Saturday, July 28, 2012

Fish

The other day I decided to take up steelhead fishing to feed my family.  I drive home from work along a steelhead stream, so why not?  

I'm told that the smaller ones are more tender.  I guess I'm doing Ok then, right?  I'm glad I was using the size #0 spinner; my #4 might have chopped him to pieces!

Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Bee Update

A typical summer afternoon at the hive.  The new queen seems to be laying well, so worker numbers are going back up.  This time of year they're working hard trying to store up enough sugar and protein (honey and pollen) to live off of for the winter.  

Friday, July 6, 2012

July 6th

Just a little photo update.  Click on the picture for more detail....

Beans to the left (shell and soy), then proceeding toward the right is a thicket of potatoes, a row of beets planted today, some scattered lettuce and kale, a row of pole beans (under the bamboo trellis, which used to support the peas), then 5 tomato plants and then the asparagus.  Lots of stuff, little space.

Along the driveway we're still harvesting shelling peas, but beans have been interplanted.  And the garlic was pulled today, making way for a bed of carrots.  Summer is here today--finally--and I've already started planting for fall.  How brief are the seasons!