Bounty hunting has started. We pulled some onion and garlic which were ready and only a few onion were wasted due to rot. Can you name the other veggies in the picture?
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The Oregon coast is my favorite in the contiguous US alongside parts of the Washington coast but much more accessible. This is due partly to Oregon not allowing ownership of beaches leaving the entire coastline accessible to all. I find this makes much more sense than back east where i have memories of being chased away by old Bill with a shotgun when i was a kid. We went on an amazing whale watch on 6 passenger zodiacs allowing us to come within feet of several gray whales while they went about feeding in incredibly shallow water, as little as 10-15 feet deep, which, for mammals up to 45 feet long is amazing it's at all possible. The company that took us out is run by an expert of over 30 years who did her marine biology graduate work in this area and is very passionate about gray whales. It reminded me how precious that passion is and being in its presence is contagious. A weekend with great friends was a good start to filing in the dark hole of burnout I find myself in.
Bees are ridiculously fascinating. The population in our garden's apiary has exploded just weeks into starting the hive. We even were able to locate the queen bee hidden among all these ladiy worker bees. Apparently the colony is not happy with the queen because they've made some queen size pods for a new queen to be fertilized and grow. The workers can grow a new queen whenever they want by taking an egg and adding their own royal jelly which is essentially some hormones to simulate the development of a queen. I've learned about their life cycle, complex social arrangement, and even how they reproduce.
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