Bee Adventurous

 Try to image I was standing in the middle of my patio when all of a sudden I was surrounded by buzzing. A swarm of bees hundreds of the all around me. I froze and just watched as they drifted dances to the bushes in front of me. They began to clump there and once they settled I ran inside.

 I called every one in my family and excitedly showed the beginning of a hive to neighbors and then we had to decide what to do. The neighbors and I wanted to keep them and started looking into their care and to find a hive for them. Expensive and complicated we just didn't know enough so we called around. Most of the "companies" wanted to remove them by killing them!
Bees are protected species!
So I found this company called Home Town Honey and he agreed to come get them and give them a new home. Brian and his son came and got the bees. I was a little sad to see them go but I have a place to visit them and I also got all this info about beekeeper clubs and got to know two amazing people too!

Delusions of Cottage Style..

My garden is a little hap-hazard...I plant stuff and sometimes it comes up and sometimes it doesn't. I live with a thin layer of soil over a deep, deep bed of clay so everything I plant I have to create a planter/ container effect with some drainage. I thought we would start with planters and container gardens. I've been buying my seed trays at Big Lots mostly because they are the least expensive! If you are a beginner you can write me! I'll see if I can get you an answer! 

First! Start your seeds indoors now!
Two start prep work on your garden...digging and weeding where you want the plants to go. We just had a freeze with prayer I hope it's the last one for this year but be prepared! Some seeds can take a freeze but some can't! be ready to cover exposed plants! Sheets and reeds maybe needed. the reeds will stop the sheets from touching the plant. If you can't cover it consider planting later. This is the middle of March you can wait til end of April and that may be safer. When digging I prefer a spade and a fork. it helps to dig the weeds root and all and discard them. Tillers are easy but it spreads weed roots and they just pop back up. There is one of your assignments for the week/weekend!  The other is getting your containers, potting soil, garden dirt, small gravel and fertilizer!

It's that time of year!

It's that time of year where you walk around with bags of wet paper towels  and pruning shears looking for likely cuttings. Like a mad serial pruner you stalk your victims and then pot them up with rooting hormone! Rows of pots with little seedlings sit like trophies lined up on every surface and table! Spring! The gardeners call goes over the hills and pollen falls!