by Clare | May 31, 2011 | Farm Blog, Honeybees
We swore we wouldn’t inspect the hives all at once again, but after a temperament shift in the apiary this weekend we felt compelled to see what was going on with the bees. On Saturday Mr. Curbstone was on the receiving end of some rather agitated guard bees. ...
by Clare | May 27, 2011 | Farm Blog, Flora and Fauna, Native Plants, Natives
For our 200th blog post we’re celebrating by focusing on the bounty of native spring flowers in bloom in the garden. To see so many different native plants in bloom here this spring makes us feel as if all the hours spent weeding, and clearing debris, are really...
by Clare | May 23, 2011 | Farm Blog, Garden, Vegetables
It’s been all about the bees lately, and soon it will be all about our new greenhouse that recently arrived, in a zillion boxes, that needs to be unpacked, assembled, and installed. Before we get too distracted with greenhouse construction over the next few...
by Clare | May 20, 2011 | Farm Blog, Flora and Fauna, Native Wildlife
Last week I was out in the orchard, pulling weeds, and startled someone in our ‘Flavor Delight’ Aprium tree. Not thinking much of it, I went back to weeding. Throughout the afternoon though I noticed a rather drab bird darting in and out of the branches. Finches…...
by Clare | May 16, 2011 | Farm Blog, Honeybees
This weekend we needed to inspect all four hives for a variety of reasons, but the two hives with the highest priority were the new hives containing the bees from the packages we installed last week, as it was time to remove the Queen cages. Package Hives The Rosemary...