I'm back! It's taken multiple attempts to record this episode due to various life chaos but here it is! I start with some quick personal updates, a little sad news (RIP Petal), homestead and hive news, and then I share some funny animal stories from the last few weeks.

Thanks for your patience with me! Please check out my Instagram for photos of things discussed.

(Marked explicit due to some light cursing.)

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This week, I talk about thistles! How can we identify them? Are they good for pollinators? How do we destroy and conquer the invasive species? Will I be digging them up forever?? (Probably, yes)

All this and more in episode 70!

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References:

• https://weedwise.conservationdistrict.org/2017/thistle-identification.html
• https://deepgreenpermaculture.com/2021/04/21/how-to-neutralise-glyphosate-roundup-herbicide-contamination-in-soil/
• https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2664.13867
• https://www.science.org/content/article/common-weed-killer-believed-harmless-animals-may-be-harming-bees-worldwide
• https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0048969721004654
• https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32723788/

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I'm back! Hurrah! This week, I share all the news from the homestead, including chicken updates, bee colony progress, and why I am drinking a gin & tonic at 4 in the afternoon! Then I get into some bee chatter; where I analyze a question from one of my mentees, and go through my thoughts on the topic.

Warnings for bad language (sorry, mum), discussion of chicken prolapse, alcohol chat (I bought fancy gin!), and mention of surgery.

Links:

• Hendrick's Gin Flora Adora (it's flower and pollinator inspired!)
• Queenright Colonies' Beekeeping Calendar
• 17th Century Beekeeper Saying

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