On Apr 16, 8:02*pm, "modom (palindrome guy)" >
wrote:
> On Thu, 16 Apr 2009 11:41:46 -0500, Becca > wrote:
> >modom (palindrome guy) wrote:
> >> On Wed, 15 Apr 2009 08:54:21 -0700 (PDT), Lynn from Fargo Ografmorffig
> >> > wrote:
>
> >>> Bees are soooooooo critical to agriculture. *ND is a big honey
> >>> producing state. *Most of the honey is clover honey at least in the
> >>> fall. *Our bees are trucked to warmer climes in winter. *IIRC we won't
> >>> get Africanized bees because it's too cold here in the spring and the
> >>> fall.
> >>> Lynn in Fargo
>
> >> The bees survived their journey to the garden, but it became apparent
> >> yesterday that I'd placed the hive to close to the garden.
>
> >> So at dusk this evening, I moved them again -- this time about a
> >> hundred yards away from the garden. *Hive-haulin' modom, out there on
> >> the prairie schlepping bees across the fields.
>
> >> I still need to figure out a water source for them, but it'll come.
>
> >The bees will drink water that adheres to the plants in the garden. *Really.
>
> >Becca
>
> Yabut I'm in Texas, remember. *Water doesn't grow on trees here. *In
> fact that's one of the garden's most pressing issues at the moment:
> how do we irrigate responsibly?
>
> modom

Have you considered using greywater? Not the toilet flush, but bath
and dishwater? It does involve some plumbing, but could be a
worthwhile project.

I remember at Jack Schidt's cook-in, he had a rainwater catch system,
but I don't know how useful that would be in Cow Hill....

maxine in ri