Wild Hive Farm

Field of DreamsGood news from the Farm. The wheat is planted, the rain came and now it’s up and growing. The winter wheat is established and growing well and the spring wheat is catching up.

In anticipation of the last frost date cornfields are now being prepped for planting. This means plowing in the overwintered legumes [...]

Green Thoughts: Getting Started in the Garden

Thank heavens for another round of rain, even though it was preceded by some heavy frosts, especially in the valleys. This year’s fruit crop is hanging in the balance. Did some of the fruit blossoms get killed by the frosts? Did the bees have enough warm and [...]

Spring is Mushrooming Out All Over

The rain could not have come at a better time.  The spring wheat was waiting desperately for it in order to germinate and start its early growth. Fruit growers of my acquaintance were poised on the brink of despair but are snapped back into a more optimistic mode.  All [...]