Tomorrow is the last day of the semester and a student holiday, so today is a day free from writing lesson plans or updating grades and I finally have time to blog. Even better, this is the first year since I started teaching IB that I don’t go into winter break with 40+ hoursContinue reading “News from the Farm – December 2018”
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Cattle Panel Greenhouse
Last weekend was all about curled hair and eye-liner as I gussied myself up to go to the school’s homecoming dance. The DJ played a good mix of music, my students were all handsome / beautiful, and I had a whole lot of fun. The students were very appreciative, and that made theContinue reading “Cattle Panel Greenhouse”
Another storm?
With Hurricane Michael on the way, it was fortuitous that the DMV was closed for Columbus Day today as that gave me more time to go through hives. I checked 15 this morning, but that’s not as impressive as it sounds as a couple were empty. One of those is the one IContinue reading “Another storm?”
Taking a Deep Breath.
Friday afternoon, a friend invited me to join her and some friends on a trip to the Cotton Pickin’ Fair in Gay, GA. My first inclination was to say “No;” It’s time to remove the Apivar from the hives and there are three hives I need to check for queens. The weeds areContinue reading “Taking a Deep Breath.”
What an odd year!
Beekeeping this year has been very different than the previous four years. The rain and the tree-felling across the creek eliminated the usual summer dearth here at the farm, but the bees have been bringing in so much nectar they haven’t been converting as much as usual to honey. It’s a good problem toContinue reading “What an odd year!”
Happy Bees, Happy Teacher
I’ve been away from the keyboard for far too long. Well, I haven’t really been away from the keyboard, I’ve just been typing lesson plans instead of blogging. School starts early here in Georgia! After multiple weekends of focusing on all the regular start-of-school year tasks, I took time with the bees and onContinue reading “Happy Bees, Happy Teacher”
Dog-gone confused
Maggie has been quite happy to spend her days running around the farm for the past 6 weeks and made it clear that she thought her humans must be insane to go back to a 98 degree house in the city. How do you explain a broken air conditioner to a dog? Needless to say,Continue reading “Dog-gone confused”
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