Hive Management: Increasing Mite Levels Post-Treatment
Beekeepers in this area have been telling us for some time that this has been a very bad year for Varroa mites. By late summer we knew that one of our hives had an escalating Varroa mite problem, which we outlined in our last post. The other three hives in the...
Our Great Heirloom Squash Experiment
This year we devoted an area toward the north end of the orchard to growing an assortment of heirloom summer, and winter squash. The intent was to see which varieties performed the best here, when compared side by side, under the same growing conditions. With our...
Long-Horn Bees
This may be remembered as the year of the bee at Curbstone Valley. It started when we installed a few hives of honey bees on the farm this spring, but we also greatly understand the importance of the native bees that frequent our crops and flowers. Research has...
French Oak, and Fall Flowers
California produces approximately 90% of all wine produced in the United States[1]. Many wines are aged in oak barrels, as the oak imparts desirable buttery, or vanilla, flavors to the wine. New barrels impart more flavor to wines than old barrels, and depending on...
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