tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post7675477790765080453..comments2024-03-25T11:19:35.199-04:00Comments on The Small Hold - Will Not Go Down Without a Fight: The End of NovemberPioneerPreppyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09269878017447335944noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post-32996660652104207852013-12-01T18:21:05.179-05:002013-12-01T18:21:05.179-05:00Since my edibles require Fort Knox style protectio...Since my edibles require Fort Knox style protection, the garden versus flowers war is not such a problem. I could probably usurp flower space if I had more time/energy to enclose more.russell1200https://www.blogger.com/profile/16258915475311426433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post-60295774362815086882013-12-01T16:53:26.048-05:002013-12-01T16:53:26.048-05:00The afternoons have been really nice but the night...The afternoons have been really nice but the night are still in the low teens. Our power went of at 3am, what a way to start the new month, it came back on late in the afternoon. I haven't seen any bees flying here but there are some insects out as are some dandy lions.Sunnybrook Farmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18135224259672444423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post-90383315798844182822013-12-01T12:31:06.264-05:002013-12-01T12:31:06.264-05:00We have a rule. In front of the house , flowers, p...We have a rule. In front of the house , flowers, play area and pasture for the Welsh cobs(11 acres in total) rear of the house mine (441 acres) about half of which is in timber. As I bluntly put it, if we start having to buy food she gets to go to work. We have seventeen poly tunnels which we grow year round in and with the income from breeding rare breed chickens, beulah black faced sheep and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post-9801532545143729942013-11-30T23:46:18.604-05:002013-11-30T23:46:18.604-05:00SciFi - Mrs. PP says the same thing and admittedly...SciFi - Mrs. PP says the same thing and admittedly she has a few varieties that the bees hit but typically the honey bees go for the more plentiful blooms. The bumblebees love her flowers I will say that.<br /><br />The original deal was a 50/50 split on the beds but I kept giving ground like Republicans in government so now I am down to only three beds.<br /><br />We plant marigolds everywhere. PioneerPreppyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09269878017447335944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post-68162204887764177982013-11-30T22:41:07.382-05:002013-11-30T22:41:07.382-05:00I had to laugh about the garden beds. It's pre...I had to laugh about the garden beds. It's pretty much the same way here. I've got three smallish flower beds because (you'll love this one) it will attract bees and butterflies to the area. Well it DOES! lol Mars keeps eying my beds though and makes "suggestions" of what I might plant in there. One of the beds has garlic overwintering now. Tell Mrs PP that marigolds Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01666836930255009486noreply@blogger.com