Yesterday, June 15th, we were able to get several more rows of strawberries weeded and mulched. I moved the buzzy honey bees to a new site within the bee yard where they will catch the morning sun much earlier to get them up and moving. I was talking to them and myself. Thank the Good Lord, I had the sense to walk over the path I had to take to move them several times to remove obstacles. Sure didn't want to trip carrying that heavy box! I was sad to see many bees confused for a while, but Hubby says that by 10pm they had found the new hive site. It will soon be time to add a super but not quite yet. I also sprinkled them with a cup of powdered sugar as a precaution against mites. I'm not in favor of disturbing the bees more than necessary to do all the inspections that some people and books favor. It interrupts their work flow. I'm also not in favor of antibiotics and chemicals, thus the choice we made.There are now three hummingbirds at the farm feeder. They are sucking down sugar water like crazy. It is so nice to see them out there while we're working. They are getting used to we human critters being around.
Got some zucchini, butternut squash and summer squash planted. Seems crazy to be planting some things this late, but the season's been so cold.
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