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I am sorry I do not blog more.

Spring is coming to Houston. We have put in some peppers and tomatoes from our local feed store. I trust they pick better varieties than the box store.

We got two avocado trees from the county fruit tree sale. We have not put them in yet. Busy. Busy.

I did find time to do some beekeeping. The hive has been pretty neglected. It looks awful. Thursday morning before work I donned the bee suit and fired up the smoker and got in to do a full check and clean. To my surprise the hive looked wonderful and it was full of honey. I figured the queen had not started her spring build up so there would be less bees to bother me (and the neighbors). I was right. But I got a bonus of three shallow boxes full of honey. I took them off and placed them covered in the garage. Now I need to allocate time to extract this. I've got approximately 6 gallons (72 pounds) of honey here. The top looked like light spring honey. Could it be citrus? I want to extract it separately to find out. I am excited.

As I mentioned spring has come to Houston. I noticed local citrus trees are blooming in abundance and setting fruit. It looks to be a good year. Azaleas are in bloom all over town.

Barbara trimmed the roses as is her tradition last week, after Valentines. They are blooming as are the white abelias.