This post was written by our wonderful intern, Paul Patitsas, on his last night with us. Paul is hard-working, upbeat and full of energy. He is also thoughtful, spiritual, kind and honest. We both respect and appreciate him and are happy that he decided to come spend his time with us. Thank you, Paul, and we hope that…
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Our Post-Hurricane Look
After the hurricane, once we’d cleaned up all the rubbish and rubble, we looked around and realized that we lived in a totally different yard! We had so many fewer trees. We’d probably lost around 80% of our trees, which means that we’ll have 80% less fruit! Hmmm… Although we were trying to have a positive…
Emily Gets Her hands Dirty!
Emily Erickson, a student at UC Davis, will be here with us from January to March 2013. In this picture, she’s mixing up a clay mixture to rebuild our outdoor, wood-fired clay oven. We are having a great time with Emily, getting a lot accomplished and enjoying her enthusiasm, energy and good ideas. Emily has…
Partners of the Americas Farmer to Farmer Blog Features Our Project
Here’s what they had to say (and if you’d like to visit their actual blog page, click here): Cultivating Change: Farmer to Farmer Blog Promoting economic growth, agricultural development and volunteer service in the Americas. Top-Bar Beekeeping 101: Sustainable Beekeeping in St. Mary, Jamaica Example of a top-bar hive. Today marks the beginning of Tom Hebert’s…
Tom Hebert, Our Top Bar Trainer, Shares All on Bee Source Forum
Tom Hebert, our top bar bee keeping trainer, has been sharing information about our activities here on the Bee Source forum. Tom has a talent that I envy – he is a wonderful teacher who knows how to present information in a clear, organized way. Here is the link to the page with his forum…
Deirdre’s Blog – Dee Lee’s Bees
Deirdre, one of our summer interns, is keeping a blog about her activities here on our farm. Check it out to read about life here in Jamaica ffrom her perspective.
Our Summer Top Bar Bee Keeping Project is Under Way!
This picture shows Iver, one of the summer interns, putting a trap hive in a pimento tree. So far, nine trap hives have gone up, and we have one full-size top bar hive built and ready to house some bees!
Internships for 2012
We are announcing several internship opportunities that are available in 2012. These internships support important ongoing projects in top bar beekeeping, shiitake and oyster mushroom cultivation, and research in natural pest protection. We do non-certified organic farming and are committed to sustainability in all of our endeavors. Without the energy, new ideas and time that interns give, these…
A Little Inspiration from the Far North
Here we are, in Vermont, in the frozen Northeast Kingdom. The boys and Kwao are enjoying snowboarding and sledding, and I am actually enjoying having more computer time. Winter in Vermont is cold, yes – right now, the temperature is 18 degrees F. But this season is also cozy – you get to snuggle by…
Yerba Buena Farm Jamaica 