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Month: April 2019

Meet Our 20,000 Newest Members

Meet Our 20,000 Newest Members

As of this morning we are officially beekeepers! This was one of our goals from last year that never came to pass, so we set it as a goal for this year and ordered two packages of Italian honeybees in February. Two because everything that I’ve read indicates that having two hives gives you a good comparison. We chose Italians since friends had recommended them as the gentlest honeybees. Gentle is good. The packages arrived via postal service early this…

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Precision

Precision

We were recently watching something on television when the word ‘precision’ hit me. It really resonated in the moment that we were watching, because for a long time now we’ve been starting to feel the growing pains of, well, growing. We’ve got things better figured out now, and we’re starting to realize that the way we set things up on our little homestead aren’t quite right. They’re not conducive to day-to-day tasks, to proper use of space, or to just…

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