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  1. uncle eddie

    NY strips can't do, is it just me?

    Agree about the hit or miss on KC Strip steaks. However, I order KC Strip steak at Texas Roadhouse often...and it has always been good. Luckily, for me, the wife loOoves ribeye so that is all we make at home.
  2. uncle eddie

    How Do You Afford This Addiction?

    @Fueling Around - I had a "yellow-badge" security clearance (visitor/contractor clearance) so I was mostly escorted by heavily armed guards a lot of places on military bases and nuclear power plants that I worked on. Worked on several military bases in Missouri and Virginia - Norfolk Naval...
  3. uncle eddie

    How Do You Afford This Addiction?

    @ifitsdeadsmokeit - I used to be "upon high" in Terracon. I managed 4 Missouri offices before I quit my perfectly good job to start this company. Competed with Shannon & Wilson, Geotechnology and hated using TSi because of their exorbitant rates they charged...and that I would have charged the...
  4. uncle eddie

    How Do You Afford This Addiction?

    I am a geotechnical (foundation) engineer/business owner. 18 months to go until part-time semi-retired. I doubt I have worked with @ifitsdeadsmokeit before, but I do a LOT of bridges, walls, buildings, lots of grain structures (bins/elevators) cell towers, etc. etc. If it is connected to the...
  5. uncle eddie

    I hope this is a sign of spring!

    Look at all the money! You can finally leave that life of crime behind now :emoji_laughing:
  6. uncle eddie

    Honey(bees) - 150 pounds in my near future

    Wow - 150 mph winds! Bee's didn't stand a chance! That is way too many hives for me...I am hoping for 2 more swarms this spring and staying steady at 5 hives this year.
  7. uncle eddie

    Honey(bees) - 150 pounds in my near future

    @DRKsmoking - I have 2 wonderful granddaughters that I want, very much, to make some money from our farm. Honey is one part of the equation...wildflower seed pods is another.
  8. uncle eddie

    Honey(bees) - 150 pounds in my near future

    One of my partners at work has 20+ hives. I will borrow his extraction equipment. We use a 4-frame centrifuge to spin the honey out of the comb.
  9. uncle eddie

    Honey(bees) - 150 pounds in my near future

    @Florida Chris - many areas have a local bee club. Try checking for that. Buying bee's is expensive. Catching a swarm is free - other than time. I bet someone at the local "county" bee club would remove the hive for free. As for the bee's being "chill" - awesome. I bet u may have had a few...
  10. uncle eddie

    My Outdoor Area

    Wowser! Very nice. What a cool family gathering place! Is your ceiling fan from www.BigAssFans.com? It looks like it could be. Their fans are crazy good at moving air!
  11. uncle eddie

    Honey(bees) - 150 pounds in my near future

    Buying "retired" beekeeping equipment is way, Way, WAY cheaper than buying new. I just always ask, how much for everything? They usually say something in the neighborhood of about 15 to 25 cents on the dollar of new price.
  12. uncle eddie

    Has anyone else lost their tolerance for heat?

    Bummer - Heat is neat! No idea and have not heard this one before. But based on all the other crap that is happening in this world...I have to wonder if a bug bite or something else that you would not notice made you sensitive. Is it all heat or just a specific trigger?
  13. uncle eddie

    Honey(bees) - 150 pounds in my near future

    My bee's get "pissy" when I start a weed whip...just so you know. So I use battery-powered hedge clippers by them instead, which they totally ignore. I am also in a cab-tractor when using my cutter so no idea about mowers near the hives...best to ask others that do similar.
  14. uncle eddie

    Honey(bees) - 150 pounds in my near future

    I use a swarm trap. It is pretty straight forward. Scout bees find it...go back to the hive that is splitting. The queen, workers, drones and the balance of the hive-half split off and go to the swarm trap because it looks like an inviting home to them. My swarm trap pic - with swarm inside it.
  15. uncle eddie

    Honey(bees) - 150 pounds in my near future

    I know people with 2 hives in their back-yard and the neighbors have no idea...
  16. uncle eddie

    Honey(bees) - 150 pounds in my near future

    @chopsaw - My hives are near the center of my 123 acre property. The nearest row-crop ag field is about 1.25 miles away. Mostly oak forest and fescue-pastures otherwise...so I am not losing too many bee's to insecticide (thank goodness - always a concern!) My native Missouri prairie fields (7...
  17. uncle eddie

    Honey(bees) - 150 pounds in my near future

    I started beekeeping last spring - April - 3 hives, 2 nuc's and 1 swarm catch. I had no idea what I was supposed to do but I had friends with beehives and I had YouTube. In the last few days we hit a streak of 70 degree F weather. All 3 beehives survived. Is it weird to be glad bugs lived...
  18. uncle eddie

    Northern sausage

    Great looking sausage!
  19. uncle eddie

    Buckboard Bacon

    Looks awesome on my side of the screen!
  20. uncle eddie

    Bulgogi Beef w/bok choy and dumplings

    I love beef bulgogi but I am too lazy to make a fine looking dish of it like you did up above! FWIW - Trader Joe's has a frozen version of Beef Bulgogi that is fairly decent - but not great.
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