Countdown to Bee Buzzzzzzz

Bee Buzzz is March 19 and 20th. This is the annual NEOBA Trade Show and Workshop. Cost is $25.00 for Friday night and Saturday.

Friday:

5:30pm Registration.
6:00pm Opening Announcements and Welcome.
7:00om BBQ Dinner.

Saturday:

8:30am to 4pm
Speakers and Vendors and Pot Luck Lunch.

It will be held at Eastside Christian Church, 15th & Harvard Ave.

This is a good opportunity to get to know the Honey Bee community here in North East Oklahoma. If you are thinking about getting started with Honey Bees you might find some local Beekeepers who still have some Bees for sale.

Regular NEOBA meetings are the second Monday of the month at Eastside Christian Church at 6:30 pm. This meeting will be the annual plant exchange.

My Bees were flying yesterday.

I has so happy to see the Bees flying yesterday. We are starting to get acquainted. Get acquainted? Yes these are new born bees so they don't know me yet. I was kinda worried about the Dog lying in the sun right in the middle of the Bee yard. I was afraid the Bees would trigger the alarm like a bear was coming in for the attack. But they settled down and started the orientation flights. They still haven't got use to the cat. The girls just don't like dark and woolly. I have mixed feeling about spring being here. I am glad the the cold is got, but I am in my new house and I am surrounded by a Bermuda grass desert. I have a lot of work ahead of me and a blank slate to do what ever I choose.

Hives are Alive

Oh, one other tidbit - Saturday I ventured out to check on the three hives here - all three were active - HOT DANG! Back during the last blast from the north - the one that lasted forever - I put bags and bags of leaves around all three - on the north, east and west sides. I only saw a bit of activity from the little Italian hive - so I was truly worried. Saturday, I took my daughter to see my bees - she was such a chicken standing way back and I was down in front of the hives pointing out the variations in them - (showing off maybe a bit at being fearless of my six legged ladies).

I was so pleased that there is life in all three hives - cuz it's been a booger of a winter - cold, way more snow than usual, ice, overcast and just plain yucky.

Again, I am tickled - terribly terribly tickled.

Planting Annuals

The new moon is here and today is the first day I have free to plant seeds. I can't sleep as a result - which means I will be a bit rattled today in all my efforts. I have most of my perennials up but most perennials are not vegetables. The plants seems to have gotten a fair start despite the weather.

This Saturday the Tulsa Garden Center is having the Information Fair - about 20 various groups and growers show up and discuss the upcoming events for 2010. It's a good time to get the information you need to get started in your gardens this year. I think the event is from 10 to 3 or 4 pm. Enjoy

Snow, cold go away, come back in Dec 2010

I am so tired of the cold - can't imagine the growth we will have with all the moisture - please let the rains of the last 3 Aprils wait until July.

If any of you get a chance, head to Okmulgee to the Mvskoke event on gardening - Friday and Saturday at their event center. There will be stuff for younger people also - a youth event. I have a husband who turned 60 so a birthday party is preventing my attendence.