Spring was good to us with its profusion of blackberry blossoms which yielded hives full of pale and delicious honey. We put our daughter and her boyfriend, JI, in bee suits for the first time and had them smoking and brushing bees, which they greatly enjoyed. (I’m glad that I was the only one whoContinue reading “Our biggest harvest yet – 95 lbs of honey.”
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4 days away from selling the house, but….
….the buyer’s home inspection showed a slight leak under the master bath and a couple of other minor issues that we needed to take care of. (There was no leak at the time we had a home inspection done.) We had someone come in to do estimates for the repairs and he said the waxContinue reading “4 days away from selling the house, but….”
Bee Safe!
Once again we’re under a tornado watch, but the danger is a lot less than a month ago. We should be out from under the thunderstorms by this afternoon. Meanwhile, I’m sitting here looking at the rivulets running along the side of the drive and at our beautiful grassy area going across to the wellContinue reading “Bee Safe!”
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”
Lots of Work: Lots of Progress
…but still so much more to do! Our RV upgrade was delivered on Tuesday, so we will soon have 765 square feet of living space and a shower that Hubby can stand under! Of course, we have to endure the waiting game first — waiting for the electrician to hook the home up, thenContinue reading “Lots of Work: Lots of Progress”
Buckwheat Update
There are reasons my old laptop is at the farm, and right now the main one seems to be to induce stress eating! But after 2 hours, I have pictures downloaded from my phone and have unsuccessfully looked through today’s buckwheat photographs in search of a bee in focus. The bees were generally camera shyContinue reading “Buckwheat Update”
Lazer Creek Apiary 