Anyone with a vegetable garden knows, finding perennial ANYTHING is like striking gold. If you can get a harvest from…
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Pumpkins – how to grow, harvest and preserve pumpkins
It’s almost Winter here at The Grand Ole Apiary, which means collecting up the last of our warm weather produce,…
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10 Essential herbs you need for a cottage kitchen garden
A cottage garden is not complete without fresh herbs. Here are some pretty, tasty, easy to grow herbs that should…
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Telling the bees – a beautiful long lost tradition
This 1858 poem by John Greenleaf Whittier “Telling the Bees” tells the story of a traveller returning to the home…
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Bees in my backyard – how to be a backyard beekeeper in a small yard!
So. Im guessing you are at one of two points in your backyard beekeeping journey: The idea of backyard beekeeping…
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