Yesterday was a grey day with plenty of cloud cover, but much warmer — a whopping 38 degrees — from the much colder day before. And it had become very humid. It had also been misty, yet mysterious — one of those days where you’re not sure what the weather is actually trying to do. … More A Day of Diamonds
Well, it’s always possible… If you recall, last Spring a doe give birth to a fawn in my front yard. I called her Beatrice, thinking she would grow up a female. Throughout the rest of the year, I watched as she grew up along-side two sets of twins born that same spring. This “pack” of … More Did I make a mistake?
We had a beautiful snowfall the other day. It started mid-afternoon and lasted into the late evening. It was lovely. Just a quiet snow, big flakes, fluffy, that fell gently from the sky. No brazen winds or jaw-dropping temperatures. Without those tremendous winds, the snow was able to leave its mark on the land. In … More Winter’s landscape
I felt it necessary this year to do something a little different for Christmas dinner. I usually do a beef tenderloin as the main course, but this year, even though everyone wanted a tenderloin, I thought I’d “amp it up.” Enter Beef Wellington — a beautiful marriage of beef, mushrooms, prosciutto, and puff pastry. I … More Beef Wellington
I had been feeling a bit low this Christmas Season because our oldest and youngest sons, Jesse and Eric, made the difficult decision not to fly home for Christmas. They live in Brooklyn. The airports have been packed and they did not want to risk giving me Covid. I can’t fault them. They thought of … More Morning on the lake
for the impending winter. Ten days ago, I treated the three hives with oxalic acid — vaporizer style. I watched the forecast for a day that would give me 39-40 degree weather during the day. You should have seen me, as the temp made its way up, waiting to see 39 degrees. I went out … More The honeybees are “tucked in”…
Even though I only have three hives, the title makes it seem like I’ll be hiring some hands, working from sun-up to sun-down, wiping my brow and ending each day with aching muscles. Well, it still is a process, and sometimes tedious, but the reward is worth it — jars full of sweet golden-colored elixir. … More The Honey Harvest
Yum! … More Fried Green Tomatoes
As I mentioned in a previous post, my mother and two of my sisters, Caryn and Jessica, came to visit a couple weekends ago. Once we get into the kitchen, we are an unstoppable force. I think we could whip up a full wedding menu in two days if we had to. But not so … More Making Dolma
Boy, what a pain! Not only did I have to smell the solution that rids the bees from the supers, I had to smell the Formic Acid that needed to be added to the hives to combat the varroa mite. I knew it would take a while, but being 80 degrees, sunny, and in full … More Pulling supers from hives
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