Bee Check-Up!

Last night we painfully (because it is so dang hot and humid these days!) suited up in our heavy lined canvas shirts, netted helmets and long gloves to go visit the bees. We had not checked on them in a couple of weeks so we were overdue for a visit.



The bees just are not building their honeycombs like we think they should... so we were checking them to makes some notes for our upcoming bee keeper's meeting next week. Not sure if the heat or what is making them a tad less productive than the norm.



Next, we checked on the garden... looks like a few strawberries are coming in.



And the raised beds are rocking and rolling too!



We have gotten quite a bit of rain since Sunday so the garden rows are pretty muddy... but, the overall growth from the rain is simple amazing!



Last, we hung up a few light colored grocery bags around the garden... Hubby heard that the white bags whipping in the wind will deter animals. I said why not? We only have about 200+ of those at the house!

Mary, How Does Your Garden Grow?

We arrived home last evening from our short trip to the Georgia coast to find that our garden had grown so much in just 3-4 days!! So excited that the pumpkins are coming out of the ground now.



The squash and zucchini are 3 times big than they were before we left!



And would you look how big the two cabbages are getting in the raised beds? MUCH bigger than the others planted in the garden... Hmmmmm (Of course, if they make it through the heat of the summer then it will be a miracle!)



The peas are looking great too!



We are looking forward to the next few days off to work on the farm this week.

Good Morning!