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…
Category: Beekeeping
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…
Host a Hive 2020 Program
Host a hive to help increase the honeybee population in our corner of the Puget Sound.
Honey Harvest 2018
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…
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…
wild sprout 
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