Author Archives: james

Memory Lane, 23rd August 2023: Pendle Witches Brew

Posted on June 3, 2024 by james

As he’s at university in Lancaster and knows The Pendle Witch pub, he wanted to try to make this beer before he went back. I took the recipe from Graham Wheeler’s “Brew your own real ales at home” and then … Continue reading →

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Ye Gods! More frames!

Posted on June 3, 2024 by james

Yes, I’m still going 😀

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Memory Lane, 23rd August 2023: The end of the Fiesta

Posted on June 3, 2024 by james

I have had Covid for the first time. It was horrible. I had a pounding headache for a week solid and it didn’t get much better from there 🙁 I’m feeling slightly brighter now, but absolutely exhausted. My wife has … Continue reading →

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Planting out frenzy!

Posted on June 3, 2024 by james

The weather has improved and the greenhouse is still full, so today I have been planting out as fast as possible. I’ve completely lost track of everything that has been done. The staging is at least starting to look a … Continue reading →

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More frames still

Posted on June 3, 2024 by james

Yes, I’m still going with the beehive frame-making. Another hundred or so done now. I’ve moved on from Manley frames for the supers to Hoffmans for the brood boxes (because those were the parts on top of the pile on … Continue reading →

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Memory Lane, 22nd August 2023: Steady, or it’ll have your leg off!

Posted on June 3, 2024 by james

I’ve never seen one of these before. No idea where this one came from, but an amazing thing to find crawling up your driveway anyhow. As far as I’m aware it’s an Elephant Hawk Moth caterpillar. I wish I’d seem … Continue reading →

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Under pressure over pressure

Posted on June 3, 2024 by james

Bit of a shock last week. I dropped into the GP surgery and ended up “breaking” their blood pressure machine. The nurse had to go back to the old-fashioned method of a cuff with a manual pump, dial gauge and … Continue reading →

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Memory Lane, 31st July 2023: Gates to control the world

Posted on May 28, 2024 by james

Well, the chickens’ world, at least. I’m rather proud of these. Not an enormous amount of work, but they look neat and work nicely. Now I need to crack on and make some more for the other runs.

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A possible new job?

Posted on May 28, 2024 by james

I posted a few months back that I was looking for work again. Well, not much has turned up, and even less that I’d actually want to do. But in the way that things just drop into place sometimes, I’ve … Continue reading →

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Frames for my new boxes

Posted on May 28, 2024 by james

I need to move some sheet materials because they’re in the way of work that must be completed, but the place I’d like to move them to is already occupied by some other sheets for lining the bee shed. I … Continue reading →

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