Jun. 10, 2008

New Projects

The temperatures here seem to be beginning to moderate here a bit today.  We had quite a bit of rain last night and this morning which helped.  This is my favorite time of year to be homeschooling!  The boys are usually done with their lessons, or very nearly so.  And they can spend most of their time outdoors or helping others.  They have helped my dad put a new roof on his porch, helped my sister spread mulch, dirt and then lay sod and helped my MIL with some of her yard work.  They have also been working in my gardens and they have planted their own patch of Atlantic Giant pumpkins that they want to try to milk feed (ala Farmer Boy).  There is also DS1's newest project: Yes, that's a bee hive!  The bees were his birthday gift from my parents.  He actually installed them about 2 weeks ago which involves turning the box they arrive in upside down inside the hive and gently shaking them out.  He was telling me how 'cool' it was to have a bunch of bees swarming all around him.  Unfortunately we were not able to get back to the hive for a couple of weeks to remove the box and in that time the bees were mighty busy as you can see: That's comb in the circle and it's attached to the box the bees arrived in rather than the frames where it is supposed to be.  The new comb was filled with larvae so he put it back in the hive, hopefully they will now start filling the frames.

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