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Hi, I'm Dave and thanks for visiting. I garden in Zone 6b in southern Indiana, and I blog here about gardening, nature and food.
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Category Archives: Beekeeping
Monday Recap: It’s the Bee’s Knee’s
The bees are back here at Happy Acres. Our nuc last year never took off and did anything, and by the time we figured that out it was too late to get a hive going in time to make it … Continue reading
Posted in Beekeeping, Gardening
Tagged asparagus, beekeeping, bees, lentils, paste tomatoes, spinach, sweet potatoes, tomatoes
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The Good, the Great, and the Terrible
The good in the title of this post is the Good Mother Stallard pole beans. They have taken quite a long time to produce, at least a month longer than Cherokee Trail of Tears and Rattlesnake, but I have finally … Continue reading
Posted in Beekeeping, Gardening
Tagged Ambrosia, beans, beekeeping, bees, eggplant, Good Mother Stallard, honey, Kumi Kumi, melons, peppers, squash, winter squash, zucchini
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Another Sweet Harvest
Yesterday was our second honey harvest of 2013, and what a sweet one it was! Our first harvest this year was two months ago, back in June. I knew for several weeks that there was honey ready to be harvested, … Continue reading
A Sweet Harvest
Yesterday was an exciting day as we harvested the first honey of 2013. I had done a quick inspection a couple of weeks ago and knew there was honey ready. But it took until yesterday to find a day that … Continue reading
2013 Audubon Beekeeping School
For local folks, the 2013 Audubon Beekeeping School is coming up soon on Saturday, March 2nd. This annual event will be held at the Henderson County Extension Office and Expo Center, which is a great facility for events like this. … Continue reading
