We got this much:
10 quart jars. They hold a quart if filled to the rim, so this isn't really 10 quarts. :) The bucket of strained honey weighed 36 pounds.
Tonight is the last cool(ish) night. Tomorrow starts the heat wave, with incoming humidity.
Widget, please get over being broody! I don't want to worry about you in the broody breaker crate when it's 96°!
I have my garlic drying out on the porch. When we need garlic, I go out and grab a bulb, brush it off, and bring it inside. It will take a few hours to clean it all and get it ready to store. That's ok, because it means we'll have plenty of garlic.
This is the third summer. We got bees in May of 2023. This was our first harvest of honey!
We gave them the same frames back after harvesting. We figured they'd like the honey and clean up the mess I made cutting off the caps with a serrated knife. :oops:
There is a phrase we'd heard at the...
Here in Michigan, "yes please" and "no thank you" were what were drilled into my head. Ma'am, Sir... not so much.
Very interesting. I would not have known that I was being rude if I didn't say Ma'am/Sir down south.
Watching hens with baby chicks is just so... sweet and special.
I'm telling Widget that next spring I will get her some chicks.
Of course, I told her that last year. And I have no idea if she'd be a good mother or not.
Cool!
I'm sorry we put a deep box on as a honey super. I really wish we'd put on a medium. But we had the deep ready to go, and had more frames with comb.
Thank goodness we have 8 frame boxes. Deeps get heavy!
We had some huge oaks that were close to the house taken out about 5 years ago. Very similar set up. Fascinating to watch! The crew foreman said when they're working in a city neighborhood, they get an audience.
I watered the buckwheat I planted a couple days ago. A lot of it is sprouting, so I wanted to help it.
We're going to have 90s the next two days. 96° on Thursday. And humid.
We could get some rain Thursday night into Friday. I sure hope so. But that won't cool us of; the forecast is upper...