Getting Things Ready

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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Hey There Southeast Asia! Winter Solstice in Pictures

-7  bar rises 30.10  0mph SW  windchill -9   Winter Solstice Last Quarter Moon of Long Nights         Day  8hr  44mn

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A Prolegomena to All Future Gardens

17  bar rises 30.08  3mph NNW  windchill 13  Samhain Waxing Crescent Moon of Long Nights The black plastic has been laid down; the marsh hay rests on top of it in fluffy abundance.  A good snow right now would marry the two until early spring.  May it come soon. This was a long project.  I […]

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