Val's SS journal- Fair food! Yea!

colowyo0809

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:hugs :hugs
one for each of you

Winston sure was a handsome fellah. Smaller than all of his girls :) Just makes him even more impressive!
 

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The bee hive has arrived! And it is all put together. It is sitting in our mud room so I can look at it and smile every time I go in or out :celebrate

Our bee colony nucleus is ordered and should be available the beginning of June- just the beginning of growing season here. There is a bee lesson on the third Saturday in April from the beekeeper who is selling us our nuc. I can't wait! I know I am counting our bees before they are born, but I already want to expand next year using bees from our own hive as a nucleus and adding a queen for the second hive.

Now I am looking on line for inexpensive honey extractors! Yes, I am getting way ahead of myself. But it is so cool to think we will have our own bees!
 

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See if there is a local beekeeping group and you may find someone that would let you rent their extractor....our group is trying to set up a mobile extractor unit in an enclosed trailer that we could take around to everyone's farm as needed.
 

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Wish me luck- I am trying ravioli making for the first time. I roasted a buttercup squash for one stuffing and I'm making spinach, feta, and olives for the other stuffing. My dough is resting (while I'm on here!) and I am hoping it works. I'm not sure how making the pocket is going to go. I bought a ravioli maker that looks like an ice cube tray with 3 pieces- you lay the dough over the one with legs on it and a hole for each ravioli, push the dough down into the hole with a plastic pusher thingy, and fill, seal and cut. I hope the dough stretches enough to poke down into the holes!
 

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I'll be reading along about your bee-keeping experiences--bees are something that hubbie really wants :)

And, definitely post photos of your ravioli--I can't quite picture what your contraption looks like, but I'd love to make homemade ravioli. :drool

I've had a butternut squash and pear ravioli from the pasta guy at the farmer's market that was absolutely wonderful, but it's expensive to buy from him so I don't do it very often.
 
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