I did an inspection last week of all my hives.   They all survived the winter!   I'm a firm believer in the necessity for ventilated ...

A beautiful day today and the bees were out flying!  *heaves sigh of relief* My pink hive [the last remaining one from last year] is doing...

I checked the hives on Wednesday when the sun was out and the temps near 50.  The pink hive was actively housecleaning and doing cleansing f...

No pic for you today because the bees are under a bit of snow, but we saw them flying earlier this week so fingers crossed they'll make ...

The garlic I planted this fall is coming up!   It'll stay green unless it gets really, really cold or snows a bunch.

Here's a pic of the hoop house and the smaller cold frame all covered up for the winter. We're trying the cold frame without the ...

It's time to plant garlic.   It overwinters beautifully and then shoots up lovely, tasty greens in the spring.   Even the scapes [flower...