Pictures say it all. There is a good chance this will be the most productive honey harvest we have ever had.
Bees love comfrey flowers
Bee on a comfrey flower
Bee hives in the back field
Bees at the hive entrance
Bee on clover flower
Bee in mid air
Bee going after the clover pollen
Bee on a clover flower
Bee on clover
Planting Mulberry Trees and More Raspberries
We were gifted mulberry trees propogated from a local tree, so in the ground they went. The raspberries are sending up shoots to we dug some of them and planted them in between stands of comfrey.
Elephant ears in the back field, where they should not do well, but they are
Gold raspberry
Gold raspberries – unique taste
Gold raspberry plants are exploding in size – thanks Rabbit Ridge for the wonderful plants
Lots of baby figs
Baby figs
Load of mulch to go around the raspberries we were about to plant
Mulberry tree ready to grow, opps I forgot to add the tree tube
Bunch of wild flowers
More of that awesome wildflower species
Amazing wild flowers
Wildflowers are nice
Black walnut tree is growing
Happy to see the pawpaws grow
Pawpaws are growing
Elderflower
I’m a mechanical engineer turned weekend farmer, so I’m just smart enough to know that there is a lot that I don’t know especially when it comes to farming, permaculture and food forests. I’ve been heavily influenced in my love of farming and permaculture by my Mom and Dad and also by people like 
Connie has her certificate in Sustainable Agriculture from CCCC. She really enjoyed the classes at the community college and learned a lot. The program was a mixture of classes and work on the school farm. What she learned has really added to our technical proficiency on the farm.