 | Bee "nuc" with 5 loaded frames (right hand side of the left hand picture) and new hive installed after today's big move. |  |
Tina's car with 30 plants headed to the ranch- there are roughly 240 more to move this week.
We have been waiting for a sunny day to move the bees into their new home; it is best that a few thousand are out-and-about when you move them from a cramped five frame 'nuc' to a ten frame mansion. As luck would have it- Mother's day was our first sunny day this week and after two weeks in the 'nuc', we decided to make the big move today.
We also moved 30 of our largest tomatoes from the house out to the new Ag Building. Our rule of thumb has been to 'plant the day after Mother's day'...but in reviewing last year's log - we lost 9 tomatoes due to swirling cold winds. We are going to wait a week (or at least a few days) before planting tomatoes, peppers, eggplants and okra this year. We are still experiencing lows in the 40's which will slow down the plants growth.
There are 270 plants to move from our house's backyard to the ranch. Included are eighteen different types of tomatoes, fifteen types of peppers, three types of eggplant and two types of okra. Each of these plants started in our garage germinating on a heat mat and were re-potted as they grew. We kept an eye on the temperatures and worked hard to get them into the garage when the cold winds begin blowing.
After the 'big moves'- Tina and I went to Jeremy's on the Hill in Wynola (a farm-to-table restaurant just outside Julian CA) to celebrate. Exceptional meal and great wine with my beautiful wife for Mother's Day!
We also moved 30 of our largest tomatoes from the house out to the new Ag Building. Our rule of thumb has been to 'plant the day after Mother's day'...but in reviewing last year's log - we lost 9 tomatoes due to swirling cold winds. We are going to wait a week (or at least a few days) before planting tomatoes, peppers, eggplants and okra this year. We are still experiencing lows in the 40's which will slow down the plants growth.
There are 270 plants to move from our house's backyard to the ranch. Included are eighteen different types of tomatoes, fifteen types of peppers, three types of eggplant and two types of okra. Each of these plants started in our garage germinating on a heat mat and were re-potted as they grew. We kept an eye on the temperatures and worked hard to get them into the garage when the cold winds begin blowing.
After the 'big moves'- Tina and I went to Jeremy's on the Hill in Wynola (a farm-to-table restaurant just outside Julian CA) to celebrate. Exceptional meal and great wine with my beautiful wife for Mother's Day!
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