actually it's a really good picture of what they've been doing the past three weeks what with all the bees out of the way. The next morning I hurried out and gave them a little sugar snack, my current theroy is that with all the rain and cloud weather we've been having the past week+ they didn't have energy to keep everybody warm, for the good of the hive the fat was cut. luckily on friday and today it was nice and sunny and they were flying about like mad, and ignoring the sugar water I put out for them, so I think that the hive is going to make it, but there is a depressing number of dead bees on the floor of the hive right now.
The garden has been coming along, and like everything else taking much longer than I had hoped. The lateest set back came on wed. afternoon when the dipperstick hydroluic ram quit. And I only had one more day of digging to go! now I have to wait for a week or more for a new one to get here. but here are some pic of the progress so far.
In the mean-time I'll be working on setting up the piggy pen I've already got the bottom strand of electric fence, and the shelter for the pigs done.
Hey Laddie..
ReplyDeleteI like what you're doing up there in the hinterland..
Got my meager porch garden going here in NJ..
I expect whatever comes of it will help some with food costs..
The bit you wrote about the bees caught my eye..
Bees are getting scarcer than hens teeth..
If they don't make a showing this season my cucumber plants won't fare well..
I know they're temperature dependant..
It's grand what you've accomplished..
Love your get-up.. Are you Scotch? I am..
Lassie
Thanks, it nice to find out that I'm not just talking to myself.
ReplyDeleteThe bees should do alright even through the cold weather up here, they just need enough honey stored up,... and mabey just a litle insulation.
I'm a mainer, born and raised... scottish ancestry though, and I do enjoy working in a kilt..for what its worth