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... cool gradually . It's a good hundred years old and , especially on a cold evening , might crack if let cool too fast . When it cools I put a five - gallon bucket under the drain , pull the plug , and carry the steaming bucket into the ...
... cool gradually . It's a good hundred years old and , especially on a cold evening , might crack if let cool too fast . When it cools I put a five - gallon bucket under the drain , pull the plug , and carry the steaming bucket into the ...
Page 45
... cool afternoon I had to show a young visitor how accomplished a bee keeper I was . Bees get grumpy when it is too cool for them to work , and when I removed the hive top a squadron boiled out . With a good half - dozen stings around ...
... cool afternoon I had to show a young visitor how accomplished a bee keeper I was . Bees get grumpy when it is too cool for them to work , and when I removed the hive top a squadron boiled out . With a good half - dozen stings around ...
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... cool weather along with strong sun to head properly . In our dry , hot summers they put out little button - like heads before they are fully mature . Planted to mature in the cool fall , they don't head at all . We do get fair results ...
... cool weather along with strong sun to head properly . In our dry , hot summers they put out little button - like heads before they are fully mature . Planted to mature in the cool fall , they don't head at all . We do get fair results ...
Contents
A Dairy Goat 205 | 16 |
The Outdoors After the Bugs 158 | 22 |
Packing Produce In and Putting It By 227 | 59 |
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