Grouse Ridge Farm

09/05/2022

Don’t forget tomorrow starts the new Facebook (aka...new name, META) rule where they can use your photos. Don't forget the Deadline is today!!! I do not give Facebook or any entities associated with Facebook permission to use my pictures, information, messages or posts, both past and future. With this statement, I give notice to Facebook it is strictly forbidden to disclose, copy, distribute, or take any other action against me based on this profile and/or its contents. The information: The violation of privacy can be punished by law NOTE: Facebook is now a public entity. All members must post a note like this.
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05/09/2022

A week ago one of our hives swarmed. Today I was able to check my 3 hives and found this in hive one. Some may be asking, what am I looking at? These are queen cells. The old queen left with a group of bees and before she left she laid eggs in these queen cups. New queens will emerge and fight for her position as queen. I counted 13 cells total. 😳

04/10/2022

Set out lettuce today along with red and green cabbage. Snap peas under fleece and asparagus bed fertilized with blood meal and mulched.

04/09/2022

Here is part 2 of my nieces interview. No that is not me. 😁

We recently visited family in Indiana. While we were there I got to interview my Aunt, who is an inspiration and catalyst for this family of gardeners. ...

04/08/2022

Exactly!

04/04/2022

This is one reason why I garden. My two sisters on the right with my niece talk about why they still garden. My oldest sister on the right, was and still is my rock. Grow food. Hope you enjoy this video

We recently visited family in Indiana. While we were there I got to interview my Aunt, who is an inspiration and catalyst for this family of gardeners. ...

03/30/2022

This is watch a hatch looks like. When I checked the hives on March 16, all hives had brood. So in about two weeks from that date, I was expecting a hatch. BOOM! We have bees everywhere. Baby bees are fuzzy and stay in the hive for awhile learning how to take care of the brood. The bees that were taking care of the brood graduate into field bees, gathering pollen and nectar. Gods perfect design.

03/28/2022

Stuff is very important!

03/19/2022

Moving toward no-till beds in the garden. This is compost we put on last fall and all I did was rake into a 30” bed, no tilling. Although we will need to do some tilling it should be less and less. The greenhouse is quickly getting crowded with seedlings but soon the snap peas will be transplanted into the new bed. The spinach has leaves as big as my hand now so I’m going to harvest some goodness. My experiment with the compost bin in the greenhouse was a success. I placed the trays of small seedlings on top of the bin on that 10 degree night and the seedlings survived. Pretty awesome

03/02/2022

This is a pollen feeder made from pvc pipe. Feeding a pollen substitute before the maples and willows start blooming will stimulate the queen bee to start laying.

03/01/2022

Starting to get this sour dough bread thing.

02/23/2022

This is an old German way to build soil and grow anything

Hugel-what? Hügelkultur is my go-to solution for problem areas of the garden! This video explains what hugelkultur is, how to build a hugelkultur bed and t...