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Time to get that rosemary going. I have been taking clips from all over town. You see, just like my bees I want as much genetic diversity in my rosemary as in my apiary. I have not spoken with the Bonick Farm manager John yet,  but I would love to do a run of rosemary of all different varieties down one 50 yard stretch of the orchard. The benefits I can see of rosemary are:
* It is being grown all over town so getting clips for starters is easy
* Drought resistant <> Deer resistant <> Pest resistant
* Blooms off & on most the year
* Great erosion control
* Eatable
* Good sniffer qualities
But the number #1 reason I am up to my nosemary in rosemary right now is it is a fabulous source of pollen and nectar for our bees off and on through-out the year.
My plan for this beekeeping season is to get 3 functioning apiaries with the best genetic stock in the Napa Valley. One in the Carnaros region, one in Oakville, and the showcase apiary in St. Helena. My goal is to offer the bees at all three location different pollen and nectar sources year round and record which bees do best. The three plants I'd like to focus on are rosemary, of course, lambs ear, and borage. Not saying these will be the only forage I will be suplimenting but using them as my baseline. So if you are a beekeeper, especially in the rural areas of Napa,  you best get your forage on!

Two different kinds of rosemary and two of the same lavender (mine)

I just piled a big fat mound of rich soil in a nusery tray and cut the babies loose (mine)


I chose new growth to clip from and stripped some of the folige from the bottom before planting
(mine)

Some I left the flowers - some I used rootone (mine)


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