Spring Waxing Bee Hiving Moon I have made several entries private and will explain that decision on Sunday. Stay tuned. The snow has only a few strongholds left in our front yard though the back and the woods still has plenty. The garden behind our patio has daffodil stems through the earth, a bit yellow […]
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Winter New Moon of the Cold Month Geez. I felt affirmed by this paragraph in a longer article by Oliver Sacks. Whether it is by learning a new language, traveling to a new place, developing a passion for beekeeping or simply thinking about an old problem in a new way, all of us can find […]
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Lughnasa Waxing Back to School Moon Kate has had a nasty cold since Monday and I can feel it trying to claw its way up my esophagus, making my throat scratchy. My hope is that the recent two time bout I had with some bug in July, then August has revved up my immune system. […]
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Imbolc Waning Wild Moon Tomorrow and Sunday I study bees. The U puts on this course for beginning bee keepers each year. It’s popular, there are 250 signed up. I need better information because all my bees are dead. I think. I suppose I should check one more time just to be sure. Have to […]
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Summer Waxing Summer Moon From top to bottom: Western half of orchard + three oaks Cathedral at Seed Savers Exchange Southern half of our vegetable garden Lilies, Bees and Beans Carrots Vega the Wonder Dog Vega (right) and Rigel (left)
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Beltane Waning Flower Moon Tomorrow morning Mark Nordeen and I will zip up our white bee suits, put on Wellies and gloves, secure the veiled bonnet that makes us look like prim Victorian ladies headed for a stroll in Hyde Park circa 1880 and do the third check on the bee hive. When I checked […]
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38 bar steep fall 29.49 2mph N windchill 36 Samhain Full Moon of Long Nights Another TED video worth watching: Where Have All the Bee’s Gone? In it apiarist Dennis vanEnglesdorp gives a brief overview of the honeybee disappearances in the U.S. We have lost about 1/3 of the total hives each year for at […]
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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 6 inches now as it makes the final push for harvest in late June, early […]
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