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Month: May 2010

First Raised Bed Finished

May 15, 2010May 22, 2010 / The Radix Ecological Sustainability Center / Leave a comment

This bed was made with rocks that were pulled out of the fields and thrown into a wall pile  on an old farm north of Albany.  It was built without mortar, which took a really long time!  It has been planted with strawberries and greens. Landscape fabric was laid on the bottom of the bed … Continue reading First Raised Bed Finished

Bees!

May 5, 2010May 22, 2010 / The Radix Ecological Sustainability Center / Leave a comment

We installed 2 packages of bees with Russian queens.  Russians are supposed to be more cold and mite tolerant than the typical Italian honeybee.

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