Two Doves Bees and Gardens
Two Doves Bees and Gardens
John & Sarah are beekeepers and gardeners that share their passion for gardening, beekeeping, and growing native plants at their North Texas (D/FW area) homestead. Using permaculture principles and techniques, they strive to combat pervasive grasses, weeds, and vines - while having a strong dedication to soil health and improving the soil.
Join them as they are constantly expanding the gardens - and planting a food forest (with many varieties of fig and other fruit trees). We are passionate about our bee yard, attempting to provide native resources the bees enjoy and can use in their hive - including the use of pollen and nectar producing flowers, shrubs, and trees and share that passion by teaching others what we learn.
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We were there too! We were ending a 2 week trip there. Also our first time there, although we have been to three or four other similar shows. My favorite part was getting to watch my cousin Michael Maryin Murphy - didn't know he was going to be there. Watched your video to see if we saw ourselves in the crowd but no such luck 😅. We also buy our chickens from Ideal Poultry - they are great! The Okie Homestead Fesitval in Pryor Ok in March is just as good a festival, doesn't have the music but has great speakers. Also the Ozark Festival is pretty good in Marshfield Mo in early September.
Such a great event and so many nice people that we talked with. It was like meeting friends and just chatting with them. Such great music as well (and I've always enjoyed Michael Maryin Murphy and his songs)... that's so cool that he's your cousin. We'll have to keep an eye out for the Okie Homestead Festival... that would be a bit closer...
We had a great trip to Tennessee and the Homestead Festival. We wanted to share a few clips and a bit of the experience with you, our friends.
very informative thanks
Thank You! Thanks for stopping by and watching the video. We try to put out helpful information... 😀
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You are very welcome. Thanks for viewing and leaving a comment! Thank You!
Great tips, we plan on getting bees in the near future.
Thanks… Bees are a whole new adventure. We try to share great information for bees and beekeeping. 😀
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Thank You soo much!!! We would be in real trouble without the bees!!!
Cool!-you are very brave
Thanks… we’ve had a few years and many swarms of practice…. 😀
A very nice carrot harvest... Sarah worked very hard to grow the carrots this spring - trying various methods to get them to germinate. We hope you'll give us a like and subscribe to our channel! Thank You!
Glad you made it safely through the storms. Saw you earlier today on the live stream with Kevin 9:07
Thank you!!! It’s been a crazy spring weather-wise for sure… we’re still cleaning up some large branches that came down… 😀
Those traps are so awesome! just connected with you from your guest spot on Hay yall Hey!
Hello!!! That was so fun... We love chatting with everyone. Thank You for coming by. We really appreciate you. You know, it so interesting that I can put up different kinds of swarm traps and the bees almost always choose the flowerpots.
Thanks for tuning into our little pop-up live. These bees surprised me... I had a trail camera set up to watch the swarm traps, and I thought the swarm had already moved in - so I took down the camera... of course the swarm came in just a few hours later. Anyways, we get another swarm and will put them out in our bee yard. Thank You for any thumbs up and if you like info about bees (both native bees and honey bees - or - gardening, consider subscribing to our channel.
Wouldnt fresh comfrey provide nitrogen? If a person could grind it up while its green and put dorectly to soul them?
Hello … thank you for stopping by and watching… yes, I believe it would. That is one way we use the comfrey. Chop and drop for our fruit trees. We had heard about the comfrey tea and wanted to try it (and test the tea itself). We were rather surprised by what we found. 😀
Beautiful
Thank you Dawn
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I live in UK and i have found a great area for honey bees however the UK native honey bee colonies have completely diminished so the chances of finding a swarm is low however many domesticated bees have become ferrel and live in the wild, so in my area where i put my swarm trap is a giant meadow full of butter cups and a stream flowing close to it and its on a oak tree however no luck please guid me on what to do
It's kind of like fishing... sometimes you have to move things around a bit to find a place that the bees like... I know you saw our video talking about the Top 10 tips for catching swarms... follow the tips there and hopefully you will find success. One of the big things is location - make sure the traps are set on a tree line near the field. Bait the traps with minimal attractant (too much can actually deter the bees). The bees have an excellent sense of smell and too much will push them away (kinda like going on a date with someone who has too much perfume or cologne).
I live in UK and i have found a great area for honey bees however the UK native honey bee colonies have completely diminished so the chances of finding a swarm is low however many domesticated bees have become ferrel and live in the wild, so in my area where i put my swarm trap is a giant meadow full of butter cups and a stream flowing close to it and its on a oak tree however no luck please guid me on what to do
One of the big things is location - make sure the traps are set on a tree line near the field. Bait the traps with minimal attractant (too much can actually deter the bees). The bees have an excellent sense of smell and too much will push them away (kinda like going on a date with someone who has too much perfume or cologne). Make sure your trap has enough space (about the same size as a 10 frame deep or a 5 frame layens hive body). Make sure the swarm trap is shaded and not in direct sun... If you don't find success, maybe look at a different location - even just 50 to 100' can make a difference. I hope that helps!
Did you stir the bucket before testing? I am no expert but could the results be different if you stir the bucket before taking the sample?
