We are delighted to report that Grateful Trees and Bees is partnering with For Garden’s Sake to offer a free pruning workshop! Participation is limited to ten students. Follow the below links to register. Tree Pruning for Beginners Saturday, February 1, 10am-11am In the N.C. Piedmont, winter is the ideal time […]
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In the Grateful Trees and Bees kitchen garden a few rows of carrots wait for some good solid frosts to sweeten them up and a mini forest of Russian kale — with beautiful frilly green leaves that deepen to purple — stands ready to brave the Winter solstice to come. […]
Through the Grateful Trees and Bees’ Meet Your North Carolina Native Trees blog series, we’ll introduce you to the native trees we consider our friends.* Betula nigra Common Name: River Birch Family: Betulaceae Native Range: Eastern United States Zone: 4 to 9 Height @ 15 years: 25 feet Height @ […]
One of Grateful Trees and Bees’ guiding principles goes like this: “Look around you for what’s required – life provides for necessity.” We certainly employ it in our tree services operations, choosing to see the wood debris generated by tree pruning or tree removal not as disposable waste, but rather […]
A Grateful Trees & Bees guest post from our friend at HarvestLiberty.net. I will never forget the first time I watched Grandpa Jack deadhead a marigold and scatter its seeds. It was a flat out miracle. I took high school biology, so I knew about the birds and the bees, […]
It’s harvest time in the Piedmont of North Carolina. At Grateful Trees and Bees that means we’re bringing in from our kitchen garden carrots, sweet potatoes, chard, peppers, green beans and the errant, late blooming tomato or cucumber. It also means we’re eagerly awaiting the peak harvest season of our […]
Well, it’s official. At Grateful Trees and Bees’ kitchen garden in Durham, NC the potatoes are tucked all snug in their beds while visions of epic growth dance in their heads. The Farmer’s Almanac has a great online tool for determining the best spring planting dates for your neck of […]
I’m Jennifer, the wife of Grateful Trees & Bee’s owner, Jake, and more often than not, I’ll be the writer of this here blog. Today I’m going to share with you my garden story. I’m guessing it’s a fairly common one for those of us born in the latter half […]