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Farm Camp 2019

  • August 8, 2019
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  • Becca
Well it is hard to explain the joy and gratitude I feel for our first ever week of Farm Camp. This was a little dream of mine that combined all…
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Wonder Woman

  • June 16, 2018
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Have you ever known someone that continually surprises you with newfound abilities? Who is always blowing past the boundaries of what you thought they could handle? And when you think about them,…
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Building a Top Bar Hive

  • May 23, 2016
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  • Rory
We’re trying a new style of beehive this year called a top-bar hive. It’s new to us and most American beekeepers but is actually a very old style. It predates the…
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Queening the hives

  • June 3, 2015
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  • Rory
Towards the end of last summer we discovered one of our two bee hives was vacant, a victim of Colony Collapse Disorder. We pulled frames with honey and added them…
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Winterizing the bees

  • November 19, 2014
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  • Rory
A chore that has been hanging over our heads for a long time was winterizing the bees. After last year’s historic cold temperatures, and losing one hive to colony collapse,…
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Colony collapse

  • October 28, 2014
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  • Rory
We had a bit of a tragedy on the farm recently. To call it a death in the family wouldn’t be so far off the mark. It certainly felt that way.…
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