We are officially sold out for the season. It was a great year! Come see us next summer when we will have more watermelon, along with other fresh produce, all grown locally on our farm. You can follow us online for updates about harvest dates and market locations. Thank you for supporting local farms! #oklahomafarm #growingwatermelon
Two months ago our watermelon acre looked like this, now it is full of melons ready to harvest!
Two months ago our watermelon acre looked like this, now it is full of melons ready to harvest!
Spreading lime (crushed limestone) for healthy, productive plants.
Spreading lime (crushed limestone) for healthy, productive plants.
Planting watermelon!
Planting watermelon!
Watermelon is ready to be transplanted. Millionaire, Sangria, Lemon Krush, and Sugar Babies.
Watermelon is ready to be transplanted. Millionaire, Sangria, Lemon Krush, and Sugar Babies.
Bee babies! The tiny grains of rice in each cell of the honey comb are fertilized eggs laid by the queen. The queen lays mostly worker bees (girls), but can occasionally lay drone bees (boys). Worker bees can also lay eggs. They generally only do thi
Bee babies! The tiny grains of rice in each cell of the honey comb are fertilized eggs laid by the queen. The queen lays mostly worker bees (girls), but can occasionally lay drone bees (boys). Worker bees can also lay eggs. They generally only do this when the hive is without a queen. Their eggs aren’t fertilized and result in only drone bees, since worker bees only come from fertilized eggs. The drone bees don’t do a whole lot besides sit around the hive and occasionally fly out to fertilize queens from other hives. They do not fertilize the queen from their own hive. She is only fertilized (by multiple bees) during a single flight at the beginning of her life, before assuming her egg-laying role in her hive. Once she has used up this genetic material in a couple years, her job will be done, and a new queen will take her place. All the bee eggs will emerge fully formed in fewer than 24 days. The girls mature more quickly than the boys. We’re pretty sure that’s also true of human babies. 🙂
Hives begin with a package of about 3,000 bees shipped through the post office. (Talk about “handling with care”.) Those numbers quickly grow as the queen bee lays as many as 2,000 eggs a day, until the hive contains up to 80,000 bees at
Hives begin with a package of about 3,000 bees shipped through the post office. (Talk about “handling with care”.) Those numbers quickly grow as the queen bee lays as many as 2,000 eggs a day, until the hive contains up to 80,000 bees at the end of the summer. #raisingbees #honeybee #honeybees🐝
Spring work at the farm includes catching butterflies and flying kites.
Spring work at the farm includes catching butterflies and flying kites.
After 5 days, we have watermelon seedlings!
After 5 days, we have watermelon seedlings!
Springtime, sunshine, and seedlings. #cowetaoklahoma #planting
Springtime, sunshine, and seedlings. #cowetaoklahoma #planting
We are officially sold out for the season. It was a great year! Come see us next summer when we will have more watermelon, along with other fresh produce, all grown locally on our farm. You can follow us online for updates about harvest dates and mar
Two months ago our watermelon acre looked like this, now it is full of melons ready to harvest! Spreading lime (crushed limestone) for healthy, productive plants. Planting watermelon! Watermelon is ready to be transplanted. Millionaire, Sangria, Lemon Krush, and Sugar Babies. Bee babies! The tiny grains of rice in each cell of the honey comb are fertilized eggs laid by the queen. The queen lays mostly worker bees (girls), but can occasionally lay drone bees (boys). Worker bees can also lay eggs. They generally only do thi Hives begin with a package of about 3,000 bees shipped through the post office. (Talk about “handling with care”.) Those numbers quickly grow as the queen bee lays as many as 2,000 eggs a day, until the hive contains up to 80,000 bees at Spring work at the farm includes catching butterflies and flying kites. After 5 days, we have watermelon seedlings! Springtime, sunshine, and seedlings. #cowetaoklahoma #planting