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Bees.
I went down to the hive, and YES we have bees out taking a fly. Abnormally cold winter, and we wintered over a top bar hive. Go us! Soon, we will see how much honey they made for us. -
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Weathering the storm quite well so far. No loss of power, no (nearby) trees down. -
Hops.
I harvested my cascade hops today. The plan is to dry them, bag them in 1/2 ounce sizes, freeze them and sell them to the local food coop. If anyone in my friends list wishes to short circuit that process, let me know. -
Fedco Trees. This years haul.
B & C and I went to Fedco trees (their new location) today. We got:
50 lb of Dark Red Norland seed potatoes (split amongst three gardeners)
1 Ostrich Fern (for fiddleheads)
1 American Hazelnut
1 Pea Bush (leguminous bush, companion plant for fruit & nut trees)
1 Rose of Sharon (for the secret garden)
1 Rosa Rugosa cuthbert (dark red flowers) -
Lindsey Milan Chapman Merritt
My niece who has been battling cancer, died on Thursday evening, in the company of loving family. -
Housesitter wanted.
B and I are going to visit my mom in Panzance, this October 11-19, and we are looking for someone to house and cat sit. Parts of that time would also be useful ( Read more... ) -
So... Bees.
I put the top bar hive out a couple of days ago, and this noontime moved it to it's final resting place ( Read more... ) -
Obligatory Spring Post.
What a nice day. It has been three days since we added any heat to the house (other than B making granola this morning). It was down to 61° inside this morning. I was thinking a fire would be required today. But then it got nice. Very nice. Sunny almost 60° nice. The neighbors were burning the branches from the hemlock that took out there ( Read more... )
