Cheryl, the freeze may take the blooms, but it sure can't take all the enjoyment we all have had looking at your garden! I'll be picking green...
A success story for Christmas--how wonderful! I enjoyed seeing the photos of your daughters and you (I see where they get their beauty) and of the...
GardenStew becomes better and better! The patches idea is wonderful--I've often wanted to give someone more than a seed for a helpful post, and...
Gorgeous, absolutely gorgeous! When the ornaments go on 1/2 price sale after Christmas, I'm going to snag a few boxes and make ornament wreaths...
No, no, you are NOT an ostrich, and that is NOT sand!
Sjoerd, you are a natural-born beekeeper with your logical, practical, and step-by-step approach to keeping bees. Bees are very orderly, and so...
Well done, Tooty! I loved your caption.
I just realized that after y'all helped me name the new hens, I haven't kept you current on how your hens are doing. All are well and very happy....
Happy Birthday! Wish I could send some of our honey to someone as "sweet" as it is!
Donna, I have it figured out--either you never sleep or you are a robot that can garden, cook, and paint! That cake looks fantastic. May I have...
Oh, if only there were something like that around here! One or two of our garden catalogs offer "pillar" apple trees and pear trees. I've often...
KK, we buy bees--actually what is called a "nuc" which is a queen and a handful of workers. This builds up to a full hive quickly. We also...
Oh, good! Maybe that means I'll be getting mine soon. I love that one, and Johnny's, and Le Jardin du Gourmet (actually, I love almost any garden...
With the rolls of chicken wire in front of the entrance the skunk has to stand on his hind legs to get at the bees, exposing his tender stomach,...
Donna, I don't know where you get the time and energy to do all that you do! Your Christmas decorations are so lovely, and so personal. Thank you...
Cheryl, we give 1 lb. jars to friends and neighbors; use a bit of it ourselves; and sell the rest. You wouldn't believe the demand for "local"...
Carolyn, it sounds as if you have been there, done that! No squished bees-it's my job to gently brush them off the frames, and make sure they are...
Like you, Koszta, I go for the subtle approach. I got the hardware store catalog, opened the page to chicken feeders, and glued chicken feathers...
What a way to spend December 1st! My husband and I took 16 frames of honey from our hives--just half the honey the bees had stored. We extracted...
Practice makes perfect, and pretty soon your new layers will be putting out big, whole eggs. One of our hens laid a soft-shell egg once--the egg...
