I saw this photo floating around the internet earlier today and was blown away by the idea, so I Googled it to find out the back story. It’s amazing how an image can sometimes have a greater impact than…well, anything else, isn’t it?! As you know, bees and all of…
Happy Monday, everyone! I am incredibly happy to report that this week has brought us a variety of small and delicious harvests! But first, let’s look at how a few things are growing… The cucumbers and bush beans are doing very well! The cukes aren’t yet reaching for their support,…
Happy Monday, everyone! After what has felt like the longest, driest of spells possible, we are back in the business of harvesting from our small plot! I am so happy to report that last weekend brought us a nice little bundle of delicious, tart, completely perfect rhubarb that went straight…
A couple of weeks ago, after I published my Empty Hive post, I posted links to it in a couple of different places in the hope that I would get some feedback and gain some insight from others experiences. It worked! I had several comments on my NM Beekeepers Association…
Last weekend, while Tool Lady was out of town visiting family in STL, I decided to take all of the books off of the bookshelves in the Guest Room/Nursery-in-the-making and transfer them downstairs and onto the bookshelves in the Living Room. Let me just tell you…I completely under-estimated how much…
Happy Monday everyone! Last fall, we decided to let our two raised beds/hoop houses in the front yard rest for the season. We had planted them out continuously for two straight years and decided it might be best to give them the winter to just be. Instead, we planted out…
Dead bees and excess honey. That’s what we found yesterday when we got into our hive. Sadness and confusion abound. The cold nights and blustery days of spring led us to postpone getting into the bees. We’ve wondered about them and checked them from afar. We watched orientation flights a…
It’s been a while since I’ve given an update on my 101 in 1001 list, so I figured t was about time. The items on the list that have been accomplished are marked in red. The rest (yes, all of the rest), has yet to be completed. It’s a good…