I’m mostly pulling weeds today since the ground is soft from all the rain, and it’s actually… well, don’t want to jinx it, but… s-u-n-n-y today.  Yeah.  I know.  Shhh.

This wasn’t a planned stop, so I didn’t bring the good camera.  The best I can do is a little iPhone iPhotoJournalism, to [...]]]> http://www.urbanhayseed.com/2011/06/03/its-only-june-and-its-already-sunny/feed/ 1 http://www.urbanhayseed.com/2011/05/25/rant-from-the-past-the-bee-geek-learns-a-lesson/ http://www.urbanhayseed.com/2011/05/25/rant-from-the-past-the-bee-geek-learns-a-lesson/#comments Thu, 26 May 2011 04:09:21 +0000 Rian http://www.urbanhayseed.com/?p=1126

This is kinda funny.  It’s a post I wrote a year and a half ago, but I never published.  Sounds like I’d had a lot of coffee that day.

This weekend, my son’s most excellent elementary school had their annual Harvest Festival.  This year, I was asked to MC the booth on mason [...]]]> http://www.urbanhayseed.com/2011/05/25/rant-from-the-past-the-bee-geek-learns-a-lesson/feed/ 2 http://www.urbanhayseed.com/2011/05/11/i-hope-they-dont-sting-us/ http://www.urbanhayseed.com/2011/05/11/i-hope-they-dont-sting-us/#comments Wed, 11 May 2011 07:27:35 +0000 Rian http://www.urbanhayseed.com/?p=1558

Junior Hayseed hits the nail on the head of concern #1 of beekeeping.

I couldn’t bring myself to tell him that it’s just a matter of time.  Instead, I went with “me, too.”

Washington hive, R.I.P.

Good night, girls.

Last week, we had some decent weather, and so I decided to go crack open the hives to see if they needed some sugar to supplement whatever honey they’d stashed.  Seems that this is the time of year that they starve…

Well, as it turns out, [...]]]> http://www.urbanhayseed.com/2010/02/12/more-death-on-the-farm/feed/ 1 http://www.urbanhayseed.com/2010/01/31/ethel-r-i-p/ http://www.urbanhayseed.com/2010/01/31/ethel-r-i-p/#comments Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:00:52 +0000 Rian http://www.urbanhayseed.com/?p=1184

Ethel the chicken has ceased to be.

Not totally sure about the birth and death dates. Pretty sure she's dead.

<irreverant, gross chicken story alert>

Great Bubbling Beard of Bees

Here in Portland, we’re having a bit of a heatwave.  Now, I know people in Phoenix will scoff at all the drama about 100 degrees, but here in the Pacific Northwest, it’s a big deal.  The Washington bees– I assume because it’s so crowded in there– are [...]]]> http://www.urbanhayseed.com/2009/07/28/hot-bearding-bees/feed/ 2 http://www.urbanhayseed.com/2009/07/25/blog-upgrade-first-real-honey-and-pesto/ http://www.urbanhayseed.com/2009/07/25/blog-upgrade-first-real-honey-and-pesto/#comments Sat, 25 Jul 2009 07:04:57 +0000 Rian http://www.urbanhayseed.com/?p=1031

You may have noticed that I wrecked upgraded my blog. The crack technical staff (i.e., me) here at Urban Hayseed, LLC (yes, there really is such a thing) spent hours and hours upgrading our software, resolving all the broken plugins, and installing a new theme that allows for a bit more customization. As [...]]]> http://www.urbanhayseed.com/2009/07/25/blog-upgrade-first-real-honey-and-pesto/feed/ 0 http://www.urbanhayseed.com/2009/07/01/why-not-to-transplant-carrots/ http://www.urbanhayseed.com/2009/07/01/why-not-to-transplant-carrots/#comments Wed, 01 Jul 2009 07:33:47 +0000 Rian http://www.urbanhayseed.com/?p=956

You may recall that I had to see for myself why most folks say “don’t transplant carrots” and yet… your John Jeavonseses recommend it.  Well, I’d say that the jury is mostly in on that one.

Transplant your carrots, and you can expect to produce something that looks like:

Roaster Chicken Carrot

Interesting day with the bees, so I thought I’d just do an update…

I am officially completely confused again.  I’ll get to the reason a bit later… but indeed, I started out by building some hive stands.  Firstly, my previous pallet stands looked stupid.  They barely kept the hive off the ground and [...]]]> http://www.urbanhayseed.com/2009/06/16/hive-stand-and-burr-comb/feed/ 3