Jembella Farm: Bees, Bees, Bees

Monday 15 August 2016

Bees, Bees, Bees

"BEEKEEPING FOR BEGINNERS WORKSHOP @ Jembella Farm
Sunday September 18th 2016
Learn how to; Set up a bee hive, Catch a swarm of bees, Maintain your bee hive health, Extract Honey, and loads of information about keeping a beehive.
9am until approx 3pm-4pm.
$100 per person includes morning tea and lunch.
Please register by sending a text message to 0473 493413
Include your email address so we can send you an email to confirm your place.
This will be a fun day with an opportunity to get close up with bees, (depending on weather conditions), network with other budding beekeepers, learn years worth of information from Brian, the bee Guru, ask questions and participate in lots of discussion."
(The write up in our local Facebook classifieds page.)

Bees, bees bees.
So.... this is what we're up to at the moment. There's a bit of planning to be done, emails to respond to, deposits to be received, a menu to be decided, and a schedule to be written up.
The shearing shed will be spruced up to accommodate participants, the "functions" cups and plates will be retrieved from the cellar, the urn cleaned and a general tidying up will happen. The grass will probably get mowed too!
So many folks have been asking us about bees and how to get started, it's time to do a workshop.
You may not see me very much over the next few weeks, but I'm here, busying about happily planning an event. What fun it will be.
Cheers!

5 comments:

Emma Christian15 August 2016 at 23:43
Oh sounds wonderful! Good luck with your planning. :)

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Sherri16 August 2016 at 05:33
You and Brian will be busy, and I have no doubt it will be a success. I look forward to reading about how the workshop went. I think it is terrific that you are both sharing your knowledge and experience, helping others to build such worthwhile skills.
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Unknown16 August 2016 at 20:55
OOOO wish we lived closer, this would be a wonderful course! hope it goes well for those lucky enough to attend :)
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Guida17 August 2016 at 17:06
Good luck with the workshop, wish I lived closer. Take care, Guida.
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Nanna Chel18 August 2016 at 12:27
I hope it goes well for you, Sally. It will be be busy getting everything ready.
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About Us

Whether you're living in an apartment, in a house in the suburbs or on acres, you can live frugally and sustainably. There are many things you can do to save money, eat ethically and healthily, reduce waste and live an enriched life.
We are Sally and Brian and we live in the Barossa Valley (South Australia) in a 100 year old house on sixteen acres with 2 dogs, 7 cows, 2 alpacas, 5 geese, 35 chickens, 78 sheep and a few bee hives.
Our way of life takes team work and dedication, but over the years we've learned to be more productive without seeming to put in quite so much effort. We've learned through making mistakes and taking a different approach to what the conventional ways would be. Still learning every day and constantly researching old and new methods, we believe that our lives are greatly enriched, we are healthier and we couldn't imagine any other way of life.
Considered to be living The Good Life, people love to visit us on our small farm to learn about our simple living philosophy.

Why do we do it?
Our love of good food, concern for our health and respect for all animals. The further we got into living on the land the more aware we became that most of the standard practices of growing food were not satisfactory. We couldn't eat with a clear conscience.
Milk from sad cows, pasteurized and homogenized into white liquid. Meat from distressed, hormone and antibiotic pumped livestock. Vegetables and fruits grown and sprayed with chemicals. What to do? Grow our own!
Slowly we grew our knowledge and took one step at a time, becoming proficient in one skill before moving on to the next. The learning curves were steep. We fell over and got back up again. There has been some derision and criticism of our approach from a few, but that's life when you swim against the tide.
If we are not the "norm" then so be it. There is nothing "normal" about growth hormones fed to beef, anti-biotics and chemicals fed routinely to chickens, cruelty and disrespect for farmed animals, meals in a box, GM foods, strawberries and tomatoes in winter.
Thankfully the World is waking up to cleaner and more ethical food. We didn't know back then that Organics and Bio-dynamics would become the "new black". The tide is turning and our swimming is becoming easier.