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Today I made a Mango Papaya Lime Sorbet; summer is coming!  Along with that I made a pound of sweet cream butter using my new to me 1940's Gem Dandy butter churn.  I purchased it yesterday locally and it worked great!  I also checked up on the bees and it looks like one hive is slightly stronger than the other.  The feeding of simple syrup continues.

I"ve just ordered some items from New England Cheesemaking Supply Company. Now that the cows are out in the fields here in the Hudson Valley it is time to start making some cheddar cheeses.

There is a mixed bag of news to tell you. 

The good news is today I installed two bee NUC's so we have honeybees back in our yard and gardens again!  They are being fed a 1 to 1 simple syrup and I have hive reducers on each of the entrances. It is early to tell, but they seem like they have settled in nicely.

The bad news is it looks like a lean year for tree fruit and hardy kiwis at the B&B this year.  The combination of late pruning and those late killer frosts have taken their toll.  As they say, wait till next year!