I have always wondered why the almond farmers don’t just raise bees within their groves. That would save time and trouble in transportation, and minimize the risk of infection to the hives. And you get honey.
About those bees . . .
Category: Garden
Tea and sympathy
A little while ago I wrote a post about Red Rose Tea. I was suspicious of the fact that their tea bags don’t degrade in my compost, and I e-mailed them about it. Well, the good news is that they wrote me back. Here’s what they said: Thank you for contacting…
Alas, Poor Periwinkle . . .
Since I’ve made the decision to become a Greener and Completely Better Person I’ve had a lot of tough decisions to make. One of the hardest has been the problem of my old friend, the periwinkle.
Time to pack it in for winter
I got the seeds at the “Seedy Sunday” event at The Local CFC way back in February. I also got some nice heritage slicing tomatoes, but the cherry tomatoes were the big winner. They really produced well, too, and for some reason, squirrels don’t get at the cherry tomatoes as much as they do the larger ones.
What is the half life of a Red Rose tea bag?
I turned my compost today, and there, right at the bottom, just as I suspected, is a massive clump of Red Rose tea bags. Again. Everything else has rotted away, but these things will survive me.
