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I have a quick testimonial I'd like to share. I bought some computer hardware from another person last week using cryptocurrency. This was my first crypto transaction other than trading between currencies.

Stargazer Lillies Last year about this time, I was telling a friend of mine how well my Honeycrisp apple tree was doing and that I had lots of nice looking apples on it. I told him I was using some

"You don't need that!" Those were the famous words of my father...or perhaps they are better described as "infamous." They were famous because I think many of his oft-quoted sayings

So, determined as I have been to be an organic grower...I pulled a lot of weeds today. Thistles, dandelions and bindweed. This photo doesn't do the pile justice. Part of me was thinking I should have just

My wife and I will be empty nesters in almost exactly two months. Twenty seven years of those crumb crunchers, pre-teens and teenagers running around in our house and now we're looking at just the two

There have been many times I've allowed others to make me mad. I've chosen to surrender my autonomy, my proactivity by allowing others' actions to dictate how I feel. Are you guilty of the same thing?

What a great day I had yesterday! My family celebrated Father's Day on Saturday because my daughter's birthday was today. My wife and I are close to being empty nesters and I had all but one of my children

Don't be fooled by these pretty little flowers... ...if you've never seen them, they are from a plant called "Bindweed". Bindweed is DEMONIC! Because it is a vine, it grows very quickly, crowds

So about five years ago I decided that the hillside facing the south at my house was going to be an organic food forest/garden. Had I the slightest idea of what that decision would cost me in time and

Paul's letter to his mentee, Timothy, has been quoted a lot. We've all heard it. I always thought that quote was directed at rich people who sit in their corner offices smoking those big cigars and counting

Yesterday I met Gary, a disabled man who was until recently, very "un-disabled." Gary is still young enough to work as he is in his mid-fifties, but he recently retired due to health reasons.

I'm a neophyte organic gardener and I've been experimenting with organically improving my soil -- which was essentially dead -- with wood chip mulch. Preliminary results have been quite encouraging. I

This is a prevalent question that I hear almost every day. And the truth is that right now is a tough time to be a honeybee. There are so many factors that are working against honeybees that it's difficult

Something went horribly wrong with my last post. This photo should have been included.

Hi Everyone! Spring has come early here in Colorado and yesterday I got my first swarm call.  I got a text with this picture asking me what to do. So I dropped everything, left the office and charged

I'm normally a lagging indicator of fashion and hip-things out in cyberspace (just ask my daughters) so it's likely that you've already seen this video. I saw it for the first time last week and laughed

There are many folks around here much more qualified to provide the answer to this question, and I wrote this to explain what I'm doing and why, but also to elicit discussion from the true experts. I haven't

Background: One objective we're working toward in our household is to substitute honey in the place of table sugar (sucrose) as much as possible. For one, my honeybees produce enough honey to last us a

No pictures today, but I went to my other bee yard to do some quick inspections. All my colonies are dead. All. I haven't done a post mortem yet. But, I have to say that I suspect that it may be due to

Today's abnormally high ambient temperature provided an opportunity to check on my honeybee colonies. Nothing warms a beekeeper's heart more than to open up the hive late Winter/early Spring and find a