While temperatures and humidity remain unbearably high, the fall nectar and pollen flows are on. We’re lucky to have a spring-fed creek running along two sides of our property as our evening and night-time temperatures are lower than the local average and we have heavy dew every morning. We’ve had a very dry week, butContinue reading “Fall Nectar Flow”
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Sumac, not Devil’s Walking Stick
While checking our recent buckwheat and sunflower plantings, I noticed a plant that we’ve assumed was Devil’s Walking Stick covered in bees and other pollinators. Most of these shrubs/trees on our land are inaccessible, but this small one is right next to a trail. Bees were zipping from one flower to the next in aContinue reading “Sumac, not Devil’s Walking Stick”
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….”
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”
Smoke on the Water (a.k.a. burning wet wood)
Two years after having our trees thinned, we are down to one pile of waste wood to burn. With last week’s rain and the cold, we spent two frustrating days trying to get a fire started. Even when we got it going yesterday, it never really flamed up much, but the coals were so hotContinue reading “Smoke on the Water (a.k.a. burning wet wood)”
Lazer Creek Apiary 