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My Book Has Arrived.
Fantasy has become reality. Last fall a book publisher I had (honestly) never heard of called Adams Media contacted me about writing for a project they were working on called, “Honey Crafting.” That’s right up my alley. I looked up … Continue reading
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Tagged author, beehives, beekeeper, beekeeping, beeks, bees, book, honey, honey bees, honey crafting, honeybees, jane austin, publisher, writing
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We Dodge a Bullet.
Yesterday my bees were zipping all around the farm, flying far and wide and returning home weighed down by pale green and yellow pollen. Today the weather prognosticators were shaking their gnarled fists in the air and shouting, “Snow… Snow!!!” … Continue reading
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Tagged 2nd Amendment, constitution, snow, Spring, storm
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Promises, Promises.
After two days of wind and snow, the weather prognosticators are promising us a week of 50-degree temperatures. Part of me doesn’t want to believe them. Another part of me desperately clings to every word they say. A week — … Continue reading
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Tagged beekeeping, bees, march, outdoors, school, Spring
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Quotable Sunday.
To make a prairie it takes a clover and one bee, – One clover, and a bee, And revery. If bees are few, Then revery alone will do. -Emily Dickinson
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Tagged beekeeping, bees, emily dickinson, honey bees, poem, prairie
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Cyber Monday at Silver Spring Farm
It’s Cyber Monday at Silver Spring Farm’s Etsy shop called LEESBEESNJ – Use the checkout code SILVERSPRING and get 10% off your order! Code is only good today, Monday November 26th and tomorrow, November 27th. Bee happy!
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Tagged coupon code, couponcode, cyber monday, cybermonday, discount, etsy
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Feeding Time.
September is a month of great change in Sussex County, and also in the beehives. The autumnal equinox served as a signal to the queen to change her egg laying habits in preparation for a generation of healthy winter bees. … Continue reading
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Tagged autumn, Autumnal equinox, beehives, beekeeper, beekeeping, bees, fields, flower, honey, honey bees, nature, September, sugar, syrup
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Mother Earth News.
Hello, Mother Earth. http://www.motherearthnews.com/december-2012-january-2013-zm0z12djzhir.aspx When I began to sell honey and homemade lip balms and creams I envisioned it as the perfect summertime venture. I could go to farmers’ markets and enjoy hanging out in the beautiful warm, sunny weather, chatting … Continue reading →