This is a spin on Frank’s Red Hot Sauce. Your results will completely depend on you and your peppers! Honestly: what a cool thing to be able to grow peppers here in the Puget Sound. Cayenne peppers need lots of heat and sun and have a very long growing time. If you check out our…
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Raspberry Vinegar
Raspberries are important all summer long for our honey bees, and they are also a favorite around our house. In 2015, in preparation of hosting our first hives, we planted 50 Caroline raspberry plants. Those 50 have had a party over the years, and now we must have more like 75 plants, all bear fruit…
Removing the front clip
There were a number of things I wanted to do to the old truck that would be much easier with the front clip (aka front-end) out of the way. Most basic was that I wanted to clean/paint the engine and the engine compartment, but I also planned to rebuild the steering box, and the transmission….
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…
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…

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