Tuesday, May 19, 2020

Birds & Bees

Spring has taken off like a rocket!  Turkey season was really weird...first, Kansas reduced hunters to just one spring turkey tag instead of two and then to lessen the spread of the Rona, out-of-state tags were eliminated.  None of the weirdness kept us from laying the hammer down!!



Things have been really busy at the farm, the new and improved garden has been planted, complete with new drip irrigation system.  The bee keeping operation has really expanded.  Earlier in the spring we caught two swarms of bees and did some hive splits.  Putting a swarm of bees into a hive is one of the coolest things to witness in nature.  You basically shake the swarm of bees out onto a bed sheet and they quickly organize and proceed to march directly into the hive.  Click on the picture below to watch the video!   

 
In just a few weeks we will be planting the first round of pumpkins in the new and improved patch.  This year the patch will be almost an acre!

It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown is a Christmas special ...