B is For Bee - Putting the B in the B Farm And Doing Lots of Work

There's so much happening at the B Farm right now...where do I begin?

How about the bees? Yep, we finally put the "bee" into the B farm (yes, B is from our last name) but Wednesday, we got our first hive of bees! They made the journey from pickup point to the farm buzzingly (ha).

The arrow is pointing to the tab that is holding the queen box

And yes, some rode outside the box the whole 3 hours to the farm. They hung on tight. Bruce said the delivery truck had bees buzzing all around it. They won't leave the queen so they stay with the box. They're really amazing creatures.

Beekeeper Bruce got the hive all set up

He dumped, huh, placed the bees in their new home. It was a fascinating process.

Can you believe they've already started making the wax cells? Hopefully Ms. Queen Bee is laying already. We have seen worker bees with pollen so they are settling in.

We spent the rest of the week working busy as bees....haha, ok enough with the bee jokes.

Last weekend, our friends helped me weed and plant the front flowerbed (thanks Patty for all the plants - they are doing great! and thank you Paul and Mira!)
And this week got mulch (thanks Simon for the mulch!) down in the flowerbeds. Can I say my friends are the best?

The back flowerbed is also mulched.

The oakleaf hydrangea is very happy. Look at all those blooms!

Hello pretty Lady Friend (iris variety)

I completely dug up the front bed in front of the bedroom window (goodbye snake hiding grass) and had Bruce pull out the tired bush on the corner.

 The cannas were passed along to a friend.

I need to bring more plants from the city house but for now the new butterfly bush is in place and should be gorgeous in that spot.

 Bricks and rocks should help with where the rain pours off the roof until we can get gutters installed.

drain on the left side - also one on the right side 

I got the studio door painted (thanks Bruce for putting the second coat on when I was too tired to move that evening) and Bruce started running the wiring for the outlets and lights. Yes!

Then on Saturday, with the help of B's brother, we got the pathway to the studio done!

Woot. Y'all! It changes the look of the backyard completely! I can now see my vision of the backyard coming to life. It might not happen overnight but it's there!

Sore and tired, we ended the day with a yummy dinner from Pint & Barrel.

Sunday morning, we headed to church for a wonderful Easter service. I think I could have stayed there all day singing and worshipping our Savior.

Back at the farm, I worked on lunch while the guys finished up the walkway from the patio to the steps up into the yard. It looks wonderful. A huge "thank you" to my brother-in-law Barry for helping us get that job done!

I hope you enjoyed seeing our progress at the farm. Come back Wednesday for a fun (and more relaxing) post on wedding stuff. Megan and I had a blast with it!

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Blue Porch Ceilings and Backyard Projects

We had a great Memorial Day Weekend at the farm and it rained here at the city home...much needed rain. We had clouds, a few sprinkles, then sunshine at the farm. A perfect weekend to enjoy and to remember  all who have served/are serving. We are very blessed by you. Thank you!


I finally took pictures of the outside of the house with its new paint job...bye-bye streaky, half done yellow paint! So much better! We painted the porch ceilings blue - supposedly it keeps birds and wasps from building their nests there. Well, it didn't keep the swallow away. No wasps though - we'll see. It looks pretty anyway whether it works or not.

Front porch ceiling

swallow nest...so much for that working to keep her away

Back Porch Ceiling - used to be streaky yellow now a beautiful blue

House Front, New Paint

 Although it's hard to tell from this picture, the posts are white and the eaves are a sand color. It looks really nice with the brick.

Bruce worked on putting up a fence in the backyard. When done, it will keep the pups from running off after the deer or interrupting events next door. ( there's a bed and breakfast/ events venue next door) :o)


We put in a walkway from the driveway to the back door. Yay, no more stepping on sticker-y plants and dirt plus it gives me definition for a someday flowerbed.
Bruce dug and leveled the ground, I laid the brick.

You can tell where the old bricked area ended as there is grass growing in the cracks. :o) It got sprayed with weed killer. And when the fence gets done, we will continue the brick through the gate to the driveway.

I'm very excited to say I am almost finished painting the pew. I need to get the cushion done too. It looks so much better! Can't wait to get it done and show it off. I stained the legs dark walnut and painted the body of it Shenandoah Taupe-same as the dresser.

Oh another note, my beautiful pups are now 6 months old. They have gotten big and just love going to the farm!

Buddy

Herbie

Buddy now has a new nickname -Buddy Bear.  He was finding and eating the blackberries before I could get to  them. He finally convinced Herbie to eat some too. I wish I had a picture of them carefully biting the berries and pulling them off the thorny vines. So funny!
They bring such joy to my life. They are such a hoot to watch and play with. You can just see their Border Collie brains figuring out the next adventure. Lol.

As always the time there was peaceful and enjoyable.

Sunset

Ahhh, nice. Until the next time,

:o)
Cecilia

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