Archive for May, 2009
Saturday, May 30th, 2009
Set up tents, caterpillars!
In the midst of moving, we have discovered an infestation of wire-worms in our garden, tent caterpillars in our fruit trees and that sometimes Shaw cable are tardy and sometimes they are right on time. We were wondering why our “22-day” promise of radishes were not coming to pass, and we discovered wire-worms. They have [...]
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Friday, May 29th, 2009
Chicken Round-up
I haven’t posted because I’ve been moving. This will be a short one. I have a new walk to work now which is considerably shorter. As I walked into the Driftwood parking lot this morning, Doug was there with his cherry red hot rod car. Lorne was there, ready to do landscaping by the look [...]
3 Comments » - Posted in General by Amanda
Thursday, May 21st, 2009
Daisy’s Bees and Tomatoes
It seems like all I go on and on about is beekeeping, gardening and celebrating the joyous little life on Pender. This is what my evening was about tonight. Daisy Bugg (nearly her real name) came into the office this afternoon and said “The red ants are into my beehive! The bees are fighting for [...]
6 Comments » - Posted in Beekeeping,Food,Friends,Growing by Amanda
Tuesday, May 19th, 2009
Courage, Stoic Heart!
I’ve been reading friends’ blogs lately. I’ve seen a common theme that I must share. I read Laura-Jane’s blog at Whimfield where she and her husband packed up, drove across country to the unknown so that they could buy a farm on PEI and get out of the fast-paced life. I read of my friend [...]
3 Comments » - Posted in Friends,Growing,Musings by Amanda
Monday, May 18th, 2009
Time Flies Like Bees
It was my youngest brother’s birthday yesterday. Happy 23rd Brendan! 23??!!! Now, I have known Brendan for his whole life. I remember when he was born, because I was the ripe ol’ age of 4. And I remember when he took his first step and abruptly fell down, clunking his head on the floor. I [...]