We had a good year beekeeping in Wallingford this year: 16 gallons of honey, weighing in at 180 lbs. Perhaps it was our new set-up (which you can read all about on our newly revived beekeeping blog, Hive Mind Honey) or just the bee gods smiling on us. We don't sell our honey, but if you want a jar, there is a way: as we did last year, we're giving a pint jar Wallingford's own Hive Mind Honey to the first…
Want a taste of Wallyhood's own Hive Mind Honey? As long-time readers know, we've been keeping bees here in our Wallingford backyard for the past 15 years, give or take. We had to make a few adjustments recently, though, what with Baby Z running around out (it turns out toddlers and grab-level bee hives make a poor mix). So we headed down to the Rusty Rack Guys and picked up some used warehouse palette racks to pop the hives up off…
We've been keeping bees in our Wallingford backyard for close to a decade now. About 18 months ago, we became parents to a very curious little boy. As it turns out, bees and very curious little boys make for a tricky mix. Our solution: install a giant rack system to lift the bee hives off the ground and out of harm's way (or, more accurately, out of Baby Z's way). Well, there we were staring at that big space under the…
As long-time beekeepers, hyperlocally famous tomato farmers and soon-to-be chicken ranchers, we here at Wallyhood are huge fans of the "urban homesteading" movement that is bringing previously rural-only farming practices to the city (and very local food to our table). Our city government, we're pleased to see, is on board as well, judging from this press release we got from the city: Mayor Mike McGinn and Seattle City Councilmembers today announced the “Year of Urban Agriculture” campaign to promote urban agriculture…
We have no idea how this one snuck up on us. We blog about things going on around Wallingford. We keep bees in Wallingford. You'd think someone would have told us that the Meaningful Movies showing this Friday night is entitled "The Last Beekeeper" and will feature UW entomologist Dr. Evan Sugden: Bees are vanishing. Examining the enormity of this loss, Jeremy Simmons' documentary THE LAST BEEKEEPER follows the lives of three commercial beekeepers (from South Carolina, Montana, and Washington) over…