I have found several perennial herbs that grow extremely well here in Bellevue. Chives are my current top favorite for a few reasons: they are beautiful in our gardens from early summer to fall, they provide a solid food source for the local pollinators and for the honey bees, and they add extra zest to…
Author: Inga Smith
I'm a nature artist and community educator. This is a scrapbook of my life’s explorations.💜💛💚
Vision 2020
Wild Sprout is taking it to the next level in 2020
Making Wild Sprout Honey 2019
Guest appearances 2019 Honey Bees Carniolan Honey Bees (and other native pollinators) Love Our Flowers There are many other flowers on our property, but I’ve focused this video on this year’s new favorites: Columbine, Pink and Purple Chives Columbine – White Thyme Marionberry Blueberry Blacksamson Echinacea Shasta Daisy Elephant Garlic German Chamomile Cucumber Cosmos Panicled…
2019 Honey Harvest
“It’s the most wonderful time of the year!” One of our new hives this year took off early and gave us 8 full frames of honey. By far, 2019 was our best honey harvest, both in terms of quantity and quality! A Labor of Love: Harvesting Honey The extraction process takes a full day regardless…
Happy Holidays 2019
Rounding out this decade, I’m so happy to share our 2019 harvest with you. Sending warm wishes from our farm to yours. 2019: a year to remember Best honey flow yet! First batches of mead — Raspberry, Marionberry, Blueberry, Blackberry First time to harvest pollen Lots of jam, including new Black Raz Jam (love it!)…
Spring 2019 – 3 years in the making
Hurry up! No, wait a minute. I mean – – wait three years! So here we are, almost summer 2019 and finally we have two new flowers for our bees. Columbine These perennials come in a variety of colors and shapes, all having the same leaves. Chives And wow! Who knew chives would be…
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