I can’t believe it’s been three months since I calculated our Riot. But here it is, the Riot for the months of March, April and May of 2012 for the three of us. My summary of our first three years is here. Edson fixed the calculator: all go tither to crunch those numbers! Gasoline. Calculated per person. Like […]
Monthly Archives: May 2012
Two Queens, One Hive
Left to right: Hive 1 (3 years old), Hive 2 and Hive 3 (from packages, this April) Last week I had the pleasure of watching our county’s bee inspector, Tom Stefanini, at work inspecting my hives. In the big (swarmed) hive, which has about 50.000 bees now, he pulled out the thirteenth frame in a row […]
Designing an Ecological Food Garden
One of the projects I am working on is an ecological food garden for the new Hannah Williams Playground in my town. The playground and park were revamped last year and early this year, and the Department Of Public Works set aside a sunny patch of roughly 45′ x 20′ bordered by a more shaded strip […]
Interview with Moi
As the solar system was being installed on our house, in August 2011, my friend Rob from 360Chestnut came by to film the process and to do an interview with yours truly. and
Hard Labor Happy Mama
What did you do on Mother’s Day? I split firewood. A cord and a half it it. Had some help from DH, of course. And we rented a log splitter. The maul you see there in the picture is just for show. Had we done this the old-fashioned way I’d be writing this from the […]
BEE Happenings: Bad Queen and Swarms
After checking on a new beekeeper’s new hive, I rushed home to inspect my own hives. I found Hive 3 doing well: lots of eggs, and brood in all stages, also lots of caps, and two frames entirely drawn out and capped, two more getting close. The Queen had lots of attendants around her, grooming […]
Earth Day is Our Day, First Edition, 2012
There were Segway rides After our “sermons” on Sunday morning, April 29, we ran across the street to the Town Building (I just loved that, that we could just cross the street and be there). Behind the building lies the grassy “courtyard”, intersected by paths. It was already bustling with people, exhibitors setting up their tables, […]
Transition Wayland speaks at First Parish, Wayland, for Earth Day
Sunday April 29 was a big day for me! In the morning, I and my Transition Wayland colleagues Andrea Case and Wen Stephenson spoke before the First Parish congregation. First Parish, as my fellow speaker Wen Stephenson said, is like the nerve center of Wayland. I call it home because I have been going to […]