Wandering Bee Farm

08/07/2024

I get asked all the time "why do you grow so many tomatoes!?" and this is why. Beautiful colorful rainbow baskets of tomatoes are what summers are made of in the garden!

08/06/2024

New Product Alert!
Black Drawing Salve is great for helping to remove things like stingers, thorns, or slivers. The bentonite clay and charcoal powder draw the object out and the healing oil blend of plantain, mullein, calendula, and comfrey help to keep infection at bay while healing the skin.
Bug Sprays! These are alcohol and deet free. They are water based so you can spray liberally without feeling greasy. Two options are available, peppermint essential oil for 10 and older, lavender oil for 2-10 years old.
Everything is organically grown, wild foraged, or locally sourced. I can ship wherever from orders on my website or also offer local pickup!

08/02/2024

Tea Restock!
These two teas sold out at the market a few weeks back and they are back in stock on my website now!
https://www.wanderingbeefarm.com/
1st picture is our Lymph Mover Tea. It has cleaver, calendula, mullein, spearmint, and elderflower that help to get that lymph system moving. It also works great to support clearing out fluid retention. I especially love this at the end of a sickness to help everything clear out.
2nd picture is Lung Support Tea. Mullein, goldenrod, spearmint, and rosehips combine to support the lungs and respiratory system. This is especially helpful during this horrible fire season!
All ingredients are organically home grown or wild foraged.
Each bag should make between 40-50 cups of tea.
Local pickup or shipping available.

07/30/2024

This relish is a staple in our house. The recipe is from the Ball Complete Book of Home Preserving and I couldn't reccomend it more. I used mostly silver slicer cucumbers and it came out looking a little like summer squash haha. So glad to restock the pantry since we ran out just a little while ago!

07/28/2024

Have you ever tried a whole roasted garlic bulb? When we lived in Vermont for half a year, we went to a restaurant called the Garlic. They served whole roasted garlic and fresh bread at the tables and it changed our whole lives. It's so simple but so delicious.

Recipe:
Preheat oven to 400°F. Trim roots and cut the top of the garlic so you can see each clove. Cover in olive oil and salt well. Wrap in aluminum foil and place in something oven safe in case the oil leaks. Roast until cloves are soft and buttery. Spread on good bread. Enjoy!

07/24/2024

To my core, I am a 🧄garlic girl🧄
This is our best harvest of garlic to date! We grew all hardneck garlic this year and most of the bulbs are huge. They have dried beautifully in the greenhouse and I look forward to using them. First up is a whole roasted garlic bulb. If you've never tried this with some good fresh bread, you are missing out. When we lived in Vermont, we went to restaurant called the Garlic and they served that at the tables and our whole lives were changed haha. So excited about this harvest!

07/23/2024

First tomato basket of the season! Tomatoes include Cherokee Purple, cream sausage, sweet 100s, spoon, and some kind of Roma.
Today was a go grab what needs to be picked and get back inside kind of day with the smoke. We were so spoiled last year with hardly any fire and much cooler temps. I can't help but be wishing for fall already.

07/20/2024

Thank you to everyone who came out and for all the support and excitement about the new products! It's always so fun to get to talk garden and herbs with new people! Everything is now live on my website! https://www.wanderingbeefarm.com/

07/20/2024

Tomorrow is the day! We've got teas, tinctures, oils, salve, seasonings, summer smudge sticks, dried herbs, clearance flower seeds, wildflower bouquets, fresh herbs, fennel, onions, beets, tons of cucumbers, the last of the swiss chard and kale, white currant jelly and dandelion syrup! Hope to see you there!

