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Bees
What’s all the buzz about?
Wow! It’s been a busy Spring! We decided to put up our first Farmer’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. We’d ordered our Square readers to swipe cards and just stayed super busy. George Read more
Gardening
Blueberry Cages
I wanted to share an update on our blueberry bushes. To protect the berries in our garden from the many birds around us, I gave George the idea of placing chicken runs around them. He found a great deal from a company that makes them. They can all be stand-alone, Read more
Gardening
Cauliflower Pride
This November, George’s cauliflower started growing really well. To the left you can see them under all the leaves! We ended up giving around 7 heads away to family and friends and still had tons left over to put in the freezer. Cauliflower Steak? We even made some cauliflower “steaks” Read more
Gardening
Blueberry Varieties
We have thee types of Rabbiteye Blueberries planted in what I lovingly call, the back 40! Hello, Cyndi here to talk a little about our blueberries. Over this last summer, we purchased three kinds of blueberries and have now planted them along the back of our property. There is talk Read more
Gardening
Baby Lettuce & Blueberries
George was a busy man over the weekend. He set out some baby lettuce and finished caging the new blueberries and installing their irrigation! He has the bird mesh halfway up the sides of the cages and I really like how it’s looking overall. It’s set up along the very Read more
Gardening
Blueberries!
George finished planting the blueberries! We have sixteen plants of four different varieties for cross-pollination. He mixed compost and mulch with our clay and added something to lower the pH level of the soil. Blueberries love acidic soil. The plan is to finish surrounding them with landscape fabric and then Read more
Gardening
September & October
September was a tough month for us for a few reasons. Early in the month, both George and I caught COVID-19. We were up on our shots, so it only lasted a week, but right afterward, we got pinkeye, YUCK! A few weeks later Hurricane Helene destroyed all the areas Read more
Gardening
New Garden
We attended a bee conference in Charleston, SC last month. While there, we stayed at James Island County Park in the camper and it was lovely. It was so hot but most of our time was spent at the convention anyway; we did enjoy a very nice meal at Florence’s Read more
Gardening
Apple Blossoms
Hello everyone, Cyndi here. I preordered a book last year, The Women by Kristin Hannah, and read it when it came out in February this year. This was not the first of her books I’d read but I learned so much more this time. This particular book was about a Read more