Bart Wallace

Thanks. Next year I might try to expand out with a few more apple trees.

How did you develop an allergy. Yeah I also try to create landscapes for my native pollinators also.

THanks

Oh ok. Yeah I live in Alabama even on our "cold" winters they really are not that cold.

What is a Perone hive and why do you think they did better? I have never heard of one.

Ok. That is good to know. How did they fair so far in this winter?

Any bee keepers on this forum or am I the only one.

Yeah our leaves breakdown fast here. They are not chopped up though but I might turn the soil over this year to make room for the cover crop I am going to grow and to till in the leaves. The spot is just full of grass and weeds.

Thanks. Never really thought about that to much. Perhaps just letting mulch breakdown on the top then would be my suggested strategy.

In trying to improve a poor plot of soil I am trying to rehabilitate into a garden I am dumping leaves I rake up on it to break down. I also in the spring will plant a cover crop. Am I wasting my time on the leaves though?