 

[Ksane]

Morning guys....
WE HAVE A SERAMA PIP!!!! And another close to it...!!!
guess you know where i am spending the day...LOL!!

You're going to be so excited to have baby Seramas!!!! I can't wait for pictures!

A man traveling down a country road was forced to stop before a giant puddle covering the entire road. Looking to the side of the road, the man noticed a farmer leaning on a fence. "Think it's safe to cross?" the man asked.
"I reckon so," replied the farmer.
The car was immediately swallowed by the puddle as the man drove in. In fact, it was so deep that he had to roll his window down to swim out of his car back to the surface.
As his head broke the surface the man said to the farmer, "I thought you said I could safely drive through this puddle!"
"Well, golly!" said the farmer, scratching his head.
"It only come up chest-high on my ducks!"

rofl! Ummm....don't quit your day job