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The Best Flowers for Bees
Although there are many reasons insects are at the top of the extinction list in the past several years, monoculture and habitat loss are...
Mar 28, 20242 min read


Autumn Farm Notes
WOOSH, and summer was over. Cone flowers and sunflowers slowly faded away as the autumn colors of Chrysanthemums and Golden Rod began to...
Oct 19, 20214 min read


July Farm Notes 2021
There is a balance to be found in all of nature including our relationship with it. We’ve convinced honeybees to live in the boxes we...
Aug 17, 20213 min read


June Farm Notes 2021
June, glorious June. Summer, glorious summer. Lush green canopies to drive through along our favorite country roads. Perennial flowers in...
Jul 13, 20217 min read


May Farm Notes 2021
‘Twas a cloudy, rainy, chilly, muggy May. Although there were a few, at least partially sunny breaks that lasted long enough to get out...
Jun 28, 20214 min read


April 2021 Farm Notes
And just like that, the Painter applied green to all which was brown, dormant and bare. Fields of green grass, clover and henbit in every...
Jun 1, 20215 min read


March Farm Notes 2021
I often think the new year should begin in March instead of January. Winter gradually eases into spring by April and everything done...
Apr 16, 20214 min read


Will a Swarm Sting You?
You have probably seen video of a beekeeper bravely grabbing a handful of swarming bees without wearing a bee suit or even gloves. The...
May 7, 20204 min read
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