Rainy day
February 23rd, 2010 | AngelaDriftwood Farm | The Farms
Today’s rain is allowing us to take a break from the outside work, to hopefully catch up on our planning, and take a deep breath.
Matt has been working on converting a 10′ x 20′ car canopy into a greenhouse, as well as building a couple of top-bar bee hives from scratch. In the meantime, I’ve been preparing beds, getting our first batch of seeds started in the small (8′ x 10′) greenhouse, and getting the rest of the perennial crops into the ground (the latest were artichokes and more blackberries) ahead of the rain.
We have a relatively short growing season here on the northern California coast (our place is about 1 mile inland). The farmers markets in coastal Mendocino, where we are, run from May to October. There is so much to do, that we are glad we still have a couple of months to get ready before the markets start… although we know the time will go quickly!
Tags: bee hive, greenhouse, Mendocino County farmers markets, rain, seeds, top bar hive




Your beehive looks pretty nice. From what I understand the top bar style of beehive can be a bit easier for the beginning bee keeper. Did you design it yourself?
Hi Dustin -
Matt is building the hive following free plans that we found online (after reading a Mother Earth News article). If you go to The Barefoot Beekeeper’s site, on the left about halfway down the page is a link to a pdf of the plans. Matt’s using salvaged redwood, but I think in the plans the author lists some other suitable types of wood.