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Sierran Treefrog (Pseudacris sierra)

by Clare | Apr 6, 2012 | Farm Blog, Flora and Fauna, Native Wildlife

In all the time we’ve been here, I’ve only ever seen one frog. Just one. We hear them frequently, sometimes down by the creeks, other times up on the slopes above us, but they’re rather shy, and we have some very dense woodland here, so being able to find our...

Splitting the Lavender Hive, and Rechecking Rosemary

by Clare | Apr 3, 2012 | Farm Blog, Honeybees

Last Friday we spent the afternoon working in the apiary. At the end of February we had split the Salvia colony into our (then empty) Rosemary hive. As a month had since passed, we expected we should see evidence of a new Queen by now, so we needed to see how this...