Kerry’s Garden

Wooo hooo finally a bee. I have been complaining that this year I have seen ONE honey bee and that wasn’t even in my yard. Typically I see one or MAYBE two bumble bees pollinating my blueberries each spring. I was getting kind of nervous as I hadn’t seen one yet and some of the [...]

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Today was one of those days that started out rough (headache and a trip to the chiropractor) but I ended up getting a lot of little stuff done after a 2hr nap. I transplanted some small containers of willow (scarlet curls and black maul from cuttings), lavender (2 minis I picked up from ebay), chives [...]

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While doing a walk around the garden after work today I ran into this little beauty on the apricot tree. I only saw a single mantid last year and it wasn’t far from this tree. I am glad she decided to make this her children’s home. For you trivia buffs this egg case is called [...]

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If you have never heard of Kefir you can find out all about it at Dom’s Kefir site. Kefir is a milk product, somewhat similar but yet very different from yogurt. The ‘starter’ used to make kefir is called a ‘grain’. These grains are not like cereal grains but are actually living organisms that somewhat [...]

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I was talking with someone via email this morning about ticks and ways to control them. Not long ago while browsing the net I ran into Chicken Tractors. Basically CTs are small to medium movable chicken pens. They can be elaborate or inexpensive depending on your budget. I know when we used to have chickens [...]

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