again hi all,
had some computer problems and lost info on all my favorite sites/passwords etc, some little scrot hacked my email address, anyway a lot's changed since my last visit here, you may remember I did a fair share of crayfish trapping, I then got into making mead (honey wine) and that in turn got me into beekeeping I now have three colonies of bees, two lots in my back garden and another one on a local allotment, I use both national hives and homemade top bar hives, which are a very good way to get into beekeeping cheaply, bees on a budget I call it
you can view my bees and hives on utube, just search for me, eastlondonbiker
a family member recently died, and although its a sad time, they left me a rather large sum of money, I've never been an investment type person, they last time I was left money around 10yrs ago (£35,000) I'd spent it all within a year on I don't know what
anyway this time I'm putting some away for a few years, some to spend on the house, some for me and the wife to treat ourselves with, she wants a new motorbike, I want new guns and chainsaw
but I'm also looking at buying some woodland in kent (around 7 acres)
now its early days yet, but as I would probably only get to the woods maybe one weekend every fortnight in the spring/summer months, and maybe less autumn/winter, my thoughts then turn to trespassers dog walkers/vandals/chav like scrots, getting up to mischief that they may or may not have used for years, as the now owners were never worried too much
my idea was to put a few beehives on the land, make an area for a fire pit camping area etc, and of course an old camo painted caravan, set up as somewhere to get out of bad weather should it rain whilst there, perhaps a homemade log burner to keep warm by and brew a kettle on.
so my next thought was to rent out cheap little sections to other beekeepers to house their bees on, as not everyone has a large enough garden or nice neighbours, as having more people visiting/using the woodland (trustworthy types) there would be less chance of anything untoward going on there, that lead me to think of shooters/hunters as well as the wood comes with full shooting rights, and then today I thought, ohh bushcraft types too
does anyone see any flaws in these ideas, everyone would be given a permission type letter with my name/address/phone number, as a producer if anyone was asked what they were doing there, each set of people/hobbies would phone me beforehand to book in dates etc, and could then be told if others were there etc
not looking at making this into a business, but more a woodland protection group, and off course from time to time work parties could be organized for felling trees and other stuff, fence erecting etc
what does anyone think???
had some computer problems and lost info on all my favorite sites/passwords etc, some little scrot hacked my email address, anyway a lot's changed since my last visit here, you may remember I did a fair share of crayfish trapping, I then got into making mead (honey wine) and that in turn got me into beekeeping I now have three colonies of bees, two lots in my back garden and another one on a local allotment, I use both national hives and homemade top bar hives, which are a very good way to get into beekeeping cheaply, bees on a budget I call it
you can view my bees and hives on utube, just search for me, eastlondonbiker
a family member recently died, and although its a sad time, they left me a rather large sum of money, I've never been an investment type person, they last time I was left money around 10yrs ago (£35,000) I'd spent it all within a year on I don't know what
anyway this time I'm putting some away for a few years, some to spend on the house, some for me and the wife to treat ourselves with, she wants a new motorbike, I want new guns and chainsaw
but I'm also looking at buying some woodland in kent (around 7 acres)
now its early days yet, but as I would probably only get to the woods maybe one weekend every fortnight in the spring/summer months, and maybe less autumn/winter, my thoughts then turn to trespassers dog walkers/vandals/chav like scrots, getting up to mischief that they may or may not have used for years, as the now owners were never worried too much
my idea was to put a few beehives on the land, make an area for a fire pit camping area etc, and of course an old camo painted caravan, set up as somewhere to get out of bad weather should it rain whilst there, perhaps a homemade log burner to keep warm by and brew a kettle on.
so my next thought was to rent out cheap little sections to other beekeepers to house their bees on, as not everyone has a large enough garden or nice neighbours, as having more people visiting/using the woodland (trustworthy types) there would be less chance of anything untoward going on there, that lead me to think of shooters/hunters as well as the wood comes with full shooting rights, and then today I thought, ohh bushcraft types too
does anyone see any flaws in these ideas, everyone would be given a permission type letter with my name/address/phone number, as a producer if anyone was asked what they were doing there, each set of people/hobbies would phone me beforehand to book in dates etc, and could then be told if others were there etc
not looking at making this into a business, but more a woodland protection group, and off course from time to time work parties could be organized for felling trees and other stuff, fence erecting etc
what does anyone think???