1/4 Acre Farms

16/12/2024

Need a last minute Christmas gift? Offering local raw honey sustainably harvested from chemical free hives on a 1/4 acre farm in Glen Carbon and bottled in earth friendly glass jars:

$4 - 2 oz gift size
$8 - 6.75 oz with bamboo lid
$15 - 12 oz easy pour

Send a PM to order and shop local!

16/09/2024

Winter's coming....but whose says you can't have garden fresh all year!

23/06/2024

Blackberries are ripe early this year! When we were kids, we would pick a whole ice cream bucket full of black raspberries and dewberries growing wild in the woods, sprinkle them with sugar, and gorge on them while playing Atari. Nowadays, I prefer these beauties picked right here in my yard in a Blackberry Bourbon Mash or cobbler.

18/06/2024

Fresh herbs for sale: oregano, mint, tarragon, dill, lemon balm, sage. No chemical fertilizers or pesticides used. Cut fresh to order. Porch pickup. $2 per bag. Send a PM to order.

18/05/2024

Some girls want jewelry or roses for Mother's Day. Me, I just want a new trellis and a plumbed drain for my outdoor sink...the hubs delivered 😘. Tom Marini

14/05/2024

FREE TO A GOOD HOME: bucket of oregano by my mailbox - needs planted soon! If you don't want to plant your own, you can buy a bag of fresh cut for $2. Send me a PM.

07/05/2024

Most of my posts are about bees or edible plants in our yard, but we still have room for beauty on our quarter acre: lilies, daffodils, bleeding hearts, roses, irises, azaleas, phlox, dahlias, sunflowers, goldenrod, hydrangeas, and Peonies!

29/04/2024

I love it when family can get in on the act! We were called to capture bee swarms two days in a row at my niece's school. My sister suited up to assist and my niece's class observed at a safe distance while I provided some educational narration on bees. The first swarm in a tree was quickly captured prior to dismissal. The second one on the picnic table happened after hours and I was able to take my time, capture the queen and watch the bees march in to join her. Thank you school administrators for calling a beekeeper to save the bees!

21/04/2024

A clothes line....every farm needs one! Of course on 1/4 Acre Farms ours has to be scaled down. I picked up this antique beauty Cordomatic so I can reel it in when I want to use the same space for a hammock. It's at least enough to bring back memories of hanging clothes out on the big farm.

12/04/2024

BEE SWARMS - Now that spring is here, just a friendly reminder...this is what a bee swarm looks like. This is how a bee colony propagates. Please don't approach, spray, or harass them - parts of our food chain depend on bees. If you want them removed call a beekeeper - send us a PM and we will come get them at no charge and give them a new home.

01/04/2024

https://www.timestribunenews.com/2024/04/01/live-and-learn-focuses-on-importance-of-bees/

Live and Learn focuses on Importance of Bees By Editor | April 1, 2024 | 0 By Josh Jones Times Tribune Editor [email protected] TROY — There are few creatures that both humans and nature depend on as much as bees and local Apiarist Gwyn Marini wants people to know about bees, their bene...