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@astrizak
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Homesteading, diy, programming and just life
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astrizak
Homesteading
2022-12-23 17:22
The first failures at the new apiary
The new beekeeping season has not yet begun, and I have already managed to face the first difficulties in my new apiary. The fact is that among the beehives I got, 3 were made of foam. I haven't had time
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astrizak
Homesteading
2022-12-16 18:58
Frost, temporary winter coop and goat wear
Winter has started unusually this year - heavy snowfalls, frost. This doesn't happen very often in our area. Over the past few days, snow has poured knee-deep. Cleaning the road is getting more difficult
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astrizak
Homesteading
2022-12-09 15:40
Lot of snow, firewood cutting and first winter deeds
A little more than a week has passed since the beginning of December and now winter has come to our region. It has been snowing continuously for several days. Everything was covered with a white haze.
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astrizak
Homesteading
2022-12-03 19:47
Mouse in the well and a new gate to the field
A lot of different events have happened over the past week, but as usual, I don't have time to fix everything. It all started with the fact that a mouse got into a well with water. Apparently she was looking
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astrizak
Homesteading
2022-11-27 19:49
Greenhouse cleaning and unexpected mushrooms
Since the last tomato harvest has already been harvested, I started cleaning the greenhouse and preparing it for the new gardening season. To do this, I had to clear a whole bunch of tomato tops, remove
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astrizak
Homesteading
2022-11-20 19:28
Last crop
Today we have harvested the last crop this year. I really didn't want this moment to come, but somehow the 2022 gardening season is over. Yesterday the frost hit and I had to collect the remains of tomatoes.
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astrizak
Homesteading
2022-11-18 16:07
First snow, bee house maintenance and last preps for winter
Today we had the first snow. And not just snow, but a real blizzard. Frankly speaking, I do not like winter, I do not like cold, but unfortunately there is no escape from them. Therefore, we have to make
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astrizak
Homesteading
2022-11-15 19:28
Wax melting experiment
Clearing the rubble in the beekeeper's house, I found a lot of old frames that are no longer suitable for installation in hives. Part of the wax is eaten by moths, part is simply spoiled. It's a pity to
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astrizak
Homesteading
2022-11-13 16:46
New mega device for homestead - tractor
Another extremely useful device has appeared in our homestead - a tractor. This is an old Soviet T25 produced in the late 80s. 25 horsepower motor and rear-wheel drive. Of course, the device is not young,
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astrizak
Homesteading
2022-11-09 16:40
First honey
Less than a week has passed since we got an apiary, as we are already pumping honey. The previous owner of the apiary did not have time to pump out some of the honey, so we had to do it. Of course, we
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astrizak
Homesteading
2022-11-07 11:01
Electricity to the beekeeping house
As soon as I got an apiary, I already started putting things in order in the beekeeping house. This house is made on the basis of an old trailer and is a little dilapidated both inside and outside. The
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astrizak
Homesteading
2022-11-05 12:48
Unexpected acquisition - apiary
A very unexpected event happened the other day. My friend and neighbor decided to try his luck in another country and left me his apiary as a legacy. To say that I was surprised is to say nothing. I had
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astrizak
Homesteading
2022-10-30 18:31
Box for a wood-burning stove
Perhaps my readers remembers that I recently installed a wood-burning stove, and put it so that access to the furnace was from the street. To do this, I had to remove part of the wall in my frame house
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astrizak
Homesteading
2022-10-28 18:45
Homestead tetris. Part 2. Successful
About a year ago, I wrote a post about how, together with a neighbor, we began to take out mountains of scrap metal and all sorts of garbage from my site, which the neighbor had been accumulating there
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astrizak
Homesteading
2022-10-15 20:00
October deeds, walnut harvest and plane for kids playground
The October weather is very pleasing. Usually at this time everything is flooded with rain, but this year rains are not a frequent occurrence. It's almost real summer outside. The dahlias that I planted
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astrizak
Hive Motors
2022-10-11 19:19
Truck body repair
Last week I decided to take a little break from gardening and make some car repairs. First of all to fix my truck. The sides of the body have been rusted for a long time. I bought it already with rust.
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astrizak
Homesteading
2022-09-26 14:04
Still harvesting
The harvest has been delayed a little this year. I collect and collect, but the harvest does not end. More and more zucchini, more and more pumpkins. A huge number of apples. There are really a lot of
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astrizak
Homesteading
2022-09-16 20:05
Turkeys, firewood and harvest
We have new tenants on our homestead - 3 turkeys. I've never kept turkeys before, but everything happens for the first time. While it is too early to share impressions, they are just settling in, but it
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astrizak
HiveGarden
2022-09-09 13:40
Garden journal. September first harvest
This year, autumn has come on schedule again. On August 31, the heat was abruptly turned off, it start raining and even the first night frosts. It's time to harvest. Although I collected part of it in
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astrizak
Homesteading
2022-09-04 17:56
Life with goats. One year anniversary
A year has flown by quite imperceptibly since we got goats. Just a year ago, no one would have thought, and I myself, that I, an IT specialist with 20 years of experience, would become a goat breeder.
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