Monday, March 21, 2011

It's been a while.

Yep, I've decided to restart the blog. Not sure it will go anywhere, or if anyone will care want to read about my simple life.

I'm still gardening, with amazing results. Some of the trees gave amazing fruits last year, while others didn't. Stink bugs came and feasted, but left us plenty. Harlequin Beetles ate the kale, mustard, collards and horseradish down to the ground.

I harvested 22 butternut squash... I won't plant quite so many of them this year... maybe 2 plants?

The beans didn't do so well, because of the intense heat of the summer, but the fall brought some good ones.

The old shed finally gave up the ghost... I spent most of last week dealing with the wreckage, cutting it up, hauling it off (Thanks Bill!) and sealing the well-built wood deck that was the floor.
The old deck makes a wonderful platform for my 2 top-bar bee hives.

About the bee hives. Two winters ago saw both hives die. I didn't have a go at the hives last summer. So this winter, I built a couple of feeders, and will try again this summer. I missed having bees in the garden!

Anyway, I don't know if it will be daily or a bit more sporadically that I get posts in, but I'll try to keep it going!