1/4 Acre Farms

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...

08/12/2023

Hello ladies 🐝 on this warm December day. You've made it through the cold so far but winter's still not officially here. You're still preparing, even finding pollen.

12/11/2023

Slicing fresh yard picked Early Girl tomatoes in November. I think they need a new name.

31/10/2023

It's not over till it's over. Don't tell the strawberries winter 's coming. Picked these beauties this week.

04/09/2023

This has been a hard garden year, but still having some wins. Strawberry lovin' and the lesser known ground cherries.

12/08/2023

Just got back from visiting friends in France. The diversity of the bumblebees was amazing! The white tailed bumblebee was my favorite.

20/07/2023

Doing some bee education this week: Madison County ROE Ag Camp and Main Street Community Center Lunch & Learn. Both groups were very engaging and asked great questions. A couple of my ladies came along to help 🐝. Thanks for letting me share the importance of bees!

11/07/2023

Harvesting honey at Nilo Farms! 1/4 Acres Farms installed this swarm capture at Nilo Farms last summer. The ladies have been hard at work and if you visit Nilo for an event or hunt you might get a chance to taste their golden sweet results!

19/06/2023

Any local friends or neighbors want some free fresh dill? We have way more than we can use. I'll also have seed heads soon if you want to grow your own. It's the black swallowtail butterfly's host plant. Stop by or send me a PM.

14/06/2023

Tomatoes Free To a Good Home:
Volunteers, I love them. The ones you didn't plant but grew anyway, which especially happens when you've been gardening in the same place for years. These are the gritty, determined ones and I have a hard time pulling them. So there are volunteer tomatoes by my mailbox for the taking.

05/06/2023

It was a busy spring saving the bees! The best part was our kids getting in on the action. On our bike ride home from school we came upon a bee swarm just beginning to form - what are the chances? Our youngest got to watch while the bees settled into a heart shaped swarm. Our oldest also got to assist on an emergency swarm capture at a high school. Never a dull moment!

25/05/2023

Thank you Triad High School and Kenny Deatherage for calling a beekeeper and saving the bees! This was the most fun swarm catch I've done all year. My daughter Julietta Marini got to do her first assist in front of quite a crowd. The bees cooperated and we got them in a box just before the dismissal bell - no pressure!

25/05/2023

28/04/2023

New residents here on the 1/4 Acre...

22/04/2023

Thank you Albert Cassens Elementary for inviting me to Garden Club this week. What a fun time teaching kiddos about bees! They had some great questions and comments and were very engaging. Such a good program to develop student interest in gardening and nature.

16/04/2023

Things are waking up here on our 1/4 acre!

10/02/2023

Planning our garden. Would anyone be interested in homegrown loofa sponges pesticide and herbicide free? Good for showers and dishes.

28/12/2022

Thanks to everyone for the many compliments on the taste and packaging of our honey! Dreaming of warmer days like this one on 1/4 Acre Farms.

18/11/2022

Local raw honey sustainably harvested from a chemical free state-inspected hive on a 1/4 acre farm in Glen Carbon. Bottled in earth friendly glass jars:

$15 - 12 oz easy pour - Available (limited quantities)
$8 - 6.75 oz with bamboo lid - Available
$4 - 2 oz gift size - Available

Availability and prices are current. Send us a PM to order!