Some random pics from this past year’s harvests. Missing fresh local food.

Some random pics from this past year’s harvests. Missing fresh local food.

Our chickens. We love em. They give us the best eggs on earth. They eat tons of bugs from around our garden. They live in 3/4 of a chicken moat.

It was a good bonfire. Lots of folks came. Great times!
Photos after the break.
Wandered outside to take some pictures this afternoon. Had to try out the new memory card for my old Sony.

We only got one long weekend to make maple syrup this year. The weather didn’t really cooperate. I’ll take the spring weather though!
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Bee-lining has been much discussed on a couple of my bee groups lately. I think it is amazing.
Back before the days of mail order bees (which I’d argue against buying by the way) people had to know a beekeeper to get into the hobby. Or they could go bee-lining, and try to get a feral hive.
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Ok, maybe this wasn’t the most traditional way to catch a buzz on your birthday. And, maybe I got a little tipsy later that night. I guess that would be two buzzes by a truthful count.
The first buzz was from a honeybee hive.
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We got our chickens today! Seven Silver Laced Wyandottes and nine Buff Orpingtons. Woot!
Really, they are quite disgustingly cute. Pics after the click.