While we don’t have a beehive and we are not yet beekeepers (maybe someday), we do attract some honeybees in the summer with all of the flower and vegetable blooms. Features:  Honeybees are about 1/2 inch long, are oval shaped, have antennas and stingers. They are golden yellow with brownish black stripes or bands. If […]
I’m not sure which sounds stranger saying the technical name of this family which is Chenopodiaceae or its nickname which is the Goosefoot. If inquiring minds want to know why it is called goosefoot , folks say that many of the leaves in this family look like goose feet. While I don’t think I would […]
There are a few vegetables that I grew over the winter.  I was successful with growing mustard, endive & radicchio over the winter under a hoop tunnel.  If I knew how well they would hold up outside over the winter and how mild our winter would be, I would have grown more!  During the […]
