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Underplanting the Orange Grove

January 1, 2017chrissyb 8 Comments

Hello, how are you doing out there after the excesses of the festive season? If you’re at the stage where finishing off that last box of chocolates has started to feel like something to cross off the to-do list, you’re probably ready for… Continue Reading →

bees, fruit trees, gardening, orange grove, plant life

Bee Happy

August 24, 2016chrissyb 7 Comments

Yesterday was so warm and sunny here that it felt like spring. I was out working in the veggie garden, and so were the bees. It’s the first time I’ve seen them this far from the bee tree since the… Continue Reading →

bees, gardening, spring, vegetable garden, weather

Update on Bees

July 10, 2016chrissyb 2 Comments

In case you’ve been wondering, the feral bees are alive and buzzing. As you would expect, activity around their totara tree home has quietened considerably with the change of season. Bees don’t like rain, wind or cold, so in winter they stay inside the hive,… Continue Reading →

bees, winter

All About Bees

April 17, 2016chrissyb 6 Comments

So, you know how we have bees? And you remember how the plan was to bring our bees on a big adventure to Northland where they could pollinate our citrus trees and make orange blossom honey? Well, things have changed. A few… Continue Reading →

bees, moving, orange grove

Farm projects 2015/2016: Part 1

February 8, 2016chrissyb 6 Comments

Crikey, it’s February already, six months now since we started this adventure. Seems like high time we took stock of what’s been accomplished, and figured out a job list for this year. Let’s start with what’s been achieved: All animals have been successfully relocated with… Continue Reading →

bees, power tools, vegetable garden, weeds

Update on the Orange Grove

November 22, 2015chrissyb 1 Comment

Just a couple of weeks ago I was showing you blossoms and bees, and now look — here are next years’ oranges on their way. We think the orange grove was planted in the mid 1980’s by the people who set… Continue Reading →

bartering, bees, orange grove

The scent of orange blossom

October 29, 2015chrissyb 5 Comments

Up at the farmlet last weekend there was a new scent in the air. Intrigued I followed my nose to the source and found this: It’s a blossom on one of our 31 orange trees. Did I mention that we have a grove of… Continue Reading →

bees, orange grove

Moving date

July 3, 2015chrissyb 6 Comments

We have a date! On July 16 we move from a safe little ¼ acre of city fringe to 14 acres of new territory. After five years of dreaming, scheming and saving it’s actually about to happen. I don’t think we really have… Continue Reading →

bees, leaving Auckland, moving

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