Zucchini Fritters
It’s late summer, and that time of year again where, despite losing some to the voles, we seem to have a persistent overabundance of garden-fresh summer squash. After making batches of our favorite Zucchini Orange Bread numerous times this summer, we decided it...
Hive Management: Treating Mites, & Thwarting Robbers
In a previous post we reported that we’d uncovered a tremendous Varroa mite infestation in the largest of our bee hives, the Salvia hive. It was clear this colony was in jeopardy. Treating Mites There was some evidence of hygienic behavior in these bees, as...
Building The Great Wall
We’ve been planning a retaining wall project in the garden for some time. Last week, after numerous distractions, we finally managed to focus all of our attention and energy on constructing this 37 foot long wall to control erosion in the garden just below our...
Jenny’s Poults: 6 Weeks Old
We haven’t posted an update about Jenny’s poults in the last couple of weeks, due in large part to a rather hefty construction project going on around here, which I’ll elaborate on early next week. In the meantime though, while we weren’t...
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