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re: 2024 Spring Garden Thread
Posted on 5/8/24 at 12:59 pm to TeddyPadillac
Posted on 5/8/24 at 12:59 pm to TeddyPadillac
quote:In my back back part of yard I have about 100% coverage of white clover, my neighbor has about half and acre of the stuff. I was out two days ago and walked slowly thru it all and saw not a single bee. Not one. Last year I would see them, not like when I was a kid with a bee every four or five feet, but I would see plenty.
i havne't seen a single bee this year.
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Posted on 5/8/24 at 3:51 pm to tigerfoot
Good grief it’s getting hot. I watered with a hose this morning and the ground is already dry.
Posted on 5/8/24 at 4:43 pm to tigerfoot
People think bees are pests.
Someone found a hive at work and called an exterminator.
The guy showed up and said "oh they're wasps" and stuck some kind of smoke bomb up the tree and tried to eradicate them. He knew they were bees but he didn't want to deal with them.
They ended up building back up and surviving, but I bet that's pretty typical -
People find hives, they don't know any bee removal people and/or want them gone soon, so they try and kill them.
Add that to the fact that we are not building houses around trees anymore (rather bulldozing and building houses with no nature in between), it doesn't look good for the bees!
I'm going to try and start a hive in a few years after I get a handle on some other yard projects.
They need to be close to water so they're already a little picky - we have some room and water so I'll try and help them out.
Someone found a hive at work and called an exterminator.
The guy showed up and said "oh they're wasps" and stuck some kind of smoke bomb up the tree and tried to eradicate them. He knew they were bees but he didn't want to deal with them.
They ended up building back up and surviving, but I bet that's pretty typical -
People find hives, they don't know any bee removal people and/or want them gone soon, so they try and kill them.
Add that to the fact that we are not building houses around trees anymore (rather bulldozing and building houses with no nature in between), it doesn't look good for the bees!
I'm going to try and start a hive in a few years after I get a handle on some other yard projects.
They need to be close to water so they're already a little picky - we have some room and water so I'll try and help them out.
Posted on 5/8/24 at 7:12 pm to TeddyPadillac
quote:
i havne't seen a single bee this year.
I have one or two working my cucumber flowers everyday. I guess I’m lucky.
Posted on 5/8/24 at 7:33 pm to Sir Drinksalot
I have a hive on my property. I started with two but one of the storms took one of them. I’m not in any way a beekeeper though, they are on their own as far as maintenance goes…I’ve never opened the hive and I’ve not even checked on them in years.
but, they seem to be doing their thing. My garden and all my flowers are covered in bees. My point of this is simple. If you have a secluded spot, and there’s water within a mile or so (creek, pond, swimming pool) then you can install a hive easily with no further requirements from you. Treat the hive as just another feature of your property.
the benefits are worth the minor expense
but, they seem to be doing their thing. My garden and all my flowers are covered in bees. My point of this is simple. If you have a secluded spot, and there’s water within a mile or so (creek, pond, swimming pool) then you can install a hive easily with no further requirements from you. Treat the hive as just another feature of your property.
the benefits are worth the minor expense
Posted on 5/8/24 at 9:12 pm to cgrand
That’s awesome.
We do have all of those things.
And I’d love to help some bees out.
Can you share more about how you got started?
Maybe a picture or two?
I always thought you had to get a suit and do stuff to them.
We do have all of those things.
And I’d love to help some bees out.
Can you share more about how you got started?
Maybe a picture or two?
I always thought you had to get a suit and do stuff to them.
Posted on 5/8/24 at 9:27 pm to Sir Drinksalot
Posted on 5/8/24 at 9:38 pm to Bayou
quote:
What variety of cucumber you talkin'
They're called 'homemade pickles' from southern exposure seed exchange. The cucumbers are great, and there's loads of them. Already made two batches of pickles.
Posted on 5/9/24 at 9:57 am to LSUJuice
Who else is giving their garden a daily shot of water yet in this heat?
Posted on 5/9/24 at 10:19 am to LSUJuice
I just pickled some green beans. Turned out great.