..ahh I have watched right to the end and you DID stir so very good test, thank you very much. Very informative. I was thinking of mixing moringa into the tea mixture since I read that it produces a lot of nitrogen. Maybe that's the way to go for a rounded liquid DIY fertilizer. Invaluable information, thanks again
Thank you… thank you for responding and your thoughts… I think what it comes down to is the testing kits test for a different type of nitrogen . Something along the lines of a fish tank - and may have an abundance of nitrates - which the plants can use. I still want to do some further testing. 😀
The onions have grown very well this year ands time to harvest. We hope you enjoy this short video showing our bounty! Texas Early Grano onions…
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This was really helpful. I’ve been reading non stop this and the clear plastic over black doesn’t really make sense to me since Bermuda is sun loving. But obviously it works! Hopefully I can find someone in my area who already has plastic so I don’t need to buy some. Does it need to be a certain thickness? I have some artificial turf that is just sitting around, could I use that? It does have holes for drainage. Maybe I could just lay it on top of the plastic since it’s right in the front yard
Hello Kaitlyn... Thank you for coming by and watching the video (and leaving this comment)! We use whatever we can find to cover the Bermuda grass. There are some benefits to the different coverings... for example, we use 6mil clear plastic sheeting during the summer. The benefits of the clear is that it really brings the heat (think of how hot a greenhouse gets in the direct sun)!!! It's sort of like building a flat greenhouse onto the top of the grass. I cut the grass as low as I can (either weedwhacker or mower). Then, we sprinkle a little water over that space (it adds a bit of moisture and kick starts the greenhouse effect). We lay the plastic down, covering the space we are trying to kill the grass in and then cover all the edges to "seal in the heat and moisture". In hot summer, that can kill the grass in 2 to 3 weeks. The clear plastic brings the heat, the moisture and heat helps any weed seeds that are there to germinate, and the grass and weeds that would have been there to die. We also use tarps (whatever we can find at a reasonable cost). We've found that we can usually get a decent price at places like Northern Tool and Amazon. Your artificial turf should suffice to smother grass, but you'll want to watch it closely... if it's permeable, it may allow grass or weeds to grow through it.
Give it his little anole some “thumbs up”… He can use some love!
Thankful that you are all safe.lots of clean up Love you
Thank you Aunt Rocky… I know y’all have had big storms as well. Love you too!
I'm an Okie, and the Bermuda here laughed at my cardboard and 6 inches of mulch, came through it so readily I was completely unable to keep up with it in my 50x60 area. I had seen this on Oklahoma Gardening, I may have to give it a shot on a new area.
The solarization has worked very well for us. The nutsedge takes a bit of manual labor still. Bermuda grass is tough… I have a VERY large wood chip pile and we find long strands of Bermuda trying to keep growing. The solarization and occultation are the only ways I’ve found to start the growing spaces…
@@TwoDovesBees Sounds good, picked up my plastic sheeting today, cheers!
@@zachlloyd9392 - I keep hearing how this summer is supposed to be extraordinarily hot (when is it not?), but that is great for trying to use the solarization / occultation to kill the grass... Let us know how it goes.
Glad yall are okay. We got nailed too. Fortunately only have a leaning fence but so many down trees in the neighborhood.
@thathomemademom - The weather this spring has been no joke… we’ve had the house flooded and now the crazy winds this morning were pretty scary to wake up to (along with the tornado sirens). We hope you don’t have too much trouble there! We are extremely grateful for the safety of our family and hope you and yours stay safe as well!
@@TwoDovesBees I just posted a short of a video my neighbor took… I woke up to sirens too… we had about 15 minute notice so that was at least night. Both my kid (4) and dog followed direction well. Our pool is almost to the brim… and after this excitement I told my husband our next place I want a shelter.
@@thathomemademom - A shelter has been on my radar as well... Our house is a bit older and not much protection in bad storms.
Big storms surprised us this morning. A tornado went just south of our home, but the winds here still exceeded 70mph. Lots of downed trees and branches and a bit of debris.
The storms this morning surprised me. Luckily, we had our cars under cover and we had minimal damage.
We took a pretty good hit
Those winds were crazy!!! I know y’all have those big trees… hopefully it’s not too bad.
Your garden is beautiful. This video is very information for natives of North Texas. Thank you for sharing!
Thank You!!! It is a work in progress - and so many more projects yet to come. We really appreciate you for taking the time to watch and leave this comment!
Try it with your tomatoes plants, but leave half foot out. Great roots
That’s what i did for my tomatoes in my container! Buried it like 10” (container is not that deep) but also laid the stem down horizontally for more roots to be grown & the plant is alrdy giving good amount of tomatoes (in LA area)
Thank you! We definitely do plant tomatoes like that… love long healthy roots!
interesting! i want to see how this goes
We do too… if nothing else, we’ll get the experience of trying something a little different. Thank you for checking out the video and leaving a comment. We really appreciate it!
It's a bad idea you'll get a plant that will cover a larger area but it will need more water than normal. The best thing for a plant is to have a deep and healthy root structure. When you do a trench and bury it shallow like that they dry out easier and require more fertilizer and water
True. People do this with tomatoes also and I wouldn’t advise it.
Thanks for the comment… we did plant ithe normal way as well. It will be interesting to see how it works though.
We are trying a new (to us) way of planting our sweet potato slips. We look forward to seeing how it works and we'll be sure to show how it turns out.
So nice Sarah. Does the taste change after a frost?
Thank you for the question… The basil dies with the frost, so you need to be sure to harvest it before then.
You talking about snakes getting trapped. Someone we knew nearby kept getting snakes eating his chickens. They got in real small holes in the net, but after eating the chickens would get trapped as too fat getting back through. You had to be careful as their heads stuck out as you went by!
We don't mind the "good" snakes and will try to release them (as long as they stay outside)... It's not fun to try to release a snake that has been caught in the netting. Yikes... having a snake head sticking out... the thought of that makes me cringe!
hey you awesome people. Saying a huge thanks - what a lovely surprize opening my laptop on a difficult day.....The butterfly net I made some time ago works great - found a butterfly trapped INSIDE today!!!!!
Thank You Dawn!!! The way we have the net set up, it's relatively easy to let any butterfly that finds it's way in out of the net... Luckily, no snakes or birds that have been caught in the net (although we did see a mockingbird try to get to the berries and decided that there were easier options...