Month: September 2020

Month: September 2020

Fall 2020 – Re-Queening a Hive

Not much honey this year, even the bee’s are avoiding 2020. The hives were doing pretty well for most of the summer. one of our three new colonies had a huge population and has been packing away the honey. We might be able to get a few frames for our own personal use – but

Chili Powder Fail

I had an experience this week that made an indelible mark on my psyche. I can honestly say that I never want to be hit with pepper spray. It goes a bit like this. I had some cayenne peppers that I had picked up from a local farmers market and didn’t really know what to

Roasted Tomatillo Salsa Verde

As requested – here is our Roasted Tomatillo Salsa Verde. I’m glad we overplanted these. Since everything did so poorly, we ended up with a small batch of excess tomatillos. The trick on this Salsa Verde is to know when to harvest the tomatillos and get a mix of ripe, overripe, and almost ripe fruit.