As we enjoy the cooler fall weather and prepare for winter, there have been a lot of fun happenings on the farm! Whiskey found a butternut squash from a volunteer plant that must’ve grown from compost. Apparently butternut squash is Whiskey’s idea of a dog treat! We have also seen several walking sticks around. […]
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Fall Farm Update
Posted in dogs, Food & Beverage, Hogs, Layers, Rabbits, tagged chickens, fall, food, hens, hogs, Rabbits on November 14, 2014 | Leave a Comment »
Fall Feeding and Fall Losses
Posted in Beekeeping, tagged bees, beetles, cold, dearth, fall, hive beetles, honey, oil, summer, traps on September 16, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Some mixed news to report on our bees. It has been a while since we last posted and a lot has happened. This Fall we suffered a dearth of nectar in our region and the bees were not able to build up much honey reserves. Even early in the Fall the hives were both suffering. The hive that was growing the most during the Summer months and having the most problems with crooked comb was also doing the worst of the two hives. They seemed to have spent too much time building comb and not enough time gathering nectar and building up their honey reserves. Subsequently their population must have grown too large and they ran out of all their honey before it even got really cold around here.
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