Bert Holopaw

@BHolopaw (176)

Orlando, Florida

Joined myLot 4 years ago

I am a home improvement contractor living in central Florida. I am a woodsman who likes to spend my free time hunting and fishing with my grandkids.

Bert Holopaw's Discussions

Potatoes in a Bucket Update

Bert Holopaw @BHolopaw (176) • Orlando, Florida 28 Feb 21

The potato plants are showing plenty of greenery. It has taken more than a month to get this far. I followed the youtube instructions to a tee. Once the first plant broke ground I covered it with a mound of soil. I had my doubts...

bucket gaden

potato plant

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Growing potatoes in a bucket.

Bert Holopaw @BHolopaw (176) • Orlando, Florida 25 Jan 21

I saw a video on YouTube about a homesteader growing potatoes in a bucket. He used store-bought potatoes that had started to chit. I didn't know this would work. So anyways, a couple weeks ago the wife was making baked potatoes...

growing potatoes

bucket garden

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Stewart Homestead -- Site of an Axe Murder

Bert Holopaw @BHolopaw (176) • Orlando, Florida 19 Jan 21

This homestead is located in the Green Swamp Wildlife Management Area. On May 9, 1918 Isham and Sarah Stewart were axe murdered by Sarah's grandson Joshua Browning and his friend John Tucker. From the research I have uncovered, it...

stewart homestead

axe murder

green swamp wildlife management area

florida history

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My mobile camping setup

Bert Holopaw @BHolopaw (176) • Orlando, Florida 19 Jan 21

This is the third version of my truck camp. I can set it up in about 5 minutes. The frame is built out of pvc pipes and fittings. I cover the frame with a tarp that is silver on one side and brown on the other. The silver reflect...

mobile camping

truck tent

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Flagging tape litterbug

Bert Holopaw @BHolopaw (176) • Orlando, Florida 19 Jan 21

I spent the last few days in the Green Swamp hunting. You are allowed to park anyplace and hike into your desired spot. The property is huge and there is no reason to hunt near anybody else. Saturday morning I parked at my usual...

littering

litterbug

flagging tape

green swamp wildlife management area

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Swamp wisdom

Bert Holopaw @BHolopaw (176) • Orlando, Florida 6 Jan 21

I spent the weekend at Lake Monroe Wildlife Management Area. This property is northwest of Sanford just across the Volusia County line. The spot I am in is about .8 mile from the parking lot. To get here I need to walk .6 mile...

lake monroe wma

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A quick trip to the Green Swamp

Bert Holopaw @BHolopaw (176) • Orlando, Florida 20 Dec 20

I made a day trip to the Green Swamp Wildlife Management Area. This WMA is an hour or so west of Orlando. This is one of the few places in central florida where one can truly experience a wilderness adventure. Anyways, I saw 3...

green swamp

hunting

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Mud, What mud?

Bert Holopaw @BHolopaw (176) • Orlando, Florida 12 Dec 20

Took my grandson to Buck Lake Wildlife Management Area yesterday. It was the first time I had ever been there so I was not sure what to expect. The last thing grandma said before we left was "He is wearing his school cloths so...

buck lake wma

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Father/daughter hunting trip 2020

Bert Holopaw @BHolopaw (176) • Orlando, Florida 11 Dec 20

My daughter and I went hunting at Tosohatchee Wildlife Management Area last week. It is the first time we have gone together in over ten years. I miss those days we had before she got married and started a family of her own.

hunting

tosohatchee wma

father daughter hunting trip

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