Monthly Archives: May 2024

Memory Lane, 6th June 2023: First mangetout

Posted on May 20, 2024 by james

I’ve never tried this variety before. They’re huge! Some pods are easily 100mm long. We’ll have to see how they go down with the rest of the family.

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So sow!

Posted on May 20, 2024 by james

With my new-found space in the greenhouse, it’s time to catch up on all the sowing that I haven’t done for the last month because of the miserable weather. It’s quite a pile, having gone through my plan and dug … Continue reading →

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It’s a bee day

Posted on May 20, 2024 by james

This morning I inspected the hives in my home apiary. Mostly they’re looking good. I had to add a super to a couple of colonies and a second brood box to another, found a queen and marked her. One colony … Continue reading →

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Memory Lane, 4th June 2023: I am the daddy!

Posted on May 20, 2024 by james

Well, to these little chaps, anyhow. Not a great photo, but they’re the first to hatch of this year’s batch.

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Super frames finally finished

Posted on May 20, 2024 by james

I finally finished making up all my super frames and got them stacked up at the bee shed ready to go. It’s been a bit of a slog getting these done, but I really ought to try to get through … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 17th May 2024

Posted on May 20, 2024 by james

More planting out today, mostly lettuces and salad onions that I don’t need filling up the greenhouse any more. Time for them to be in the ground outside. Most of the tomatoes, the aubergines and peppers/chiles were potted on, too. … Continue reading →

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Memory Lane, 26th May 2023

Posted on May 16, 2024 by james

A few views of the veggie plot as it stands today.

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Time to be a mummy chicken

Posted on May 16, 2024 by james

I’m a little late getting around to it this year because of the way everything is happening everywhere all at once, but last night we put two and a half dozen hatching eggs in the incubators. I actually only ordered … Continue reading →

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More super frames

Posted on May 16, 2024 by james

Yup, I’m still going… About eighty-five frames done now, mostly new, but also some old ones re-waxed. I’m getting towards the end of my store of wired foundation now. I think I have fifteen sheets left of all those that … Continue reading →

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Memory Lane, 22nd May 2023: Swarm in a bucket

Posted on May 16, 2024 by james

After three weeks and twenty-one swarms I was starting to run out of kit that I’d never thought I’d use again, let alone the “good stuff”. I ended up shaking this swarm into a bucket when it arrived on a … Continue reading →

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