Earth Dance, Week #5

Wednesday

May 12, 2010

Chilly, rainy day.

Mark and Bushra and I weed the thyme field.

Bushra pulling apart the thyme seedlings

to plant amongst the older plants.

Mark and Bushra mulching between

the thyme plants with straw

to discourage weed growth.

The chicks got moved to a new place

in the chicken house,

 but a different room from the adult hens.

They're getting bigger every week!

The chicks are just inside that white door

on the chicken house.  Lots more room

than that old stock tank they started out in.

Hundreds of seedlings waiting to be planted,

but there's been too much rain,

and it won't be letting up until the weekend.

Mark and Bushra had time off this week because of the rain,

but they will have to work on Saturday this week.

The honey spinner.

Mark uncapping the honey cells in a frame

with an electric hot knife.

Three frames go in the spinner at a time.

Norm showing us

how to spin the honey.

Mark checking to make sure the honey

has all been spun out of each frame.

If some honey remains, a torch can be used

to warm the honey to help extract it.

After the honey is spun out of the frames,

it is let out the bottom of the spinner

and run through 2 separate strainers.

Mark takes a turn with Bushra,

spinning the honey.

Must be close to the end of they day,

cause here's Riley to try his hand at spinning honey!