The Practical Beekeeper. Wide Asparagusso Sea

The long cold winter had Benedict Hughes worried his bees would run out of honey and starve before the Spring came. But last week as he peered into one of his hives in an Ivanhoe backyard Benedict breathed a sigh of relief when he saw new season’s honey flowing.  The worry has now faded as Benedict is suddenly busy answering one or two call-outs a day to collect swarms – […]

Beans at Joe's. Bees in Pip.

If you’ve ridden or walked past the bottom end of Joe’s Market Garden on the Merri Creek lately you would have seen a large patch of broad beans waving in the breeze. This is our first crop since our farmer mentor and seed saver, Joe Garita, died earlier this year aged 89.  If there’s anything […]