A couple of weeks ago the Chief split the beehive. I’m going to explain to you what that means and why you do it. You have bees, right? You should get some. Bees are individual little creatures, but their colony can be thought of as an organism unto itself. (I thought this was a super insight… Read More »
The honey harvest: A tutorial.
All year, in the back of our minds, it’s “how are the bees coming along?” and “Will there be a honey harvest?” Because first you keep them (and hope they don’t fly off or die) and then you check the honey (and hope there’s enough for them and us). And they did so well this year,… Read More »
Chatty: A way for us to do giveaways, Chapter 5 of The Little Oratory, Random stuff.
The garden. The house (as in, get Will out and get Deirdre & co. in!). The blog! The book! I don’t know how you all do it all! Please tell me! So… randomly… We are instituting a way to do giveaways here on the blog. We will put them in with {bits & pieces} —… Read More »
{pretty, happy, funny, real} ~ Works In Progress edition.
~ Capturing the context of contentment in everyday life ~ Every Thursday, here at Like Mother, Like Daughter! {pretty} I’m never that up on yard work. I’m a city girl with a country heart. That means, I want to live in the country but have no idea how to do it. So the yard… Read More »
{bits & pieces}
The weekly “little of this, little of that” feature at Like Mother, Like Daughter! Yesterday morning the temperature dropped considerably (we’ve had some summer-like weather here the past week or so… leading to my discovery of just how quickly this pregnant mama’s feet can swell!), so I took advantage of the opportunity to turn on… Read More »