Bee Farm

We put the finishing touches on the bee farm this week. The last things we had to do were string the electric wire on the pen and set up the hives. We took a tip from some Faceplace pages that suggested we melt bee wax and brush it on the top bars to guide the new bees, so we did that early in the week. Saturday and Sunday we finished the wire, electric hookup and setting the hives.

We left plenty of room for added hives, Lawman is working on a new one already. We have some farm farm pics. We started sweet potato slips earlier in the year, they have just started to bud.

But before we started the potato, we pinched a few pieces of vine from a last year potato, and put them in water. They started to root, and after we got a good root start, we moved them to cups of dirt.

And our traditional celery start is up and running as well.

New arrivals this week. Ducks and chicks.

We lost two ducks during delivery, but the four that remain are just so stinking cute. They waddle when they walk.
Also this week was "The Boy's" annual fund raiser at the firehouse. We whipped up two pies and a cake to donate, we understand they all sold well.

A couple of food related pictures. Fried chicken one night for dinner.

This week Pop went to a soccer game in NC with Brother Kevin and Denise, so weekend breakfast was makeshift. Cupcake hit on the idea to use leftover buttermilk dinner rolls to make bacon and egg sandwiches. They were a hit.

The big event for spring at The Acre. Morel mushrooms are back.

So we ended the week with wings. And mushrooms.
K&K