Last week was Melissa's birthday. to celebrate, Gabriela and Bridget made a birthday chai when we came in for break, we had lots of ice cream, and I made a zucchini fudge cake. and we also got to shovel manure all morning. although this doesn't sound like the most glamourous job, it was pretty fun to sing along to the radio to everything from the beatles to green day as we worked. We got the pen ready for Chloe, our milk cow who will come in soon to calve.
On Saturday, Katie and I drove down to Hilltop Orchards and Furnace Brook Winery for an open house. They grow apples, pears and plums and make Johnny Mash Hard Cider. We had some of the that and sampled their Chardonnay, Riesling, Pinot Noir and Shiraz (they buy the grapes in from Long Island). Here's we're checking out their trees.
Our beekeeper Jeff came to check the hives on Sunday found a bunch of the bees swarming, which they do when they're looking for a new hive. So we all came out to watch as he brought out a new hive. He brushed the bees off the apple branch onto the frames. Once he had about 90% of the bees on the different frames, Katie held the branch over the hive as he hit the branch, knocking the remaining bees down.
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