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Your future is so bright. Nothing but sun naps and dirt baths and all the things that bring you joy lie ahead. Keep going; you’re getting to the good stuff. — Elizabeth Cady StantHen
Here’s What’s Happening At Goopd Spirits Farms
I successfully caught my first swarm all by myself this week! I heard the swarm before I saw it, walking outside and hearing the low hum of 1,000 bees all huddled together on a fence post. I hauled out a new hive, opened the top, put on my bee suit and got to work. First: You spray the bees with a mixture of water and sugar. This essentially distracts them (they are busy licking the sugar off themselves) while you scoop them up and place them in the new hive. I somehow managde to get stung once THROUGH my thick leather gloves, but otherwise, I safely got the bees into their box. The bee yard is really growing!
The sheep have been chowing down on our worst invasives: privet and multiflora rose. They won’t eat the stalks, like goats, but I sure do love watching them strip the leaves down to nothing.
Poor Beakers—my funny little chicken with a hairdo that reminds me of the Muppet scientist—has been unwell. I separated her from the flock and treated her for mites, while offering her all the best treats: Hard boiled eggs, bananas, and sunflower seeds, plus vitamin and electrolyte-enhanced water. She seems to be better today, so I am hopeful she just needed a few days of rest away from the other gals.
Here’s What I Loved This Week
My sister gifted me the novel “Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow” and I thoroughly enjoyed ripping through it. If you came of age in the late 90s // early 2000s, and want to read a great story about friendships, add this one to your list.
Bok To The Future
Yay for bees! I'm so excited to hear about this new "crop."
Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow is such a great book about creative relationships/friendship. Loved it.