We have quarts, and sometimes pints, available of our local raw honey. These are from our own bee hives, extracted each fall. Never pasteurized or processed, it goes straight from the hive, through a screen and into the jar. Honey can crystallize in the cooler months (the jar on the left), but a short hot […]
Honey Harvest 2019
Yesterday we removed the honey supers from the bee hives. Our good friend Nancy helped us remove the honey supers and inspect the hives. So great to have such great help. Thanks Nancy! Once we removed them from the hives we stored the full frames in storage totes.This keeps the bees away from the honey […]
Spring has sprung
Playin’ Catchup up on Salt Creek
Well, it has been quite some time since our last post. Sometimes life just throws a curve ball at you and things get shuffled around. That happened to us , and unfortunately our little blog, our “scrapbook” of our farm adventures, got put on the back burner. In the next few weeks we will provide […]
Busy bees
Last year we had two bee hives. One was very strong, the other seemed to barely make it through the winter, and at times we really weren’t sure it would last at all. Well I am happy to report that we now have three hives! Below is the original strong hive, it swarmed last year […]
♫Honey, Honey, Honey ♪
The date : September 6th. The accomplishment: honey extraction. Casualties: one stabbed palm, one cut across a thumb and, one bee sting (all mine). Thank goodness for extra special friends. Our dear friend Nancy came down from Milwaukie yesterday morning to help me with honey extraction (Michael was in chemo). I really would have messed things […]
SWARM!
Our weather is still very wet with occasional breaks when the sun lets us know it is still there. One of those days happened last Wednesday. Joshua was looking out the front window when he saw thousands of bees. It was a swarm. Michael was on a conference call so it was up to me […]
Does it Feel Like Spring?
No, really. Does it feel like Spring where you are? It doesn’t from where I sit. In case you haven’t heard, this has been a bad Fall and Winter for Oregon. So much so, I’ve entertained the thought of moving back to southern California. Let’s start off with October. McMinnville and Salem both set records […]