The weather has stabilized for a little while at around 2- 5C low and 12- 17C high. Garden is full of new sprouts: flowers on the Aronia,...

Katelyn and I went on a road trip to get bee equipment at Earth & Honeybee in Ilderton and a Carniolan queen in St Thomas at KF Bees....

Went on a buying trip to Northland Nursery yesterday with Anne. Go to May 2021 to see the good stuff I bought. Cut the trip short because...

Did some more transplanting- mostly tomatoes. I think I may have 150 plants. I will plant a sign for the Farmgate today. Prairie Smoke...

Moved the bees into a brood box, removed 3 supers about 1/2 full of honey. Likely about 8L total. I am guessing. Still warm today with a...

I knew last inspection, and have spent the last week trying to find a new queen. Peas have sprouted in the Driveway bed. Scat patrol...

Supposed to go down to -2C tonight and -1C tomorrow. Planted some seeds: Phacelia tanacetefolia, A. Cuarssavia Milkwood "Bright Weeds",...

Beautiful sunny day, with grief for me. As well as the hive being in trouble, the majestic paper birch two doors up is being removed. It...

Some freezing on the Cherry tree, but I think we will still get some fruit. Gotta wait and see. Bee hive inspection today to check on...

-3C OVERNIGHT. 0 IN GREENHOUSE. I forgot to add the cloches in the greenhouse and lost my coleus! Never did have a lot of coleus...

It was forecast and it is April in Canada, but waking up to snow is still a big surprise. But it does look pretty.

I am blessed with many different daffodils and narcissus. And they seem to like it here. Mid-season tulips that survived the trash...

Cheerful flowers everywhere, bees waking up and flying around, as are bumblebees, wasps and I think I saw a Yellow Jacket. Lady Bumble...

Rainy and cooler today but exciting. Saw a Queen Bumble Bee laying in her ground nest. Trilliums sprouting.

More transplanting and moving the hardier plants to the cold frame. Still waiting to move any to the garden. Garlic, garlic Chives,...

It's been cold. I covered the peach and cherry trees to try to protect their blooms. Some were knocked off but it looks like none froze....

Cooler today and overcast. Rain is needed. First Mayapple poking out through the soil. Many new spring flowers. Dutchman's Breeches and...

4/9 Planted Driveway bed. Trays of peppers moved to Porch for now- Greenhouse later. Took more winter seeds out of Cold Frame. Lettuce...

Holy sprouting- yesterday no shoots on the Borage and the Cardinal Vine and the Ipomea Alba. Today 2" tall. Fruit tree starting to leaf...

Great day- cooler, but sunny. Peach and quince blossoms opening. Currants, Gooseberries, Aronia fruiting, Transplanted all the...