We’ve had a beautiful summer with no long stretches of extremely hot weather but we’ve some impressive downpours. This past week, we got over an inch of rain in less than an hour. As Diana says, it’s been more like Read more…
When I was a kid growing up in Rhode Island, my dad had a vegetable garden in our backyard. The most fun thing about that was in the fall after everything was harvested and it was just bare dirt. My Read more…
When I was growing up, my grandparents had a summer home on Echo Lake in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont. It was an idyllic place on a dirt road surrounded by fields of wildflowers and woods. The view was much Read more…
We had dinner with some friends last night who live in Singapore now, but are back in town for a few weeks. They were asking how the bees were and that they follow my blog from Singapore. I thought wow, Read more…
Spring is in full swing here in Colorado and summer is just around the corner. Each day brings a new type of flower as a source of pollen and nectar for the bees. The roses started blooming this week, the Read more…
Last Saturday, I spent the morning passing out bee packages for Tim Brod of Highland Honey Bees. We passed out almost 500 packages to buyers of all shapes and sizes. My favorites were the kids who would come with their Read more…
No, it’s not Christmas (sorry Andy Williams), it’s Springtime! For beekeepers, it’s a time of swarms, splits, new bees and hives. For gardeners, it’s a time for cleanup, plantings, new gardens and watching the rebirth of nature. This year, I’m Read more…