07/19/2024

Packing the first seeds of 2024 and so excited about all the new varieties that I'll be offering. Thank you to everyone who supported the flower seeds throughout the last two years. I'm hoping to expand out to all of the fun unique veggies that I grow every year! Tomatoes, okra, cucumbers, artichokes, beans, greens, and everything in between.
First round of cool weather seeds will be available with my website going live this Saturday. All 2023 flower seeds will also be discounted to $1 to get last years stock gone. They will still germinate for years to come but I still prefer to have new stock every year.
I'll also have $1 seeds at the Wildwood Farmer's Market this Saturday if you are local to the area! Always hand picked and hand packed organically grown.

07/15/2024

Big bug people here in this garden. Praying mantis are some of our favorite garden friends to find. The red beetle is a new one for us and is called a red milkweed beetle which makes perfect sense with our ever growing patches of milkweed! So cool to find new bug friends every day.

07/15/2024

Nothing like coming home from being gone for the weekend to a handful of the first ripe blackberries!

07/12/2024

My favorite kind of basket. I always reccomend calendula to anyone and everyone and this is why. It's the first to start blossoming every year. It's over 100 degrees every day with zero rain and it couldn't care less. And it'll keep on blooming until a hard frost comes late fall. It has so many wonderful uses especially with anything for skin. Love these little sunshine flowers!

07/10/2024

Over 30 lbs of cherries into so much canned goodness over the last couple of weeks. Cherry pie filling, Rainer cherry jam, cherries in honey syrup, cherry limeade concentrate, and maraschino cherries. I made a Rainer galette that was a hit. I also dehydrated a two jars full and froze a gallon. Plenty of cherries to last us a good long while.

07/07/2024

We are so excited for this market! Bringing discounted flower seeds (maybe some cooler weather seeds depending on if the plants fully bolt in time), dried herbs, spice blends, herbal teas, some tinctures, salves, and oils, and whatever produce the garden has available!
There will be lots of other wonderful businesses to check out and support as well!

Hope to see you there!

07/03/2024

Beautiful basket for the day. Making all sorts of fun new products with market prep in full swing!

07/01/2024

This is year 3 for our white currants and they are loaded! Hoping to make some jelly out of them this coming week! They are fun tart berries that look a little like fish eggs haha

06/15/2024

$1 for anything that is left. Lots of tomatoes and some tomatillos.

06/10/2024

The most golden golden hour. Pure garden magic.

05/25/2024

I've attended one of the classes taught by front yard fresh about squash bugs and it was so informative! Squash bugs are so hard and any info about how to deter them is great.

Squash Bug Strategies
Many gardeners in the region are anxious about planting winter squashes again this year, given that the past seasons have resulted in many of us spending hours and hours removing hundreds of squash bugs from our plants before they had a chance to fruit.
One thing worth considering, Squash Bugs may just be the greatest conversation starter among gardeners of all walks. It doesn't matter what age a person is, or what their background or beliefs are, just mention this creature and delve into tales of perseverance and strategy.

This season, we’re sharing a pretty great series of strategies to increase our chances of success, and keeping our radars open for more HOT TIPS!

We owe a big thanks to Katie Batazzo of Front Yard Fresh for presenting invaluable information in workshops and posts! You can follow her on Instagram at Grit and Grace Gardening!

It's Time to Plant & Protect Your Squash!
Consider Your Strategies! https://buff.ly/3URXcYk

05/21/2024

Calendula has my heart. It's always one of the first to blossom and the last to go with the frost.
I have been growing the same seeds for the last 5 years and they turn into the most stunning unique mixes. When you buy a pack of "Calendula Mix", it is guaranteed to be a mix of blossoms like you've never seen before
https://www.wanderingbeefarm.com/products/calendula

05/19/2024

26 cucumbers in the ground today! They are selling out fast so I had to make sure and grab some before they were gone haha. Looking forward to a summer of cucumber tomato salads and lots and lots of pickles!

05/16/2024

Lots of plants heading home today. Lots still available! Message me to set up a time to come and check out what we've still got!

05/15/2024

54 tomatoes in the ground this evening!

