Fall Waning Harvest Moon The last forty bulbs, a monet tulip collection, have gone in the ground. I planted a couple of hundred daffodil and tulips at various spots in the orchard, which we see from the table while eating breakfast. The others, more daffodils and tulips along with a bunch of new lilies, went […]
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Fall New (Harvest) Moon Second round of apiguard in the parent and the divide. The top box on the package colony has gotten heavier, but I plan to feed them some more as I will do to the parent once the apiguard comes off in two weeks. Sometime in early November I’ll get out the […]
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Beltane Waning Flower Moon After checking the parent colony with the queen excluder in, I found larvae in the top hive box. That’s evidence of the queen. That meant I shifted the middle hive box over to the new foundation and bottom board. A syrup feeder pail went on top of the new, child colony. […]
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Spring Full Flower Moon A bit of rain last night and a bit now. Some is better than none. Kate and I spent the morning at Mickman’s Nursery picking out additions to our 2010 garden. I bought some mustard greens and ten more bags of composted manure while Kate bought a number of herbs, pansies, […]
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