Do bees fly at night?

Ed's "the shack" bbq was inspired by the OC/LA County Fair Turkey Leg Grills. We grilled the night it was built and almost every night since!


These are my last two pumpkins each on its own vine. I thought it would be idea to remove pumpkin flowers at night since they would remain fresh for morning breakfast. I also thought that when the sun set, bees couldn't fly. As I was out picking off flowers with Mellie, she said, "Liz I hear buzzing..." as I tried to leap out of the pumpkin patch I felt a the legs of a bee crawling on my back under my shirt. Yup, I was stung.. twice! (can a bee do that or maybe it was two bees). My husband came to my recue and flicked off the stinger. While the initial sting didn't hurt, I still feel like i have the stinger in my skin. While Ed gets stung every year in the same ear, I haven't been since I was ten. Now I'm rethinking my bee hive hobby that I was planning to start.

Just a few days later!

We cut on of the pumpkins off and ate it over the 4th of July weekend. Today, I went out there to see how it's grown. Wow, it really took off! There are a few more on the same vine, we are going to have to eat. In our home, the "loser" get eaten... yum!

The eggs have finally hatched and the birds have flown away. "Empty Nest" -

July 5th

Wow, chickens go to bed early, the sun hadn't completely set and they were all calling it a night.

This peach jam came from the peach tree next to the house. This season's bounty was very large and sweet! This was the first time Melisa and I had canned.

We picked zucs for the first time this season. On our first day out there we got alot.
Look at our baby pumpkins grow! Its nearly the size of the soccer ball! I need to place a pellet under it and cut some of the smaller pumpkins off the vine.