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    Capturing a Honey Bee Swarm, in pictures

    May 27, 2015

    A couple of days after I put out the swarm trap, a swarm arrived in a buzzing melee on our quiet neighborhood street.  Our neighbor Mike called over to let Jenny know that a swarm had balled up high in a tree in front of his place.  I got the news by text, and arrived...

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    Forgotten Honey, and Swarm Bait

    May 20, 2015

    Last spring I began keeping honey bees.  I built a stout set of hive boxes, ordered a colony of italian honey bees, and waited anxiously for their arrival.  Clad in a beekeeper's veil and gloves, I installed them into the waiting hive boxes, and watched excitedly throu...

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    Jive Turkey

    May 18, 2015

    The Urban Dictionary defines "jive turkey" as:

          One who speaks as though they know what they are talking about...though they do not.

    Which is a pretty good definition for me, at least when it comes to turkey hunting.  

     

    Late in the spring turkey season, whi...

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    No Stone Unturned

    May 12, 2015

    This mother's day the family went for an outing to Anderson Island.  One of the San Juans, you say?   No.  Uh...isn't it that one next to Whidbey, or Vashon or something?  Nope.  Anderson Island is the southern most Puget Sound island, which puts it in Pierce County....

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    Morel Real Things

    May 6, 2015

     

    Fire morels are my favorite thing to find in the wild.  At least until winning lottery tickets start turning up in the duff. Morel mushrooms, grouped under the genus Morchella, show up all over the world and are prized culinary artifacts.  Their desirability is enhanc...

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