Yesterday I took the last of my allotted honey from the bees. This year each small super has yielded just over 2 gallons of lovely clear honey. I had three honey supers on two hives. So all up we have harvested a little under 7 gallons (or 26 litres if my calculations are correct) this year! 
When planting your bee garden don’t forget the late summer blooms. We don’t want the bees to begin eating their winter stores before the winter. I still have piles of white clover in the fields. And some flowers in the garden. At the moment garlic chives are their favourite, see above and anemone is mine, see below. 
In a month or so though, once the clover has finished its last flush, I shall supply sugar water until the freeze.
Next week Mama the old ewe can go back in with Hairy the ram. I think it will be a relief for her as someone is still stealing a sip. I know it is early but I just cannot deal with Hairy MacLairys sad face anymore. 
I have no ram for the others. They are too young anyway. So they can wander down the back with Queenie. Have you noticed how Mama always shows her best side when she sees a camera. She walked all the way down the paddock to me and then stood quite still, in profile, for her portrait to be taken. 
Now just to clarify. I am not renovating an old chook house in which to stow my Mother In Law. Of course I would not be tempted to do such a thing. (laughter!)I am going to design a tiny house, reminiscent of the old fashioned chicken coops, for her to live in. It is mainly the chook house roofline I am attracted to. It will be tall and airy with a verandah and it will look like it belongs in the landscape. 
I don’t know how many shots of this rooster’s tail I have subjected you to but he is just so endlessly photogenic.
Good morning. I hope you all have a lovely day in store. Tomorrow is Saturday here and I am going to have a sleep in until 6am. Usually I hit the keyboard at 5am. I am not even sure I can sleep in but I will give it a try. So unless something really exciting happens that I just have to tell you about I will spend tomorrows Weblog time visiting with you all instead of writing.
celi
This day a year ago. Longing for Scones. I was making scones. I love scones that rhyme with longs. When I was a kid we called our trousers: longs. I just remembered that!
The Kitchen's Garden 
86 responses to “Can you sleep in?”
Queenie does look positively regal…enjoy the lie in!!!
I can say this to you a dozen times a day Celi. YOU ARE THE BEE’S KNEES! Virginia
Just when you WANT to sleep in, you end up tossing and turning then finally getting up! lol
I hope you can at least get up slowly without rushing out to the barn right away ……
there are a few sheep in a post I put up a few days ago, taken in the Lake District. It’s amazing how different they can be!
I’ve never been able to sleep in but I do sleep in later than 5am! You are an early riser. Love the look of your honey xx
Such a marvellous honey harvest, and the anenome is beautiful. Good luck with your lie-in – it is much deserved!
Those busy little bees have spun gold for you. 🙂 Hope you have a lovely weekend.
Two sets of soft laughter: I love my garlic chive blossoms so much on my late summer salads, no way can the bees have a go; and, oops, was having a very contented breakfast in bed at about 8am this morning [It IS Saturday here 🙂 !], well, after about five hours sleep 🙂 !
ah breakfast in bed! what a lovely thought.. i am going to order one of those when i on holiday to NZ in december.. remind me! c
Don’t worry: shall sit on your back until you do 😀 ! Your Xmas pressie for yourself!
I have my birthday when i am there.. sounds like a good way to start THAT day!
Sheesh . . . not a Capricorn, are you?
No, I am a Sagittarius.. how funny that is the second time that has come up today!
Shhhh! I’m being very quiet so you can get that much needed extra hour of sleep! D
Good girl! c
Jock has finished his ram embroidery – picture in “Jock’s Embroideries”, title Belier (French for Ram ) on my blog header bar.
Mama had all the lambs posing perfectly too!
I have a plant in my garden that is adorned by beautiful honey bees. They have an orange stripe across their back. I’ve seen a huge plump one.. would that be the queen? I didn’t think queens were allowed out? Shows you what I know. If I get a chance, I’ll take a photo of it and them. It’s prickly and purple.. I thought it was a weed the first year so whacked the heck out of it. Thank goodness it came back and now it’s one of my favorite plants! Btw.. I have some bee pollen and just planning what to do with it:D xx Luv Smidge
I do not know about bee pollen, i never take it but in a domestic hive the queen only ever comes out once in her life.. she must like the dark! c
We slept in too, this day. Got up at 6:00 rather nice for a change.
Linda
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Isn’t funny how 6 seems so decadent!! morning linda
That looks like some wonderful honey!
Nothing useful to say – but just a hi from me and peeking at your farmy life once more – I found a big white tailed bee forlornly drinking from the very last of the flowers on the spike on the lambs ears plants yesterday evening. They have been working those plants really hard this summer, such a poor year for flowers and everything here 😦
Completely off topic, is there some secret to getting the community widget not to show blank squares, or does it just depend on who comments etc? I have left a message at WordPress forum but so far no one has replied. Hugs, Joanna
I really have no idea, other than maybe those visitors have no image? I just pushed Play on mine and hoped for the best. I don’t think you have to even be a current visitor to be on there, some of my most frequent visitors don’t even show up so who knows how it works, but it is nice to be able to click on someone new and go visiting!. c