From the monthly archives:

July 2007

Predators, Parasites, Persistance

July 16, 2007

I’m discouraged, lately. I think we both are. The only thing that is really thriving is the bees. (Murphy — back off. We do not need to have something happen to them now, thanks!) The sheep are having huge parasite problems. Selina and Fiona both showed awful bottle jaw, so we were worming them frantically, [...]

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Honeybee Update

July 15, 2007

The midsummer doldrums do seem to be starting in the bee yard. This is far from all bad: Everyone was much more laid back today and didn’t come after me even when I scraped burr comb. Today’s status: The left-most hive doesn’t seem to have done anything with their super since last week. The next [...]

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Friday’s all local dinner

July 14, 2007

We had to go get an emergency stash of hay this week, which took us by Breshears Nursery and farm stand in Alstead. We stopped to see what they had, and was pleasantly surprised at the variety. They had fresh peas, small yellow squash, small zucchini, yellow beans, and a bunch of hot house tomatoes, [...]

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One local lunch

July 10, 2007

Frank found some puffball mushrooms on an old hay pile yesterday and this morning, and these don’t last long fresh at all, so I needed to come up with a way to use them really quickly. Valerie is spending the summer here at home, unexpectedly, so I am forever looking for vegetarian options for her, [...]

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A Connection That Doesn’t Suck

July 9, 2007

We’ve had our T1 for a few weeks now, and it’s been a wonderful step up from the satellite travesty, albeit at a very high price. It still doesn’t download like a $50/month cable modem, but it does upload symmetrically. We’re getting some of the cash back by dropping our co-located server in Virginia once [...]

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Bee Update

July 8, 2007

The bees are doing so well I’ve decided to go to weekly checks. This week’s status is: Left-most hive, just getting started drawing their super, which is ten undrawn wooden frames. No nectar yet. These girls only had 8 frames drawn in their top hive body last week and they very virtuously finished the last [...]

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Latch and Halter

July 7, 2007

Look at that latch. What a wonderful sight and sound that was. It didn’t take me too long to get her going. Mama’s milk gave her a good boost of energy. I mostly left them alone, but Pearl kept coming over to the corner and stomping for my attention, wanted help. I swear she kept [...]

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