05/10/2024

I spotted part of our organic pest control today. Do you see him?!
We love having the garden be part of an ecosystem where birds, snakes, and all sorts of creatures can make a home.

05/08/2024

All the starts out soaking up the sun! Mothers day is this weekend and the weather is looking like it's thinking about getting warmer 🤞🏼. Perfect time to get starts. So many fun varieties this year!

05/04/2024

It's that time of year! Vegetable, flower, and herb starts are ready to go! Everything is organically grown. Message me if you are interested in anything or have questions. $4 for single plants, $5 for 4 packs (marked with *)

List of everything:
Tomatoes:
Cherry-
Brad's Atomic Grape
Yellow Pear
Black Cherry
Spoon
Sun Gold
Barry's Crazy Cherry

Paste-
San Marzano - SOLD OUT
Jersey Devil
Federle
Opalka
Cream Sausage
Roma

Slicer-
Green Zebra
Marglobe
Hillbilly Potato Leaf
Tie Dye Green
Granny Cantrell
Cherokee Green
Bonny Best
Kelloggs Breakfast
Rosso Sicillian
Cherokee Purple
Buffalo Sun
Brimmer
Black Brandywine
Pink Brandywine

Cucumber:
Summer Dance
Armenian
Homemade Pickles - SOLD OUT
Salt and Pepper
Silver Slicer - SOLD OUT
Double Yield
Excelsior

Squash & Melon:
Heart of Gold Canteloupe - SOLD OUT
Snow Leopard Melon
Black Beauty Zucchini - SOLD OUT
Crockneck Yellow Squash

Pumpkin:
Tiny Pumpkin
Jack o Lantern Pumpkin

Eggplant & Other:
Black Beauty Eggplant
Listada Eggplant
Rosa Bianca Eggplant
Goldie Ground Cherry (two pack)
Green Tomatillo (two pack)

Herbs:
Culinary-
Orion Fennel
Genovese Basil
Dill Varities *
Cilantro - SOLD OUT

Medicinal Herbs:
Echinacea
Skullcap
Hyssop
White Borage
Tulsi/Holy Basil

Flowers:
Showy Milkweed *
Pink Bachelors Button *
Strawflower Mix *
Amaranth Mira *
Bonita Top Blue Aster - SOLD OUT
Red Hopi Dye Amaranth - SOLD OUT
Double Blossom Champagne Hollyhock *
Sunshine Marigold *
Spinning Wheel Marigold *
Killamanjaro White Marigold *
Orange Hawaii Marigold *
Cracker Jack Marigold *
Cherry Brandy Rudbeckia - SOLD OUT
Chim Chiminee Rudbeckia *
Giant Zinnia Mix *
Whirligig Zinnia Mix *
Zinnia Mix *
Red Cactus Zinnia *

05/01/2024

The greenhouse is getting more full every day! About time to start clearing it out if the weather will cooperate! So many tomatoes, melons, squash, cucumbers, flowers, and both culinary and medicinal herbs all about ready to head off to their new homes!

04/28/2024

Meet my self appointed manager this year 😅
It is seriously great to have some extra helping hands for the coming season

04/26/2024

The biggest question by far when I've sold cold weather plants this spring is what do you do about all the pests as an organic gardener?! These cold hardy plants like broccoli, cabbage, and greens are a magnet for aphids, slugs, and cabbage moths.
The best way I have found to fight these pests is with tulle! I have low tunnel hoops that I cover with tulle and it does wonders for keeping unwanted bugs out. Since all these plants don't require pollination, they are able to stay covered. Tulle is also significantly cheaper than the garden netting you will usually see used. I also sprinkle some diatomaceous earth to help deter rollie pollies. My boys are great at relocating them as well haha.
Does this keep every bug away from your plants? No, but a saying I've found most organic gardeners believe is that if something isn't eating your garden, your garden isn't part of the ecosystem. Using something like tulle is a great low cost chemical free solution to keeping as many pests off as possible.