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Beekeeping

Beehive

Opening the hive is always exciting. I want to find the queen. I slowly and patiently went over every frame. Two frames, four sides, are…
Lisa
April 25, 2014
Gardening

Irises

The irises have started blooming. They are lovely, brilliant and delicate. They close up at night and once they are done blooming their petals curl…
Lisa
April 20, 2014
Gardening

Moving the hive

The 5 frame Nuk box got upgraded to a regular 10 frame brood box. The bees were fairly docile which I attribute to a cooler…
Lisa
April 17, 2014
Gardening

Spring has sprung

Well, as the lore says, winter is over when the pecan trees bud out. My pecans have budded, the pears have set flowers along with…
Lisa
March 24, 2014
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Frost proof

I am hoping tonight is the last night of cold. We'll have frost in the morning. I hope it's the end of the frost. I've…
Lisa
March 14, 2014
Gardening

Taking Stock

It is finally sunny with a perfect spring temperature of 82F. After 5 straight days of sunlessness, raining and cold with temps rarely above 55F…
Lisa
March 8, 2014
BuildingGardening

Raspberries

When I stumbled across raspberry canes for sale at my local Lowe's store, I was intrigued because everyone kept telling me that raspberries don't grow…
Lisa
March 2, 2014
Baking

Onion Bialys

I enjoy baking bread as it allows me to make fresh, natural bread without any questionable ingredients. There are few pleasures in life as delightful…
Lisa
January 19, 2014
Homemaking

Fire starters

With sixteen long leaf pines, I usually have an abundance of pine cones. Somehow I missed the major dropping and didn't get any cones collected…
Lisa
January 18, 2014
Baking

Apple Honey Challah

I love the recipe from Smitten Kitchen for Honey Apple Challah. I've made it a half dozen times, sometimes giving the loaves away to my…
Lisa
December 29, 2013