Flame frame super garlic
A propane torch has thousands of uses in the world of a do it
yourselfer. The tank is usually about 2 bucks and the nozzle should be
in the 10 to 15 dollar range.
The picture shows Anna sterilizing some old bee equipment with the
power of fire. Someone at our bee class brought up the possibility of
boiling such things in large containers of Lye and our instructor's brow
actually furrowed. I think a propane torch might save hours of labor in
comparison to the boiling method?
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About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.
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hum! She is using a torch to clean the bee boxes? Do you paint your boxes black? That looks nicer then white that is for certain. Very interesting. Do you think I should try this with my stuff from the auction?
thanks, Janet