Morning:Mulching
After doing chickens and having breakfast we meat Brenda at the piles of woodchips. We all loaded a cart full of the mulch and began a tough journey across the field with our carts and our shovels. When we got to the rows of the trees, Brenda explained the method of mulching the sugar maples. And so we spent our morning loading, hauling, mulching, etc.
Afternoon:Bees and More Mulching
The beginning of the afternoon lead us to the beehives where Jamie the Beekeeper showed us one of the hives and took out a few frames for us to see the honey, larva, pollen, and wax. He also showed us that he was injecting floric acid into the hives to get rid of mites. This was done by putting what seemed to be a small blue package just below the lid of the hive.
After our little treat (we didn't get any honey though) we went back to the mulch pile and finished mulching the sugar maples.
After our little treat (we didn't get any honey though) we went back to the mulch pile and finished mulching the sugar maples.
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