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I will try to sneak up on her next time.

We did a little foraging this afternoon. After three years of drought it was nice to find some chanterelles again. We spread out about 20 yards apart on each side of a drainage in the timber. I could hear Pat singing but couldn't figure out what she was saying. I said hey speak up. A tisket a tasket chanterelles in my basket. 😆

We have never planted garlic. We do however forage for wild garlic. Mostly along the dirt road we live on. A couple years ago some showed up next to the house in a little food plot we can watch out the window. It started to get big last year but not enough to make a head. Well I pulled a little disc behind my ATV to plant some clover for the bees. I must of stirred up the stuff because it has went bonkers. This garlic is really tasty just not big heads.

Excellent! Thanks Mike.

Bummer dude!

Wow what a great outing. Thanks for the detailed report buddy.

Some mistakes have been made we all know that but the instead of guessing and griping about what might be we should be thankful for what we have.

In a matter of minutes they settled into their temporary home. It's hard to believe all those bees are in that six frame box.

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@netboy we are sorry about your friend. This is really scary and if that type of honeybee ends up here I would give up beekeeping. I have an EpiPen handy. If I get stung by just one bee in the head or neck I get terribly ill. Sick to my stomach, dizzy and other things thank goodness so far no signs of anaphylactic shock. Our doctor says I'm one sting away from that. So far every hive will have seem to be very docile. I do a walk around our apiary a couple times a day just making sure all is going well. No bee jacket needed. When bees swarm most people freak out. Thats when bees are about as docile as they can get. I put myself in two what I call beenados this swarm season. No protection. This is one of the most memorizing things I have ever seen. Mother nature is amazing. I'll share a couple videos. Hopefully they will come through clearly. This was from a few days ago. Normally I would not keep a swarm this late in June but this one was rather large. We watched it leave one of our hives and land 40 feet up in and oak. Two days later it found a swarm trap in the corner of the yard. VID_20250626_082722192.mp4

Just think how good that bean is going to taste. It can feed everyone in your household. All will get a nibble.

My son in one part of town and my sister in another part of town are still out of power. This year you all have been hit twice pretty hard.

Bucket biologists have been the demise of many native fisheries. Even certified biologists screw up. This being said some introduced species have worked out but just as @Flysmallie said once that bottle is opened it can turn into pandoras box.

That was what I was trying to say about your post. I hate to say it, but all wars start because of greed, religion or politics. I wish it would end. In the famous words of the Kingston trio. "Someone will set the spark off and we will all be blown away"

I have two of those chargers one in each boat. One lithium iron phosphate 100amp I use for my deep cycle battery I use from boat to boat. Those chargers keep that battery happy. Who says some modern technology isn't good.

Dang John thank you so much for posting this. We watch movies and specials on these things but to walk where this happened has to be so humbling. To think such things are still happening after people learning of countries trying to take over other countries is unforgivable.

Yum Ronnie! Thanks for showing us the oven and your skill.

Would be more appropriate if it had a zipper.

Great synopsis of your trip. Thank you for sharing.

At least we're not some young whippersnapper.

I love this and still waiting for some color change on our maters!

I knew it and was waiting for your input! You crack me up friend.

Pretty much everything that runs up the river in the spring. This time of the year it is hit and miss on everything. Biggest downfall to this river is Stockton generation. Up and muddy for hours then it drops to nothing. Up again and muddy repeat all summer long as long as the lake has water. We don't seem to have a normal seasonal pattern. This summer I think it is gonna suck.

I would rather it be low flow and fish the holes. We jetted way upstream working eddys that can hold some assorted fish. Stockton is running 24/7 and it can get down right scary. No river that narrow for the timid fisherman or woman at that flow.

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