Beehive, New pond

We've actually had a few free weekends which has allowed us to get some projects done.  As I was getting ready to work and getting my tools together on the tailgate, I noticed how all items made a perfect Still Life encompassed so many aspects of my work at the property.  Traps, sledgehammers  chainsaws, oil, camo, bullets, axes.  I should try and do a painting of this.

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We're getting excited for the bees to arrive.  The hive is all ready and waiting for it's new occupants.  I'm getting really excited to see if we can pull it off and keep them alive for a season or two and actually get some honey.

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Here are the components that make up the hive.  This will probably be the cleanest they'll ever be since the bees will soon start putting down their wax and propolis.

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With the growing amounts of manure coming from two donkeys, we've decided that it might be good to bring some home to fertilize our garden box and to start piling up the rest in a compost heap.

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Over the winter we were able to identify another good water collection point to turn into a pond.  I was able to get the bulldozer in and start deepening it a bit.  It always looks kind of rough when I first start, but after the dry season comes, we should be able to get it there and clean it up and get it looking real nice.

A little shaping, a little burning, a little cutting and a lot of grass planting and it'll be looking awesome.

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After all that work, I need a tree to hold me up.

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Seth and Sawyer helped me start a burn pile to get rid of some of the  cedars I'd recently bulldozed.  Judging by Saywer's pose, all that hard work must've made him a little goofy.

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A long view of the pond.  Hopefully we'll get a couple big storms this spring to fill it up!

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