We had our first honey harvest this year! It was a lot of work, for such a small harvest, but well worth the learning experience. Our 100% Pure Wildflower Honey: Our diverse gardens are optimized for native pollinators and honey bees. In addition to the berries, thyme, mint, mustard, oregano, radish, clover, and sunflowers are…
Author: Inga Smith
I'm a nature artist and community educator....this is a scrapbook of my life’s explorations.💜💛💚
Greenhouse in Emerald City
One of my favorite spots is the greenhouse, and it’s a must-have to grow tomatoes and peppers. The one trick to remember is that there is no wind and no pollinators. I learned this the hard way and missed a whole season of tomatoes. Now, just a few simple shakes of each plant a couple…
Barn Quilts
Our Barn Quilt Story On one of our journeys from Washington to Idaho, somewhere middle of Washington, on the other side of the mountains and trees, we noticed large painted quilts hanging on barns. In what might be regular-old farming or pasture land, the quilts gave the area so much more personality. The view heading…
Wild Sprout 2018 Pollinators
Pollinator Chart Here are our primary pollinators, along with my attempt to describe the differences of what is generally referred to as “bees.” Actually, we have bees and wasps in our farm helping us with the crop. Common Name Honey Bee Bumble Bee Yellow Jacket (wasp) Bald-faced Hornet (wasp) Scientific Name Apis Mellifera Bombus vosnesenskii…
Zen-Sunday in September
Chinese Forget-Me-Nots This has been our first summer where we have been able to focus on our little farm. On this Sunday, with clouds-sun-clouds in the air and feeling very much like autumn, I took some time to prep the gardens for winter. My bee-friends were hanging out with me so I grabbed my new…
The Making of Wild Sprout Honey 2018
We’ll probably label our honey something like Wildflower Honey to indicate that we are not located in the middle of 3-5 acres of delicious white clover. But in the spirit of clarifying what it takes here in Bellevue, WA to make our honey, I’ve collected some more details to share. Over the last five years,…
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