Monthly Archives: September 2009

Let’s give a warm welcome to Team Mead

Mead is not just for Renaissance Faire enthusiasts anymore.  It is also for One-Block dieters!  We have made the inaugural batch of honey wine to kick off Team Mead and we are hoping and praying that in a few months it will live up to the delicious draughts we tasted at Rabbit’s Foot Meadery.  Due to lack of space in [...]

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More freaky, panting chickens

Here are a few more photos of the poor chickens… By the way – they are totally fine and were no longer panting by the time I left. Group pant Exploring-the-camera pant Staring-contest pant Juicy treats from the garden!

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Panting chickens

I found our birds panting in today’s heat and captured this closeup with my iPhone while feeding them refreshing, overgrown cucumbers.

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Second summer honey harvest

Santa Clara Valley is indeed the Garden of Heart’s Delight, particularly if you are a bee, or a beekeeper who loves honey. Our bees have been socking away honey like crazy. Last week we pulled 8 bars of honey from Califia (our top bar hive). That amounted to 28.5 pounds processed honey. And today we took nearly a full super [...]

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