Mud Songs is not so much a gardening blog anymore, not since I got hooked on beekeeping. But it was never much of a gardening blog to begin with. The only thing we did in our garden that got any attention was the potato tower from last year, which was replaced this year by some potato mini-towers (we’ll have to see how that works out). But generally, most of what we’ve done in our garden this year and last year is pretty basic stuff. We filled everything up with 100% organic compost; sprinkled in a bit of lime (turns out it wasn’t enough lime this year); planted everything as soon as we could; then fertilized and watered all of it on a regular basis — and that’s it. I posted photos and videos every few weeks or so, but for the most part it was just a bunch of photos of vegetables slowly growing in a garden. There’s not a whole lot to see or talk about between the time we plant the vegetables and harvest them. Yup, everything is growing. Or not growing. Uh-huh. Yup.
Did I mention I’m about a thousand times more engaged with beekeeping these days than I ever was with growing vegetables? I love hanging out in our backyard, and a large part of it has to do with the fact that I’m surrounded by green things growing like mad all over the place. But it’s the honeybees that complete the picture for me.
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I’ve been sick with the flu; we’ve got some indoor seedlings on the go; we have to build our new raised garden beds; and my bee keeping hives and gear should be arriving in about a week. So until I get better and we’ve got something new and exciting to talk about, here’s a live feed of a hummingbird nest via Wild Life Webcams.
UPDATE: The baby birds have flown the coop (one of them may have been eaten by a predator). Ah, they grow up so fast. Click the image to view the webcam page which may or may not be broadcasting now.
(Thanks to Seth.)
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