….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….”
Category Archives: Construction
Swarms and Storms
We have our first 2019 swarm capture! Swarm might be an overstatement, but while we were adding and removing supers yesterday, Hubby went to grab some frames from a hive I’d baited with Swarm Commander and found a fat, active queen with a handful of bees in the center of the brood box. We’d justContinue reading “Swarms and Storms”
News from the Farm – December 2018
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”
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”
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”
Tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock….
Yes, that’s the sound of time ticking away as the end of my summer approaches. My first day at work is just over a week away and we have so much left to do. I don’t feel stressed, but last night I dreamed that I left school to run errands during lunch, gotContinue reading “Tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock….”
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”
Lazer Creek Apiary 