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Gardening and yard work at Biddan Ridge

BakingGardening

Carrot muffins

The pelleted Romance carrots I planted in the fall weathered the days of freezing tempatures unscathed. I prefer the pelleted seeds because they space perfectly…
Lisa
February 28, 2015
Gardening

Asters

One of my favorite flowers is the Stoke's aster or Stokesia. It comes in three varieties: dark lilac, light lilac and white. The white is…
Lisa
July 20, 2014
BeekeepingGardening

Beehive

http://youtu.be/KesGPRYn9JU Late Wednesday afternoon, I added a second box to the beehive. The boys and girls are active and the hive seems to be thriving.…
Lisa
May 17, 2014
Gardening

The Beard Wall

I had to restring the beard wall. The twine between the eye bolts had degraded. A little attention makes a huge difference. Since February, the…
Lisa
May 7, 2014
Gardening

I am slowly planting monkey grass to define the flower beds around the house. Now that it's spring, it's time to re-mulch the beds, too.…
Lisa
May 5, 2014
Gardening

Irises

The irises have started blooming. They are lovely, brilliant and delicate. They close up at night and once they are done blooming their petals curl…
Lisa
April 20, 2014
Gardening

Moving the hive

The 5 frame Nuk box got upgraded to a regular 10 frame brood box. The bees were fairly docile which I attribute to a cooler…
Lisa
April 17, 2014
Gardening

Spring has sprung

Well, as the lore says, winter is over when the pecan trees bud out. My pecans have budded, the pears have set flowers along with…
Lisa
March 24, 2014