Tuesday’s Tips — Seed Starting Mix & Weeding Tool

Two Tuesday's Tips in a row! We amaze ourselves. This week Mary Beth wants to tell you about her favorite tool. Last summer she slapped one in my hand and I was an instant convert. Then I've got some tips for starting peas and beans. Mary Beth: If I had to pick only one important...

Rescuing the Seedlings

MB: The seedlings inside and outside are all coming along, albeit not without a little scare. I had 2 tomato plants suffer from the dreaded Damping Off Disease, which strikes fear into my heart. But I stopped it in it's tracks with chamomile tea sprayings and sprinklings of cinnamon on the soil around the seedlings...

What We Forgot

Things in Bee World have been a little quiet. We’ve had other distractions — birthday parties, out-of-town relatives coming to visit, and, the biggest distraction of all, working to pay the bills. But here’s what’s happened in the last few days. The lower deep hive body — the brood chamber, and the upper deep hive...