Mid-Summer Waxing Honey Flow Moon In to see Kate this morning after making some soup and killing potato pests by hand and soapy water. Integrated pest management suggests hands-on management for small crops. It’s actually pretty straight-forward to keep pests … Continue reading
Beltane New Garlic Moon One of those nights last night, unable to get to sleep, still rolling around awake at 1:00 a.m. Up a little bleary. Wrote few e-mails, then out in the orchard, first. I’ve had tent caterpillars on … Continue reading
Lughnasa Waxing Back to School Moon It’s been a wet, cool few days. The Apiguard I picked up last night only works above 60 degrees and 70 is better. It recommends chemical resistant gloves. I’m using this on two colonies, … Continue reading
78 bar falls 29.68 2mpn NW dew-point 65 sunrise5:57 sunset8:40 Summer New Moon (Corn Moon or State Fair Moon) NOAA awakened me with its trademark ululation, alerting me to the thunder storm watch declared for Anoka County. Such notices are … Continue reading