That looks perfect, 2OF. It ought to be alright now.
you know Ronni--I just knew it when I wrote that. It did occur to me that you might wonder about this. If you look back to that paragraph, you...
Ach Sherry--no problem. Thanks for the well-wishes . Never too late and always appreciated. You are so nice.
I was just going to say that if that juniper is dear to you,remove the snow unless there is ice...then you may need look for a way to support the...
Gad Jane, you seem to be pretty sure that you will not be hosting any dinner on the grounds...is that because you would have to make and bring all...
CAYUGA--You are so right. It is a special feeling finding artefacts in the soil. Too true, JERRY--It would be the talk of the archaeology club...
So then, only one queen cell ! I am quite surprised. It makes me wonder if your other queen is still alive. Had you physically seen her? Just out...
I clearly see what you are saying, Ronni. Mulching is not really as straightforward as the term sounds. There are varying reasons to mulch...and...
Heh, heh, heh--I can just see you now, Jane...... Will you hire a string of floats with a New Orleans band to parade up and down your...
"Glider"....yeah, I had to look that one up...I forgot to mention that. Ha,ha,ha...boy, I was way off base with what I thought that was the first...
Yes Cayuga--I know what you mean...even these old pipe pieces make me fantasize who the owner was, how it was broken and what it was like in those...
Thanks for the foto compliment EILEEN--I would imagine that the bees over there will be flying as well...not today though hahaha. We are having...
Thanks for your comments everyone. It is always interesting to find things in the soil.
Another question: When you removed that one queen cell, have you since then checked to see if there were more queen cells in your original hive?...
Over in the blueberry patch is where I grow a succession of the bee plants. Winter Aconiets, Crocusses, followed by Tulipa turkestanica...then...
Chortling away here.
Thanks for the info about chooks and courgettes. I do not know a lot about chooks, but one sees some nice-looking ones on here from time to time....
We were planting the peas and capucijners and I just happened to notice this. Do you see it? Do you know what it is? [ATTACH] No?? Now then?...
I am curious by nature---what are your ideas for this year? I do not grow much in containers, so I am interested to hear what sorts of things you...
The first thing was to plant the onion sets. Made a couple of furrows and sprinkeled some calcium beads in ...hustled it and then thumbed the...