When I inspected my hives last month, one had a missing queen. How did I know? No eggs! If their are no eggs, soon you won’t have a hive. Worker bees (immature females) live less than 40 days. I had to act quickly. I ordered a queen from the bee store near 107 and Pflumm on Monday, June 3rd. She arrived on Thursday, June 6th in a small crate, 1 x 3 inches (pictured above.) She also came with four…
This past week I received a request to have my windows washed by a nice young man. The next day he was at my house with his equipment in hand. I accepted. Now I can see out my windows with great clarity. Contact me if you would like his number. P. S. He also told me he cleans roofs, washes houses, driveways, and decks.
A friend recently shared an app with me that identifies the birds you hear. It’s called Merlin Bird id App from Cornell University and it’s free. Download the app. Take your phone outside and hit the record button. When I first used it, within two minutes it identified a Carolina Wren, and Northern Cardinal, a House Sparrow, and House Finch, and an American Robin from my patio. Using the same login name and password that you create for Merlin, you…
The rain this year is great for gardening. This is my 4′ x 12′ garden plot at church. I’ve never seen cabbage leaves this big. Zucchini, beets, sweet kale and tomatoes are coming along nicely. This yield makes gardening satisfying. Hopefully, your garden is doing as well. Happy harvesting! My books are available at https://www.amazon.com/stores/Sally-Jadlow/author/B007F5H0H4?ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true
This past weekend I attended a Fun Day for beekeepers. In order to show how bees cluster to their queen, two brave souls volunteered to let bees make bee beards on them. The speakers tied the queen of each hive in a small box under the chin of the volunteers. Then they dumped the queen’s hive on a tray under the volunteers chins. The bees clustered around the queen. This picture is the result! My books are available from Amazon.com…
My father fought in WWII. A portion of my book, Hard Times in the Heartland covers the experiences he had during that era. Now, 80 years later, his great-grandson, Sam, is about to enter his third year at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, CO. I had the joy of seeing that grandson get his Training Squadron Glider Wings this past week. He and another student sang the the Star Spangled Banner at the beginning of the ceremony. The attached video…
He who planted the ear, does He not hear?He who formed the eye, does He not see?The Lord knows the thoughts of man,that he is mere breath. (Psalm 94: 9,11) My sheep hear My voice, and I know them,and they follow Me. (John 10:27) I’m so glad God not only sees and hears, He also speaks to those who know Him and follow Him. In order to hear, we must listen—closely. If we will, He will give us instruction…
Several years ago I knitted this rug that sits in front of the kitchen sink. It began as a VERY long snake knitted from leftover yarn. I sewed the knitted strip around a large cotton cord. Then I stitched it into this oval. The stitching loosened in several places and had become very soiled. I spent the next couple of nights re-attaching each row with carpet thread. The yarn was polyester, but I didn’t know if it would survive a…
In the 70s and 80s Pyrex put out what they called a Bake A Round. I had a little too much whole wheat bread dough for the seven bread pans I had available the other day, so I went on a hunt in the garage for this bread pan. I hunted the internet for instructions and couldn’t find any. I looked in the box. There in the bottom lay the instructions with several recipes. I smushed the extra dough into…
My Peony patch got the word to pop out even earlier than usual this year. The sad part, all this rain will make them too heavy to stand up straight and they’ll be gone even sooner. Years ago, we always decorated graves with this flower–but now, they seem to bloom earlier each season. I wish I had smell-a-vision on this blog for you to enjoy this heavenly scent. Are your plantings coming out sooner than expected?