Posted on 5/9/24 at 10:23 am to cgrand
i think it would be fun to have a bee hive, but i'm curious how they interact with other hives?
I know my neighbor has a hive just a few houses down from me. They sell their honey to Rouses.
Are bees territorial? would their much larger hive come take out my newly started small one? or would the bees i get just go over to their much larger hive?
I know my neighbor has a hive just a few houses down from me. They sell their honey to Rouses.
Are bees territorial? would their much larger hive come take out my newly started small one? or would the bees i get just go over to their much larger hive?
Posted on 5/9/24 at 11:20 am to TeddyPadillac
very similar to ant piles...
each hive has a queen and the workers (the bees you see) are bonded via pheromones to that queen only. the field bees out gathering dont interact with each other at all.
back at the hive, the workers will indicate to the others if they found a juicy flower stash to go pillage, but it wont be another hive. most beekeepers have dozens of hives, stacked right next to each other.
funny we were discussing this, i got a call this morning that a building we are renovating on oneal is full of bees
. five hives located so far. he's coming back out this weekend to try and relocate as many as he can. i have never seen so many bees in one place in my life
each hive has a queen and the workers (the bees you see) are bonded via pheromones to that queen only. the field bees out gathering dont interact with each other at all.
back at the hive, the workers will indicate to the others if they found a juicy flower stash to go pillage, but it wont be another hive. most beekeepers have dozens of hives, stacked right next to each other.
funny we were discussing this, i got a call this morning that a building we are renovating on oneal is full of bees
. five hives located so far. he's coming back out this weekend to try and relocate as many as he can. i have never seen so many bees in one place in my lifePosted on 5/9/24 at 12:56 pm to meeple
quote:
Who else is giving their garden a daily shot of water yet in this heat?
I'm not yet. Just had a ton of rain on Sunday, and the ground is still wet. My beds are mulched pretty well. Yes it's hot, but at least here this week it's 1) not windy, and 2) pretty overcast, thus preserving soil moisture.
90 with full sun, low humidity, and a breeze is much more drying than 90 with this thick soupy still air.
Posted on 5/9/24 at 3:53 pm to LSUJuice
Grape and cherry tomatoes getting tall
This is my annual "sucker pot". I always have a few suckers get away from me, so I stick them way down into the soil. They always do well:
I may have left too many blooms on these Cajun Bells.
My first attempt at poblanos:
This is my annual "sucker pot". I always have a few suckers get away from me, so I stick them way down into the soil. They always do well:
I may have left too many blooms on these Cajun Bells.
My first attempt at poblanos:
Posted on 5/9/24 at 5:24 pm to AlxTgr
quote:
Grape and cherry tomatoes getting tall
Nice! I like the trellising idea for cherry tomatoes. I think I'll try that this fall using an arched cattle panel.
Posted on 5/9/24 at 7:21 pm to LSUJuice
quote:
They're called 'homemade pickles' from southern exposure seed exchange. The cucumbers are great, and there's loads of them. Already made two batches of pickles.
I have some smaller burpless but they're not yet ready.
Install a pollinator garden. It helps. Zinnias are nearly maintenance free and grow in almost any soil. They're beautiful and will attract the pollinators you desire.
Posted on 5/9/24 at 7:45 pm to Bayou
Anyone know of a reasonably accurate rainfall projection site? Im trying to decide if I'm digging up potatoes on Sunday. I'd like a few different resources to monitor next week's projections... don't want them to rot in the ground after nearly 80 days.
Posted on 5/9/24 at 8:32 pm to Devious
WeatherNation seems to be decently accurate for us
Posted on 5/9/24 at 10:30 pm to Bayou
quote:
Install a pollinator garden.
I did. Started a row of perennials with the main intent being a wind block along the southern edge of the garden.
As for weather, use your local NWS site and read the forecast discussion.
NWS Houston
This post was edited on 5/9/24 at 10:31 pm
Posted on 5/10/24 at 7:17 am to LSUJuice
Garden work day today. Pulling potatoes and yellow onions out. Sweet peas are dead from powdery mildew and the heat. Time for okra, black eyed peas, and butter beans.
And burning weeds.
And burning weeds.
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