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Making Pot Pies
Fall Waxing Autumn Moon We had our final straight from the garden meal last night. Roasted potatoes, onions, fennel, carrots and a lone beet. Raspberries for dessert. Marinated chicken for protein, not from here. Today I cut up the leeks, … Continue reading
Posted in Bees, Family, Garden, Great Wheel, Our Land and Home
Tagged chard, garlic, heirloom vegetables, honey, leeks, pot pies, potatoes, raspberry, spinach
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The Weekend
Lughnasa Full Harvest Moon Kate’s out in Denver visiting the grandkids while Mark and I hold a visa watch, waiting for some word from the mysterious world of Saudi bureaucracy. Yesterday I took a trip to Duluth to deliver 3 … Continue reading
Posted in Bees, Family, Travel
Tagged Artemis Honey, books, garlic, honey labels, Vikings, visa
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Bee Diary: July 18 2011
Mid-Summer Waning Honey Flow Moon The six new honey supers did not prove necessary since I’m still two supers ahead of each colony, but it does look like colonies 2 & 3 have already stored a lot of honey, especially … Continue reading
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Tagged colonies 2 and 3, colony 1, garlic, harvest, honey supers
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Pick and Plan Eating
Mid-Summer Waxing Honey Flow Moon Kate and I have decided on a pick and plan eating method. That is, we’ll pick fresh vegetables, then build a meal around what we have. I picked this morning, for example, green beans, beets, … Continue reading
A Reunion
Mid-Summer Waning Garlic Moon As the garlic moon wanes, the leaves of the garlic plants begin to brown from the bottom up. When half of them are brown, I’ll pull a couple to see how they’re progressing. I plant more … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012 legislature, Diane, garlic, issue selection, Latin, Mary, queen excluders, San Francisco, Singapore
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Garlic
Beltane Waning Garlic Moon In my new names for Minnesota full moons this is the garlic moon, because under its gaze, in its waning nights, the garlic leaves will begin to die back and the garlic will be ready to … Continue reading
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Tagged clay, electric fence, garlic, hand build, ironwood
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Nix Still Comes Down…Geesh
Imbolc Waning Bridgit Moon This has been a nix two-day event. The Woolly’s, for the first time I recall, canceled. Too little parking around Charlie Haislet’s condo. The days events scattered around me, I never quite got traction, feel a … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, Health, Weather +Climate
Tagged beans, chicken, garlic, onions, resistance work, snow, snow blower
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A Garden, Some Latin, Ai Weiwei
Beltane New Last Frost Moon The potatoes are in the ground. The lettuce has two leaves, as does the spinach, a few beets have emerged. The leeks look a bit droopy, but they’ll pick up. The garlic is well over … Continue reading →