A Sunday Smile

This past week, Darren the minion made a new friend. We know this because his friend did not 'void his bladder' upon him...

BFFL

In actual farm news, we've been working on our beehives! We already have one hive, and we just acquired a swarm and, with the help of the most awesome and brave James Coover, WLSF beekeeper, we introduced it to our farm.  The swarm had somehow been moved in to a cardboard box for an entire day, and when released, they were madder than a wet hen in a tote sack.  Fortunately for us, they calmed down quickly!

Indiana James and the Package of Doom

I'm personally getting a crash course in beekeeping and behavior, and it's fascinating.  For example, I had no idea that bees align the structure of their combs with the Earth's magnetism.  These are such mysterious little guys, and I hope this new batch decides to stay with us to teach us more!

Also, Alice the minion and I had a great opprotunity to check out all the new ag stuff happening at the Kansas City Urban Farm Tour.  We met some fantastic people and got a few ideas for our farm!  Here are a couple of links to places we visited:

Niles Home for children

Hoop Dog Studio

Urbavore Urban Farm


And here's for your daily dose of cute:

Baby Patty-Pan!

Have a lovely and delicious week!