Neighborhood ‘Weed’ Wars, the Manicured Lawn Invasion

We live on 10 acres, mostly pasture with a small stand of evergreens and lined at the edges with wild blackberries.  Our property is a perfect square, with our house smack dab in the middle.  To the north of our farm is a small family run dairy farm.  To the south is my mom’s acrage  [...]

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Sunday Photos….All Things Yellow

“There is no blue without yellow and without orange.” Vincent van Gogh ***** Here at Chiot’s Run, I love grouping images together by color. Over on my Flickr Photostream I have a few sets that are organized by color. For today’s YELLOW theme I made a snapshot of my yellow collection on Flickr. Yellow is [...]

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New bees arrive after Colony Collapse Disorder

As a farmer you get used to the rhythm of the natural world. Animals are born and others die…it is the way of things. You may be saddened but you know that it is the way it is supposed to be… This is not something that is remotely in nature’s rhythm. We have lost 7 different [...]

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Beekeepers buzz all winter

You’ll never believe it, but some folks sort of look at us beekeepers and wonder if we lost every last ounce of sense that our Mommas slapped into our heads when we were younger…well, that’s how my Momma did it. Anyhow, we also have a reputation as being a fairly dull bunch. Wait, I know, [...]

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The Nature of Bees

When I first told my Momma that I was getting bees, she said, “Warren, what are you thinking? Don’t you know that bees are mean and nasty by nature? And you have small kids!” There is a lot to say about the nature of bees and I won’t pretend to know more than a little [...]

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