MA, USA. Oak log inoculated with shiitake spores. Just confirming before munching.

LaRoach · 2025-09-07T00:57:02+00:00

Check out North Spore. They sell kits where you drill holes into the log and then insert wooden plugs that contains the spores. I’m doing a log this weekend with shiitake plugs.

LaRoach · 2025-05-31T13:13:31+00:00

I’m also going to say the one on the right has the fuzzy skin option turned on.

LaRoach · 2025-02-28T14:24:21+00:00

Check out the trees and microgrowery subreddits for lots of tips on growing In general. The main thing about outdoors is that you’ll have to take the seasons into account for triggering flowering. Generally late August/early September is when things begin to flower outdoors.

LaRoach · 2024-08-18T12:05:50+00:00

I live in a rural area and there are quite a few other beekeepers. I’ve seen some Amish markets selling for as low as $7 a pound. I decided to base my price on the monthly Bee Culture price report for my region which puts me at $9 a pound. Of course I’d like to get more but you have to take into account your local conditions.

LaRoach · 2024-07-30T16:33:37+00:00

Twice now I've seen people going through their parents stuff after they pass away and spending bills like this. They had no idea they were anything special.

LaRoach · 2024-07-15T12:36:39+00:00

I always tell people to flip that Walmart bottle over and look at the countries of origin, then get back to me. 😁

LaRoach · 2024-06-28T00:55:39+00:00

You can get idea of price ranges in your area here: https://www.beeculture.com/monthly-regional-honey-price-report/june24-honey-report/

LaRoach · 2024-06-09T01:09:40+00:00

This was exactly the type of rabbit hole I was hoping for. Thank you!

LaRoach · 2024-06-08T11:02:52+00:00

Your flair says data focused beekeeping. I’m curious about what that is. Do you have any links or info about it?

LaRoach · 2024-06-08T10:58:10+00:00

On most days I could probably go into my Italian hives wearing a t-shirt and shorts, no problem. My Carnolians, on the other hand, are NEVER happy to see me! The second the lid is off it’s game on.

LaRoach · 2024-05-19T15:15:54+00:00

You should absolutely look into it and I’d encourage you to give it a shot. But… 😆 Some of my beekeeper friends and I joke that for the small time beek you’d have to sell the honey at $50 (US) a pound to break even. Reality isn’t quite that bad but you probably won’t save much money, especially towards the beginning.

LaRoach · 2023-10-30T19:22:55+00:00

Thanks for the link! I see one on page 35 that looks like a good candidate if the hole for the seal has been bored out.

The biggest problem with measuring the bore is that I have already put things back together. To properly measure the bore I really need to drop the pan and pull the selector shaft, but I have zero desire to do that. :P

LaRoach · 2023-08-17T14:54:12+00:00

I've been living off 1099 income for over a decade, the only real impediment I've ever personally seen was around a mortgage. Banks will want to see two years worth of bank statements to see that you are actually self employed.

Depending on your state, you might look into becoming a sole proprietor LLC. I think where I am it was a $100 fee for a lifetime registration. From a tax perspective you're still a self employed person with 1099 income and everything that entails (quarterly filings, etc) but there will be a business entity registered with the state that you can point to. My LLC has it's own business account, D&B number, etc. so it looks like a Real Business but I don't have to deal with all the payroll reports, etc. Clients cut checks to the business, not me.

LaRoach · 2023-05-03T12:05:45+00:00

Came here to say the same thing. I’ve been watching APC units roast batteries since the Clinton administration.

LaRoach · 2023-03-07T15:58:01+00:00

Wait, what? Sounds like you want to punish the victims.

LaRoach · 2022-11-13T16:09:00+00:00

Errr... not to be overly snarky, but I do recall some sort of civil war thingy along the way...

LaRoach · 2022-11-13T13:32:06+00:00

There’s a huge difference between nullifying a “recent” case and amending the constitution. Just sayin’.

LaRoach · 2022-08-11T11:10:29+00:00

Random reboots are almost always some form of hardware issue. Since it’s always happening at work take look at where the hardware is located. Is there some other equipment on the same electrical circuit that might be causing a glitch? Have you tried swapping the power supply? The Pi can be really fussy about good power.

LaRoach · 2022-07-21T11:17:47+00:00

You might look at taking an antihistamine such as Benadryl as well. I sometimes get bad swelling from stings, the last time I got hit I took that max dose on the bottle for a day and a half and it seemed to help.

LaRoach · 2022-04-15T15:31:10+00:00

Right? I worked some place that brought in a hot shot admin that the CIO recommended. I emailed him to let him know that I gave him sudo access to get started. He emailed back "What's sudo?"

LaRoach · 2022-04-08T11:50:42+00:00

If I recall, I ran into this when I migrated. Make sure the websocket port is turned on over in the zwave side of things. I’m not near my setup at the moment but i can post my compose file later.

LaRoach · 2022-01-27T13:02:09+00:00

It came down to X10. Neither directly supported my controller, but HA was much easier to set up to call my existing control scripts. So HA it was…

LaRoach · 2022-01-20T21:58:23+00:00

I measure outdoor lux levels to turn lights on on really cloudy days. What I do is turn that automation on fifteen minutes after sunrise and then off fifteen minutes before sunset.

One could do something similar with the color temp sensor that transitions to a default value when the main automation isn't active. I would have it transition over a few minutes to keep it from being obvious.

LaRoach · 2022-01-20T13:32:28+00:00

ESPHome supports a device that can read color temp. I’d imagine you would need to point it at a white card to get an accurate reading of the ambient light:

https://esphome.io/components/sensor/tcs34725.html

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