The closeup I'm entering in the Photo Contest at the Popcorn Festival on Memorial Day Weekend in my lil town. I love small farming town... but I think I already told you that.
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Washington Boro Swarm
Visiting BeeBoy and Mrs. BeeBoy after work and 5m later he got a call for a swarm that was sitting eye level in a tree. He asked if I wanted to go along, and the Mrs. is dancing around singing "Who ya gonna call.... BeeBusters." Neither is quite right, and I fit right in. Of course i have some pics.
The closeup I'm entering in the Photo Contest at the Popcorn Festival on Memorial Day Weekend in my lil town. I love small farming town... but I think I already told you that.
The closeup I'm entering in the Photo Contest at the Popcorn Festival on Memorial Day Weekend in my lil town. I love small farming town... but I think I already told you that.
Sunday, May 13, 2012
Bee stuff
The girls are building out the 9th bar. You can see 5 bars of comb in various stages of completion. I think this is just cool. I'm glad i did this now, and didn't wait till next year.
I sent this pic to Beeboy yesterday. He showed me today that the second to end comb has eggs in the cells. He blew up the pic and showed me.... dang. Don't know what the queen was doing all the way out here, but she obviously was. Tomorrow i'm opening up the whole hive for the LCBS meeting and we'll find out what is on all the other bars. The red circles are have eggs in the cells.
They look like tiny little white lines. By day 3, they begin to lay down and turn into little coma's. The life of an egg. You might have to blow this up to really see them.
I sent this pic to Beeboy yesterday. He showed me today that the second to end comb has eggs in the cells. He blew up the pic and showed me.... dang. Don't know what the queen was doing all the way out here, but she obviously was. Tomorrow i'm opening up the whole hive for the LCBS meeting and we'll find out what is on all the other bars. The red circles are have eggs in the cells.
They look like tiny little white lines. By day 3, they begin to lay down and turn into little coma's. The life of an egg. You might have to blow this up to really see them.
Friday, May 11, 2012
Broccoli and Cauliflower !!!!!
These pics were taken Wed morning... after a few days of good soaking rain. Was a warm evening and morning and the garden was hopping. Everything seemed to grow a few inches.
This is the first head of cauliflower... little bigger than a quarter.
And first Broccoli, about the same size.
We have been eating radishes for a week, lettuces even longer. The Daikon are great. LG has been scarfing up most of them. I found this on hanging on my door yesterday. Cut and cleaned radishes from the garden, that I just arranged on a bed of garden greens picked 45 seconds ago. This could be my next calling. Food Photographer.
This is the first head of cauliflower... little bigger than a quarter.
And first Broccoli, about the same size.
We have been eating radishes for a week, lettuces even longer. The Daikon are great. LG has been scarfing up most of them. I found this on hanging on my door yesterday. Cut and cleaned radishes from the garden, that I just arranged on a bed of garden greens picked 45 seconds ago. This could be my next calling. Food Photographer.
Monday, May 7, 2012
The Other Bed...
Saturday afternoon it looked like this.
20 minutes later it looked like this
While I was cleaning it out, my neighbor, who is firing up his grill, yells over, "I was gonna compliment you on the fine crop of weeds you are growing." I really enjoy my neighbors. Wise guys, all of them. :-)
The bed was supposed to get filled with half compost, quarter peat, and quarter vermiculite. This is how far I got before I got sidetracked with the mulching.
That only filled a quarter of the bed after it was mixed. The good news... after the beds are filled, all I'll have to do next year is add an inch or two of compost on the top and work it is a few inches.
I gotta try to get the rest filled by this weekend, so i can plant everything else on Saturday. Neighbors 50th birthday bash Sat night. Gonna be fun.
20 minutes later it looked like this
While I was cleaning it out, my neighbor, who is firing up his grill, yells over, "I was gonna compliment you on the fine crop of weeds you are growing." I really enjoy my neighbors. Wise guys, all of them. :-)
The bed was supposed to get filled with half compost, quarter peat, and quarter vermiculite. This is how far I got before I got sidetracked with the mulching.
That only filled a quarter of the bed after it was mixed. The good news... after the beds are filled, all I'll have to do next year is add an inch or two of compost on the top and work it is a few inches.
I gotta try to get the rest filled by this weekend, so i can plant everything else on Saturday. Neighbors 50th birthday bash Sat night. Gonna be fun.
Garden Update...
Been a while since i posted any veggie pics. Things are going good, and green is all over the place. Was going to finish filling the other bed this past weekend, but ended up weeding and mulching the flower beds. Anyway, here's some pics and an overall at the end.
Beets and the radishes. Been eating a few of the daikons. A bit tart than regular, but i like them.
The red onions are rocking.
As are the peas.
The rain kinda beat up the romanescu. The plant in upper left i think broke internally, but on the outside looks good. Maybe it will come back, maybe not.
Carrots are looking good. The second planting germinated real well. I'm gonna have to thin them out a bit. They take so long to grow, but are worth it.
Lettuces and spinach are doing great. Been eating out of the patch for a while. Haven't picked any this week, but just had a great salad. Was invited for dinner last night, and was going to take a bunch for a salad, but was running out of time trying to get the mulch done. I don't like mulching, but it looks good in the end. I hope.
And finally, from bottom to top... 2 rows of brussel sprouts, broccoli, 2 rows of cauliflower, and another broccoli. And the final pic is the whole garden.
Beets and the radishes. Been eating a few of the daikons. A bit tart than regular, but i like them.
The red onions are rocking.
As are the peas.
The rain kinda beat up the romanescu. The plant in upper left i think broke internally, but on the outside looks good. Maybe it will come back, maybe not.
Carrots are looking good. The second planting germinated real well. I'm gonna have to thin them out a bit. They take so long to grow, but are worth it.
Lettuces and spinach are doing great. Been eating out of the patch for a while. Haven't picked any this week, but just had a great salad. Was invited for dinner last night, and was going to take a bunch for a salad, but was running out of time trying to get the mulch done. I don't like mulching, but it looks good in the end. I hope.
And finally, from bottom to top... 2 rows of brussel sprouts, broccoli, 2 rows of cauliflower, and another broccoli. And the final pic is the whole garden.
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
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