Ready for Rennaissance Faire

In order to take a step back in time,it is wise to look the part. Here is my costume...discount upholstery fabric from the fabric outlet.....

Bees......and more bees....

My summer has been a full one....full of garden harvesting and food preservation, sewing aprons, and various stitchery projects. I have had a little time to dabble in photography and with the help of a great macro lens have had fun capturing the tiniest of creatures. I had hoped to capture one of our busy farm bees at work. We are just about to bring in another honey harvest and I was able to photograph one of our workers gathering the last of this year's nectar.

Apple Harvest

This year we began an orchard revitalization project. We pruned our trees at the end of winter. We used organic copper to spray for apple scab. The end result was the best apple harvest we have had to date. Our apples are still a little ugly, but they taste delicious. The pies, cobblers, breads and applesauce are a wonderful treat and will help to get us through the winter on those nights when our sweet tooth calls for a little treat.

From this.....


To this......

Sweet Nectar....

I spent a little time in the flower garden just observing how many different insects thrive as a result of the nectar from our beautiful gardens. Sitting there perfectly still I was surrounded by bees, hummingbirds, butterflies, and hummingbird moths. Each insect was carefully dipping it's proboscus into each blossom and drinking its fill of nectar and then moving to the next blossom, all the while seemingly oblivious to my presence.....