Archive for September, 2007
Bee Day
Posted: September 24th, 2007 by Frank
I finally bottled the honey this morning. We got a total of 40 bears from our 35 pounds of honey. I thought I had bought 12 ounce bears back in 2005 from Betterbee, and so I just ordered a bunch more. It turns out I had bought one pounders, so now we have two
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Posted under Bjarki, Farm Life, Honey Bees, Injuries.
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Weekend Update
Posted: September 23rd, 2007 by Frank
It’s ten days since the last entry. There’ve been no big developments, but much that might be worth remembering in next year, or in 2010. We’ve continued to check for mushrooms every two or three days. We caught one more small flush of trumpets (and three chanterelles) in good time, and found the remains
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Posted under Black Trumpet Mushroom, Chanterelles, Chipper, Farm Life, Horse Housing, Mushrooms, Sheep, illness.
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‘Shrooms at Last
Posted: September 13th, 2007 by Frank
After three days of rain, we went out into the woods with high hopes, and we got some results. First we found the remnants of a small flush of black trumpets, on one side of the black trumpet mother lode. They were almost gone by, but we can’t be choosy this year, and we
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Posted under Allium, Black Trumpet Mushroom, Farm Life, Pond scoop, oyster.
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A busy Saturday
Posted: September 8th, 2007 by Frank
Friday night in Marlow was entirely too exciting. Starting midafternoon or so, there was a clear smell of smoke in the air in the southwest part of town. Thing is, after the nine houses on Baine Rd, it’s two or three miles to the Alstead or Gilsum town lines, and another mile or so
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Posted under Chipper, Farm Life, Honey Bees.
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Weekend Catchup
Posted: September 5th, 2007 by Frank
I did a bee check Saturday with the intention of harvesting and extracting honey. On the formerly queenless side, I saw neither queen, but did see brood in both, pollen coming in to both, and wax being drawn and sugar syrup stored. The more populous hive was ready for more syrup. Actually it’s ready for
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Posted under Honey Bees, Sawmill.
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