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Flannel Jammies Farm: June 2014
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Praising God on our 1/5 acre of suburbia. Saturday, June 14, 2014. 132-gallon rain barrel. check. We love our rain barrel. It's wonderful for catching rainwater which is then used to water our vegetable garden, herbs, and other plantings. Water conservation, unadulterated rainwater, lower water bill. what's not to like? One such group, the Elizabeth River Project. Was signing folks up to be River Star homeowners. Say what? You agree to do 7 simple things. 65279;"SCOOP THE DOG POOP". And the organization ...
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Flannel Jammies Farm: October 2013
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Praising God on our 1/5 acre of suburbia. Wednesday, October 9, 2013. Apple season. with my applesauce recipe. There's this moment when you crest a hill between Richmond and Charlottesville. the blue mountains just come into view. and it takes my breath every time. We grabbed our bags and headed toward the trees. now, which to pick? Yes, that one! There were ripe, juicy apples everywhere! This was the place! Glorious varieties of pre-picked apples; we chose close to 10 pounds each of Idared and Gold Rush...
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Flannel Jammies Farm: visiting the bees...
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Praising God on our 1/5 acre of suburbia. Thursday, July 16, 2015. The time is drawing near! A few days ago we peeked into the hives, assessing their numbers, health, needs, and just how much honey could be shared with us. We gently lifted off the hive roof and puffed a little smoke from the smoker, our way of asking the bees to move aside to allow us to enter without incident. Bee numbers had increased so robustly in all but one hive! I came up empty, and wandered out to the kitchen garden to see what m...
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Flannel Jammies Farm: December 2013
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Praising God on our 1/5 acre of suburbia. Monday, December 30, 2013. The cranberry conundrum (with vinaigrette recipe! It finally happened. I truly didn't think it was possible. But it came to pass this holiday season. Too much cranberry sauce. How could it be? Double and triple batches were always gobbled up with ease. I even hoarded some of the homemade, ruby-red goodness and canned it for the larder. But I found myself with half a bowl full after Christmas. Too Much Cranberry Sauce Vinaigrette. I love...
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Flannel Jammies Farm: October 2014
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Praising God on our 1/5 acre of suburbia. Saturday, October 11, 2014. A paper cone wreath tutorial for Autumn. You've seen them, right? Those lovely paper cone wreaths all over Pinterest? We even made them at our church's Advent Workshop last year using old, damaged hymnals. Recently I was tidying up in the art room and unearthed an unopened package of heavy, double-sided, Autumn-colored printed paper. It screamed, "Create a wreath with me! I then added a second layer of cones on top of the first layer t...
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Flannel Jammies Farm: May 2014
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Praising God on our 1/5 acre of suburbia. Saturday, May 24, 2014. Bees in the top-bar hive. We're newbies, really. We haven't even had our first anniversary as beekeepers. We have a few Langstroth hives in the back, and thousands of honey bee guests. It has been a great gift to create a safe haven for these amazing bees. But all along, the hubs longed for a more natural way, a style of beekeeping that intrigued him: a top-bar hive. We enjoyed hearing Dr. Wyatt Mangum. This third swarm settled in nicely, ...
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Flannel Jammies Farm: July 2015
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Praising God on our 1/5 acre of suburbia. Thursday, July 16, 2015. The time is drawing near! A few days ago we peeked into the hives, assessing their numbers, health, needs, and just how much honey could be shared with us. We gently lifted off the hive roof and puffed a little smoke from the smoker, our way of asking the bees to move aside to allow us to enter without incident. Bee numbers had increased so robustly in all but one hive! I came up empty, and wandered out to the kitchen garden to see what m...
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Flannel Jammies Farm: flannel jammies farm is stepping out!
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Praising God on our 1/5 acre of suburbia. Wednesday, July 8, 2015. Flannel jammies farm is stepping out! Flannel Jammies Farm is stepping out! We'll have our first Pop-Up Shop. At West Elm Virginia Beach. Located at Town Center. On Saturday, July 25, 12-5pm! Stop by and see us. And our honey bees in an observation hive! For raw local honey, beeswax, lotion bars,. Photo postcards and prints, and much more! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. Flannel jammies farm is stepping out!
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Flannel Jammies Farm: March 2014
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Praising God on our 1/5 acre of suburbia. Monday, March 10, 2014. Lessons learned from the VABF conference, part three. Our last day at the Virginia Association for Biological Farming. This was the day that I knew exactly which sessions I wanted to attend. Workshop: A Bio-Intensive Market Garden. Presented by Jean-Martin Fortier of. Les Jardins de la Grelinette, Quebec, Canada, and author, The Market Gardener. A successful grower's handbook for small-scale organic farming. Next: Edible Landscaping. T...
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Flannel Jammies Farm: March 2015
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Praising God on our 1/5 acre of suburbia. Sunday, March 8, 2015. First hive check of the season. It's been a long and cold winter. Really cold. Record-breaking cold for our area of Virginia that lasted and lasted, punctuated with days and days of snow and ice. Since we started keeping bees, winter has become a time to worry about the bees and to be lonely for them. Is it too cold? We do provide extra insulation on the most bitter nights, but is it enough? Are their honey stores holding out? They pollinat...
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