Good Sale

All the bee equipment we had for sale sold.

Beekeeping & Farm Sale Sept. 2012

We are selling all our beehive wooden ware. Deep supers 8 & 10 frame, shallow honey supers, lids, frame feeders, frame & foundation and 2 -- 20 foot 2 ton trucks.  We also have nucs for sale.

Beekeeping on the Navajo Reservation

We helped Larry Justice and Dan Stephan set up to become beekeepers in Tuba City Arizona. It was an all day afair and in the cool of the evening, the packages of bees were put into the beehives (supers).  A small group of folks turned out to watch.

Our Home Driveway Washed Away

Tuesday evening (April 24, 2012) around 11:30 p.m. our driveway washed away and left a 50' gapping hole.  In 2008 around this same time of year, the creek was very swollen and we were concerned of possible flooding, but the culvert kept the water flowing.

David Kinlacheeny: Cowboy Farmer

David has a new 2 family garden that he has been working very hard on.  He also raises cattle and horses for the rodeo.  He is planning on having a rodeo this summer or fall at his place.

Huckelberry Tent & Breakfast

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Christine's Tent & Breakfast reminds me of the hogans here in Chilchinbito.  The only difference is her Tent & Breakfast is in the mountains of Clark Fork, North Idaho.  Each tent has its own shower, outhouse, kitchen, and delicious home grown fresh breakfast.

Interestingly enough in Tuba City Arizona about 100 miles from where we live, and still on the Navajo Reservation, a family has set up a Hogan bed & breakfast.



Additionally, it looks like Monument Valley has a Hogan bed & breakfast too.

Mary & Jeff: Old Hogan, New Garden

They have a super secure garden area to keep the sheep out. There are only 3 tractors that I know of in the area and Jeff has 1.  That tractor was a big help in bringing in manure.  The traditional hogan was being refurbished with new cedar bark and clay for the roof.

Dale Hasken: New Garden

Dale has a beautiful garden area.  He set up wood corner posts and steel gate posts.  The soil is great and will make a fruitful garden.

Patrick & Lillian Thomas: Their New Garden

Patrick & Lillian used to plant corn in this garden spot. But the 10 year dought has prevented the planting of anything unless there is some kind of irrigation setup.  The ground was very hard when we started out.  It took a truck load of manure and 4 passes with the tiller to soften things up.

Thomas Bradley: His New Garden

Thomas is the 2nd of our 24 new gardens.  We helped him put manure on the garden.  He set up strong wood corner posts to keep the free range cattle and horse out of the garden. Thomas is the brand inspector for the area.

Jane Begay: Her garden & sheep

Jane 's garden is 1 of 14 new gardens we are helping the folks of Chilchinbito put in. Her sheep started lambing a few days after this picture.

Blaine tilled the little church garden yesterday.  This morning we woke up to 1" of snow all over the place.

There is a general lack of greenery and vegetation in the area, however, the amazing rock outcrops all over the place make up for any deficiencies.

These are horses grazing out in the desert.  Driving down the roads here on the Navajo Reservation you see alot of cows and horses.  Every once and awhile you see sheep.  The cows and horses appear to be fending for themselves and graze on the sparse vegetation.  They appear to get enough food and all look very healthy.  Many times the horses and cows have gone through the fences and they graze along the road and the cars just drive around them.

This cute little dog has adopted us.  He is the official greeter to the few folks who work in the town directly below where out trailer is parked.  Within 500 yards of where we are there is a medical clinic, a Chapter House (water/city building) and k-8 school.