We are still extreme novices when it comes to beekeeping, so I won’t bother trying to offer bad advice to you just yet, but I know that most people have never actually seen the inside of a hive, so I thought you might enjoy a peek inside our hives. We have two Langstroth hives, and …
Yep, you read that one right. 30,000 (give or take) new hard workers have taken up residence here at Green Eggs & Goats! How is that possible? Well, the workers are tiny, and they pack a punch, but hopefully, they will provide us with the absolute most local honey imaginable! Meet the bees! Hive 1 …
I’m afraid that I am occasionally guilty of glamorizing my life here on the farm. If that is the case, I apologize It is a ton of fun, but rarely glamorous! This weekend, for example, we had an invitation to have dinner with some of our favorite people in the world, but in order to be able …
One of the many great selling points when we moved to the country was the nice above ground pool in the back yard. We enjoyed it very much last year, but toward the end of the season, we started having trouble with the pool leaking. We noticed that there were multiple patches in the corners, …
I’ve often heard that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over, expecting a different outcome. Well, if that’s the case, then last Thursday, I was clearly insane! Let me start at the beginning.We were happily working on our morning chores last Thursday. I milked both goats, but when it was …
