It is super cold and windy here. Very strange weather. We are holding them in the diningroom and feeding sugar water. Hopefully temps start to rise tomorrow.
Well it's a darn good life and it's kinda funny
How the bee was made, the bee made honey
And the honey bee lookin' for a home
Made a honeycomb
Then they combed the world and they gathered all
Of the honeycomb into one sweet ball
And the honeycomb from a million trips
Made my baby's lips
Oh...
We have a cart full of chipped apple wood from a downed tree we ground up. It rained 2 days before we could empty it. On the 3rd day when the sun came out and I turned out the chips it was all steaming and smelling wonderful!
I have 3 big garden plots. I know they are more than an acre. The largest will get a tiny bit smaller when we put up the fencing for my new goose yard.
My kids have never really been picky. I have a 2 yr old who loves beets, carrots, peas, broccoli and the average salad fixings. He dislikes things like corn and cabbage etc. All of my kids would choose a big salad over over greasy bugers any day. I have found by growing our own vegetables they...
This is the path to my little koi pond.
The crabapple trees are in full bloom. They really do rival the cherry trees in DC.
This is the bench where you can sit at night by the light of the solar lamps and watch the frogs on the rocks and lily pads.
In late September and October...
Put out some hydrated lime. Often it will keep things from getting your plants. Take a tin can (or coffee can) and punch some holes in the side and secure it to a stick like a shaker and put the lime out down the rows. We do it here to help deter the groundhogs and things that eat the new...