The beginning of the season

Well, we are considerably past the beginning of the season, and I am considerably behind in the posts that I wanted to put here, but I will try to catch up.

Here's a bullet-point list of items that I will be posting more about:

• A potato garden now exists with some 1,800 row feet of potatoes.
• New bees have arrived and new hives have been started.
• Topbar hives are beginning to appear around the place. How did that happen? (Much more later.)
• House additions and renovations are complete, including a garage that changes the look of the place entirely.
• Everything (except the bees) seemed to survive the winter, including the 17 semi-dwarf apple trees that we set out in November.
• I am becoming anti-apiary. I'll explain later.
• I read most of Gene Logsdon's The Contrary Farmer over the winter and feel well on my way to becoming a contrary farmer.
• Tractor-shopping is in my near future.
• Corn, beans, cucumbers, potatoes -- all up.
• Cardinals are off to an excellent start. Summer should be fun.
• Lots of unread books in the stack.

Pictures of a couple of weeks ago are below:



As I said, more later.