Archive for April, 2008

miles works the bees

Wednesday, April 16th, 2008

Robie’s not the only one who can mess with the bees.

Garden 2008

Thursday, April 10th, 2008

We’ve been expanding the garden each year, adding a couple beds at a time. Here’s what it looks like now. The large beds at 10′x3.5′

Garden 2008

Thursday, April 10th, 2008

We’ve been expanding the garden each year, adding a couple beds at a time. Here’s what it looks like now. The large beds at 10′x3.5′
 

 

compost sifter

Thursday, April 10th, 2008

Since I have as much space as I do (for a city boy), I generate a lot of compost. One ofthe problems I face is that there a many larger chunks in there that should be separated out.
So I built a compost sifter. It needs some refinements, but it works ok.

Birds and the Bees

Thursday, April 10th, 2008

Robie and I took a beekeeping class htis past Saturday and we’ve decided to take the plunge. The guy teaching the class had an extra "Nuc" of bees that we bought from him on Sunday. On Monday morning, I got the stuff needed to setup a hike and last night we moved the bees into […]