The Black Walnut
The first of the Black Walnuts have begun to fall to the ground. Just about everyone in Ohio is familiar with the green, strong...
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Chad Armentrout
Aug 26, 20191 min read
Pear Harvest 2019!
It was a beautiful August morning to harvest pears.
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Chad Armentrout
Aug 26, 20191 min read
Fine Tools
When you reach a certain age, you come to appreciate fine tools to help you complete a task. You appreciate their aesthetics and...
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Chad Armentrout
Aug 26, 20191 min read
Goldenrod
When you look out onto your local landscape you will begin to see a sea of yellow flowered wildflowers called Goldenrod. Every beekeeper...
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Chad Armentrout
Aug 14, 20191 min read
Brother Adam and the Buckfast Honeybee
Brother Adam was a Benedictine monk from the Buckfast Abbey, in the U.K. After a great honeybee die-off in the U.K., Brother Adam set off...
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Chad Armentrout
Aug 9, 20191 min read
The Honeymoon
During the Middle Ages, newlyweds were given a full moon’s cycle (30 days) worth of mead (honey wine) as a gift. It was believed that...
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Chad Armentrout
Aug 8, 20192 min read
Native Son
Lorenzo Langstroth is the man who revolutionized the beekeeping world. He has a connection to Dayton, Ohio. Beekeeping for a thousand...
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Chad Armentrout
Aug 8, 20191 min read
Telling the Bees
There is an old European custom that required the beekeeper of the family to inform the household’s bees of important events such as...
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Chad Armentrout
Jul 18, 20190 min read
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Chad Armentrout
Jul 15, 20191 min read
Projectile Points
Bits and pieces of stone-age, Native American, projectile points found while gardening on a small plot of land. The plow, rototiller and...
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Chad Armentrout
Jul 3, 20190 min read
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Chad Armentrout
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Chad Armentrout
Jun 26, 20191 min read
Orchard Visitors
Found these two sibling yearlings enjoying an afternoon in the orchard. We have had a baby deer born and reared in our orchard ever since...
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