Seeds to Harvest

09/02/2026

Well its still a swelting 95F and fall garden season is under way. If you didnt get seeds start (indoor) end of July, many box stores are carrying brassicas starts for fall this yr! I have broccoli i put in and its already not to a great start with some broken leaves and possibly a cutworm 😤. Also seeing mole or gopher tracks in several beds ...
I need to rectify this before putting in my cabbages and brussels. I need to get carrort started but how to keep seeds moist with this heat 🥵

08/25/2026

08/25/2026

Update: found home owner and unfortunately not theirs either or aware it was there but they are going to check on it. Still looking for the owners of the dog. If anyone recognizes.

This dog was up standing by the hwy this morning . I had a bit of time to go back and it ran down to the nearby house. Went to let them know, but no one home.
The dog is very skittish and scared and i think looking for food and eating trash by the rd. Dog is very lean, may have been lost awhile and taken up residencey there.
Clinton, Arkansas, in city limits. I did let AC know but they most likely dont have space unless people can foster for them or start adopting

08/25/2026

Welp! After a week, we recaught our swarm of bees!
Not in the pro nuc with the swarm commander they been checking out, or the new wooden nuc trap we built, but they returned home to the hive bix after we moved it a couple ft further feom our other hive and took out the mite treatment strip. I only had 1 frame and follower board left in there so i quickly wax up some new frames for them. We did, again, confirm the queen is in there and they are back to work on pulling out the 3/4 frames.
We will leave them locked in 2 -3 days and hop again they stay. Recheck hive in 5 days to replace sugar water and any pollen patty

08/23/2026

Does anyone know what this butterfly is or about it?

08/23/2026

The honeybee swarm we acquired a week ago is going to give me whiplash...

08/23/2026

Well.... accomplished some things in the Butterfly garden. Been pulling out spent plants like the dill, some weeds, extra cat mint etc and put in more lantana, flowering plants, texas sage bush, and still have a few things to add. Still seeing a lot of swallowtails, 1 monarch this weekend.

Working on clearing out old spent veggies plants and clean up. Some things I will not be doing this this fall in the vegetable garden. I will most likely do quick turnover plants like radishes, lettuce, peas etc. Just too hot and getting to be too late for longer fall crops.

Here is a pic i took yesterday of what i have left out there of my squash plants.

08/22/2026

Bee chores this morning