2 Bees Farm

So many stores seem to have started decorating weeks before Halloween this year.  Fall is my favorite season.  So I don't like to start decorating until the day after Thanksgiving.  So I say a fond farewell to Fall, cause it's officially the Christmas season! Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold everything is softer and more beautiful.  - Norman Vincent Peale

We just finished our 2019 garden plans for our potager garden.  I can't rave enough about The Farmer's Almanac's Garden Planner.  I originally tried the one through  BHG.com that is free.  It's great if you are doing a small backyard garden.  But it is really limited on what plants you can use or what buildings/planters are available.  I don't believe you can design an area over 100 sq ft.  The farmer's Almac Garden Planner is completely worth the $29 a year, if you need a more comprehensive planner..  It's another $6 for the app, if you want to connect them altogether.  I was able to get 10% off the program the day after Thanksgiving though. The Farmer's Almanac lets you design up to a 10,000 sq ft at a time.  Which I thought at first I would map out most of the farm's growing beds with that.  But I found it too overwhelming.  I personally like doing a section at a time.  Maybe one general full farm plan without...

Our roasted turkey breast this year.  So much has happened this year.  We have a lot to be thankful for this year.  I was handed the opportunity to work for a wonderful company which has greatly impacted our plans for the farm with our spice blends.  Though we plan to produce products of a different nature, it has been an amazing experience to create secret blends for major chain restaurants as well as the company's own Hispanic spice blends.  Four month old Zelda. We adopted our beagle Zelda.  She is very very different from our beagle Lox, she has been amazing at helping us all with our loss of Lox. We finally sold our home in Philadelphia earlier in the year.   Of course we found the farm land in Arizona. We were able to have a mini vacation hiking through the Petrified Forest and Painted Desert.  I came through my two surgeries successfully and finally learned why I have been sick for the past few year...

This week's picture.  Beautiful sunset! Sunsets are proof that no matter what happens, everyday can end beautifully.  - Kristen Butler