Author Archives: jkmcintyre

Bee Line

Posted on July 7, 2015 by jkmcintyre

What are my bees doing? I came out Monday morning to find this: Could this be the remnants of an overnight bee beard? It was super-duper hot the previous day (90F), still 82F when the bees retired, so maybe they … Continue reading →

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From Broody Box to Broody Breaker!

Posted on June 9, 2015 by jkmcintyre

Queen Sheba is broody. We were surprised because our previous Australorp never went broody.  But there she sits – protecting the nest box with the most eggs as if they were her own and as if they would hatch.  *Sigh* But … Continue reading →

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Open letter to the gardeners who took my olla class

Posted on June 8, 2015 by jkmcintyre

Dear brave fellow gardeners who invested in learning to hand-build ollas, If you chose to make your olla with sculpture clay (white), congratulations!  I hope that your olla is still performing well.  For the majority of learners who made their … Continue reading →

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Witch, cock, dwarf, luck, wind, fart

Posted on June 7, 2015 by jkmcintyre

What do these words all have in common? Hold those bizarre interpretations – I’ll just tell you. They all have been used to describe a rare, tiny egg laid with little or no yolk. Instead, wind eggs contain albumin (the … Continue reading →

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