Grapes

Looks like a bumper crop this year. Only had to water once so far this year as the heavens have provided the rest.

Argos at Six Months

Argos continues to grow. Now 55 pounds. Looks bigger with Terry than with Eric who towers over us all at 6'4". 

Had him fixed a couple of weeks ago. He recovered with flying colors. He continues to be a very good dog and is very obedient. We are scouting the local lakes so we can start his retrieving from the water training.

He has discovered the raspberries and eats the low hanging ones. We keep trying to get to them before he does. So far the blackberries seem to have escaped his attention, but am sure it is only a matter of time till he discovers them as well.

Tomatoes to the Roof

Tomatoes plants are up to the ceiling of the hoop house, so it would seem they love this environment. Lots of blossoms and set fruit on all six plants. Plants look very healthy.

More Chicks

Second broody hen hatched out five chicks over night. I have not been able to totally access their health yet but they seem fine. Will leave them in the coop for a month or so. So out of six eggs 5 are hatched out not a bad success rate. Plan on giving two of the chicks to the Hamiltons. I had given them one of my other broody hens but she did not hatch any of the clutch she was sitting on.

First batch of chicks are getting big. Argos caught another stray the other night and once again it survived the ordeal. Eric and I need to clip their wings soon.

Another Broody Hen

Had another hen go broody so I put her and six eggs in the pen Ken Burke and I built a few weeks ago. Eggs should hatch out on June 17th.

Hive Inspections

Inspected hives two and four today. Hive two is still the weakest one of all of them. Added a gallon of feed for them. Hive four's queen is laying a nice brood pattern added a super to this hive and one gallon of feed. Just to keep my experiment going I made two bees sting me today. This time I squeezed all the venom into the sting sites.  I am starting to believe that my resistance to bee venom is increasing each time I get stung.

5th and Final Hive for this Year

Started another colony of bees. Bought a complete hive from Wally on Monday of this past week. I placed this hive next to a hive that Bill Hansen has at Clarence Brown's house. We inspected the hive yesterday and found they are strong. This is a two deep hive with the bottom box full of honey. Added two gallons of feed.
Bill and I requeened one of his hives today.  I would estimate we had 10-12,000 bees flying or on the ground during this process. We both managed to not get stung.