Preparing the Apiary
The preparation to install new packages of honeybees is always a busy moment. As with all agricultural endeavors the mind dreams of all...
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Chad Armentrout
Mar 24, 20201 min read
Optimism
A rebel monk from Medieval Germany once said, “If I knew the world would fall to pieces tomorrow, I would still plant my apple trees...
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Chad Armentrout
Mar 9, 20201 min read
Sacred Beeswax
Beeswax has always been a sacred resource throughout history. People have always felt a touch of the sacred while burning beeswax...
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Chad Armentrout
Mar 8, 20201 min read
Stones, Circles, and Seeds
Laying the foundations of a medicinal herb garden. Using stones, circles and seeds of sacred herbs to create something beautiful,...
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Chad Armentrout
Mar 6, 20201 min read
March in the Orchard
March weather is pretty consistent from year to year. Every year I set out to do a myriad of jobs in the orchard during March. While...
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Chad Armentrout
Feb 22, 20201 min read
Pears
The Pear “The pear must be approached, as its feminine nature indicates, with discretion and reverence; it withholds its secrets from the...
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Chad Armentrout
Feb 22, 20201 min read
Stillwater River Valley
The Stillwater Valley was the ancient home and hunting grounds of the Native Americans. It was a land of milk and honey to the first...
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Chad Armentrout
Feb 13, 20201 min read
Local Honey!
Get a Taste of Summer this Late Winter! Many say our honey is the best! I believe it is due to the bees are bringing back nectar from...
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Chad Armentrout
Jan 13, 20201 min read
Wild Apples
Wild Apples A new consciousness is emerging throughout the world. In all industries, empathy, sustainability, kindness and problem...
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Chad Armentrout
Jan 1, 20201 min read
A Visitor
This young Red Tail Hawk is hoping that breakfast walks out of the coop.
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Chad Armentrout
Jan 1, 20201 min read
Vigilant
Sometimes we overlook things, like making sure tree guards are in place on all fruit trees. Out of all 300 trees, the rabbits found the...
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Chad Armentrout
Dec 29, 20191 min read
Your Future Local Organic Garlic Seasoning
The current warm spell motivated us to process the rest of the season's garlic to be dehydrated. It will then be ground into powder for...
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Chad Armentrout
Dec 10, 20191 min read
Bee Boles (Walls)
Bee Boles (Walls) When honey was the only sugar available and the Catholic Church created a high demand for beeswax candles, much effort...
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Chad Armentrout
Nov 11, 20191 min read
An Idea Whose Time Has Come Again (Pollarding and Coppicing)
When the world was handmade and our everyday tools, food, and shelter came from wood, or fiber, a very innovative skill was used to keep...
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Chad Armentrout
Nov 11, 20191 min read
A Winter's Prep!
Watching the honeybee in all its glorious industry have come to their natural seasonal end. The time to prep for winter has come....
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Chad Armentrout
Nov 11, 20191 min read
Racing Freeze Up!
Reality has sunk in on planting the last of the garlic. There is no negotiating with nature. She does not care about your busy schedule....
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Chad Armentrout
Sep 23, 20192 min read
Scythes
Soon we will see the combine harvesters rolling across the farm fields harvesting the crops. They will cut, and separate the grains from...
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Chad Armentrout
Sep 16, 20191 min read
Glorified Manure Shovelers
I read once that farmers are glorified manure shovelers. In many ways that is true. When you are growing food making sure you have enough...
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Chad Armentrout
Sep 16, 20194 min read
Beekeeping Superstitions
Since today, Friday the 13th, is a day where people are more aware of superstition than other days, here is a list of beekeeping...
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Chad Armentrout
Sep 16, 20191 min read
Roots, Cycles, and Wisdom
Apple trees seem to grow before your eyes in the fall. They have two cycles of root growth. At bloom time they send out feeder roots to...
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