Wildflower Update: Below is Upland Cress from our greens patch. Beloved in the south and known as Creasy. I plant a patch each year next to our Turnip/Mustard Greens which is open to the community and usually draws over 50 pickers a year.
Large White Trillium is just starting to bloom ... lots of small woodland flowers ... Rue Anemone and Bishops Cap. These were all taken with my phone ... camera USB port broken where I have most of my pictures.
Pollinators and Wildlife: This weekend I saw a few swallowtails in a hurry to nectar and several bumblebee queens nectaring. It is turkey season here and the courting sounds start at day break and continue all day. Lots of bees of all sorts on the turnip/mustard blooms.
Work on the Farm: Our high school took its 8th trip to MarineLab in Key Largo last week during Spring break. I was able to check our hives on Saturday ... all is well with good numbers and lots of bees bringing in pollen. The tulip poplar bloom (our honey maker) should begin in a week ... hopefully it will quit raining so our honeybees can get to work.
We support:
Round House, Jeans and Workware, Made in the USA for 112 years.
http://www.round-house.com/
Red Pig Tools, Garden tools, Made in the USA.
http://www.redpigtools.com/servlet/StoreFront
FEDCO, Co-op Garden Supplies, Seeds, Trees and Bulbs
http://www.fedcoseeds.com/
Johnny's Selected Seeds and Garden Tools
http://www.johnnyseeds.com/
Roundstone Native Seed ... A Kentucky Company!
https://www.roundstoneseed.com/
Prairie Nursery, Native Seeds and Plants
http://www.prairienursery.com/
Kelley's Beeskeeping ... A Kentucky Company! ... at least for now.
http://www.kelleybees.com/
and these organizations ...
Xerces Society
Journey North
Monarch Watch
Sierra Club
Firefly Watch / AMNH
Bumblebee Watch / Xerces
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