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Pumpkin Honey Bread

Pumpkin Honey Bread Ingredients 1 cup – Harmony Hollow Honey 1/2 cup – butter or margarine, softened 1 can (16 oz.) – solid-pack pumpkin 4 – eggs 4 cups – flour 4 teaspoons – baking powder 2 teaspoons – ground cinnamon 2 teaspoons – ground ginger 1 teaspoon – baking soda 1 teaspoon – […]

Honey Cough Syrup

Honey Cough Syrup Ingredients 1½ tablespoons – Zest of 2 lemons ¼ cup – peeled, sliced ginger , or ½ teaspoon of ground ginger 1 cup – water 1 cup – Harmony Hollow Honey ½ cup – lemon juice

Directions

In a small saucepan, combine lemon zest, sliced ginger and 1 cup of water. […]

Fall Maintenance – DIY Carb Jet Cleaning On Generators

No – Not directly “beekeeping” related – however, when I perform a bee removal in a location too far from electricity – I need my generator(s) to be able to do their job. Since we are about to enter the cooler part of the year when generators are likely to be used more for other […]

De-Crystallizing Honey – DIY

One of my best harvests this summer was from a few hives that had been near a LOT of mesquite trees while they were in bloom. The honey is some of the lightest, sweetest honey that I have seen.

Unfortunately, though, mesquite nectar tends to crystallize. Quickly. Did I mention that it gets granular and […]

Bee Truck Maintenance – New Fuel Tank, Pump, and Filter DIY

The bee truck needed maintenance – when I bought it – the fuel pumps (both!) had rusted completely – so I put a new pump into the front tank. The tank had rust in it – so I knew it would be sooner or later than I would need a new tank, and another pump […]

Beekeepers Day (short video)

A quick minute of today’s activities. (3 hives taken to the bee yard, checked hives from the splits I made on Saturday, and responded to an emergency swarm call in Allen, Tx)

Storage Building – Used as a Tiny House – Backyard Apartment

Over 10 years ago, I started, marketed, worked, built, and completely ran (with an occasional helper) a company dedicated to building storage sheds in the Dallas metroplex. The photos below are one of the larger buildings that I built – that was later renovated to be a back-yard apartment. The construction photos below show the […]

Mountain Dulcimer – Love Song – by Rex Smith

Rex Smith plays a personally written song on Mountain Dulcimer. Dulcimer has a more rich and full sound than indicated in the video. Dulcimer built by Terry Cannon. Inspiration to play – by Bing Futch (look up his Dulcimerica videos!).

This was take 1 – and has plenty of mistakes in it – but it’s […]

More Kitchen Work…

Another update for the work on the house:

7/25/2012

Removed kitchen sink and countertop and back-splash Removed rotten wood (36+ years old home with particle-board cabinets that had gotten wet) Ordered cabinet hardware (hinges and pulls) Replaced all rotten wood on the cabinets Repaired my compressor Repaired water line after shooting a nail through it […]

High Gear – Home repairs

My motivation for getting the house repairs completed has been given an adrenaline shot.

7-19-2012:

Finished tiling master bathroom tub surround & floor Grouted master bathroom tile & floor

7/20/2012

Removed about 3/4 of the 2-layers of linoleum flooring in the kitchen Scraped adhesive to bare concrete floor

7/22/2012

Removed all wallpaper and paper backer […]