After a long 13 days set up at the Arizona Mineral & Fossil Show, I am happy to be back to the quiet life at our little ranch. The bees have been checked and we have drone brood. Finally Mother Nature is saying it is time to start raising queens, our first graft will be within the next couple of weeks.
Our first tree in the orchard has started to bloom, a Dorsett Apple. I have not been in the garden for over a month so it is dreary.......though the weeds give us some pleasure, wild mustard and dandelion also blooming. We don't pull these as they too give needed nourishment to our bees and when they are prolific us humans also consume them (free greens!)
Our first tree in the orchard has started to bloom, a Dorsett Apple. I have not been in the garden for over a month so it is dreary.......though the weeds give us some pleasure, wild mustard and dandelion also blooming. We don't pull these as they too give needed nourishment to our bees and when they are prolific us humans also consume them (free greens!)
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