The Honey Bees of May

Hello everyone, I hope you are enjoying spring. We are supposed to get some rain this coming week, but the weather is still warm/hot. As I posted on our Facebook page, we were not ready to sell anything at the market this weekend except maybe some lettuce. We have been Read more

Honey Harvest

Honey Hello everyone, we have finally harvested our honey, and we have around 26 pounds. We made a short clip of him uncapping a frame and then beginning the filtering process…I posted it on our Facebook Page. George had already replaced the frames heโ€™d taken with empty frames in the Read more

May Updates

Update on the honeybees: Around Easter, a wild swarm of bees landed in our little orchard. A day later, another swarm, or so we thought. As it turned out, the first swarm split itself, but we caught it in time and placed them in a new NUC. So, the first Read more

What’s all the buzz about?

Wow! Itโ€™s been a busy Spring! We decided to put up our first Farmerโ€™s Market stand on April 5th. We were super busy trying to prepare all the signs, label all the plants we wanted to sell, etc. Weโ€™d ordered ourย Squareย readers to swipe cards and just stayed super busy. George Read more

Plants and Art and Labels, Oh My!

Hello, everyone. We are finally enjoying some warmer weather here in the Carolinas and are ready to start planting in the ground! George said he would be spending the weekend planting tomatoes and peppers and setting up some soaker hoses. He spent last weekend splitting one of the bee hives. Read more

Sunshine!

What a difference a few days make here in the Carolinas. Our weather is so weird. One day, it will be a high of 48 ยฐ, and todayโ€™s high is 75ยฐ. It can be tricky for gardeners who want to utilize all the warmth they can for their gardens. Our Read more