How To Capture a Bee Swarm With Kirk Anderson
...nd not to be aggressive when they swarm (they have no honey to protect). To see more how-to videos featuring Kirk visit the video page of the Backwards Beekeepers....
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Picture Sunday: A Table Made From Election Signs
...Now that the election is over it’s time to make some tables. Via the Homesteading/Survivalism Facebook page....
Picture Sundays: Why Cats Purr
...Some solid science here. Not sure where this comes from, but spotted it on Doug Harvey’s Facebook page....
A Purple Dragon Carrot
...ets. John clearly has more important things to do than updating a Facebook page. My dragon carrots grew without a hitch in our “guerrilla” parkway garden. As you can see from the photo, the carrot has a deep purple color reminiscent of the domesticated carrot’s wild ancestors, which were probably tamed in what is now Afghanistan. Wikipedia identifies the purple hue of these carrots as anthocyanin a possible source of antioxidants and a common pigm...
Perennial Vegetables
...t in edible perennials and the power of the internet has brought many of these species into our backyards. See the Mother Earth News Seed Search Engine on the right side of this page to hunt down some of the more rare items. Now, time to fertilize those goji berries and ponder the controversial air potato....