Today Dave and I were privileged to take part in the grand opening of British Columbia's newest Cidery - Left Field Cider Co. Their full-juice,...
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First foundationless frame drawn
Dave and I did a full inspection on our bees today. It was the first time that I backed off and let him handle a hive without me getting all excited...
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What’s needed: Time
One of the objectives of this past year's cider viability project was to share not only the results of the testbatch surveys, but also provide some...
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Mid-May Update: Blossoms & Bees
Apple blossoms are coming into full bloom now. It's such a beautiful time, especially in the big old standard trees. These are Manchurian Crab...
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A quick peek at our honeybees…
Yesterday I took a quick peek in at our honeybees. To be honest I don't really know what I'm looking for, but they seem to be doing quite well on all...
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Grafting Project: Done
We just wrapped up such a fun weekend, our first experience with grafting. We changed an unprofitable block of Golden Delicious apples over to the...
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Grafting Project: Part 1
Many of the well-known apple varieties that our generation grew up with have recently fallen out of favour with consumers. Honeycrisp, Gala, Ambrosia...
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The Cider Project: Introduction
For some years now, we have casually thrown around the idea of starting an estate Cidery. Spring of 2011 we decided to explore the idea a little...
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