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I’ve been working on a project that will (hopefull

I’ve been working on a project that will (hopefully) become a colorful scarf/shawl. I found this fiber hidden in my stash. It is from @spunrightround that I purchased a few years ago. I love her colors!

It’s time to check the hives, and I’m particularly

It’s time to check the hives, and I’m particularly interested to see how my Ivry-B has done. It was a late spring swarm that grew impressively well throughout the summer. It’s a small hive, in size, when compared to my others. They quickly filled it with comb, brood, and resources. While I don’t expect to take any honey from it, I do want to see if they require any new frames. I’ll let you know how it goes! 🐝

I have a typo…and I don’t know how to fix it. I s

I have a typo…and I don’t know how to fix it. I suppose that’s just life😵‍💫

Hard to believe these girls are 4 weeks old alread

Hard to believe these girls are 4 weeks old already! How fast they grow.

These adorable little Runner ducks arrived in the

These adorable little Runner ducks arrived in the mail last week. The same day they arrived, our Muscovy eggs began to hatch. The two sets of ducklings got to play for awhile as three Muscovies decide to leave the duck house while their siblings continued to hatch. Eleven Muscovies hatched in total.

It’s swarm season here in Pennsylvania Appalachia,

It’s swarm season here in Pennsylvania Appalachia, and we got our first call this past weekend. It was a surprisingly cold and windy day, but there they were - broken into 3 small clusters on the branches of a huge Catalpa tree. It was an easy catch which now lives happily in our apiary. 🐝 #honeybee #honeybees #swarmseason #apiary #ivrybhive

Three years ago I found my garden in complete disr

Three years ago I found my garden in complete disrepair due to faulty soil. I was so frustrated that I decided I just wanted to grow plants that had very little ‘nutritional’ inputs. So I ordered myself a few carnivorous plants. They checked all the boxes: growing media devoid of nutrients - check! Rain or distilled water - check! Bugs - check! Now I have this beautiful little bog with happily growing plants!🪴#carnivorousplant #spring #carnivorousplantsofinstagram #sarracenia #pitcherplant #flytrap #dionaea

With temps in the 70°s this whole week, you can fe

With temps in the 70°s this whole week, you can feel spring in the air. While there’s very little foliage, my bees are still flying too and fro. It’s time to start thinking of planting more plants for the pollinators as well as cultivating the ones they really enjoyed last year…even if that means letting one of the Bull Thistles grow!#honeybee #apiary #beekeeping #homestead #honeybees #naturalbeekeeping #honeybees #spring #springtime #pollinators #wildflowers

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