Philip was given some lemons just before we left for Kentucky. I didn’t have time while I was preparing to leave on our trip, so we brought them along to juice. Join Me as I Juice These Lemons Old School Using a simple hand juicer, I easily juiced the lemons. It takes a bit of…
One on the unique finds in the winter woodlands of Kowalski Mountain are Frost Flowers. I have to admit, I had never heard of such a thing, until Philip took me on a winter stroll through the woods. Its one of those things that would be easy to pass by and not take notice of,…
We’ve had the bees for almost 4 weeks and they have eaten almost all the food we had given them. Its amazing how often we have to prepare the sugar water solution when feeding the colony. Philip mixed up a new batch of sugar water to fill the feeder. He got a little smoke going…
Philip was working with the bees and they are progressing nicely in the hive. They are busy working to build their new honeycomb on the frames we provided for them. He even saw a larvae. This is really great news that the bees are settling in. Can you spot the Queen in the image below??…
The bees are settling in nicely. Philip spends every free minute learning all he can about them.
Philip has a tree company here in Florida. One of the job hazards that he experiences is bees in the trees that he is tasked to remove. This tree had a large hollow center that the bees had made their home. Philip was able to complete the job without antagonizing the bees too much and…
This shows the field near the road and the driveway on the right, the garden in the center clearing. The blue area is the neighbors field.
Before Philip and I met, he’d often spend Thanksgiving hunting. I let him know early on that I wanted to be with my family for Thanksgiving. He’s been faithful to make that happen for me. This year was no different, we planned to host Thanksgiving for 15 guests. We served them a homegrown turkey that…
I’m on “baby watch” waiting on the birth of our granddaughter, Harper Rae, while Philip is away hunting. He has several hunting trips over the next few weeks. I’m working to finish the meat processing before he comes in with more meat. I’m fitting it all in to my schedule, between work and the regular…
While fall is dedicated to hunting, we always try to work on some of our ongoing projects. With construction of the house on our minds as a soon coming project, we need to wrap up some existing projects. Joy and Danny were in Kentucky with us, they helped to fill the feeders since they arrived…
