by Chef's Garden | Sep 10, 2019 | Sustainable Agriculture
Delicate Dance: Bees and Sustainability At The Chef’s Garden, we never try to outsmart Mother Nature. Instead, we farm in full accord with her rhythms, a humble participant in the intricate choreography of the seasons—and we acknowledge that honeybees play a pivotal...
by Chef's Garden | Sep 13, 2018 | Ecological Impact
Our buckwheat cover crop, meant to nourish the soil, has become a pit stop for Monarch butterflies on their cross-country voyage home. The butterflies are being drawn to the farm right now by the sweet nectar found in the blooms of the buckwheat plant. By the...
by Chef's Garden | May 9, 2017 | Agriculture
The one-word answer is: pollination. To get more in-depth information about the importance of bees, we talked to John Schick, an experienced beekeeper who is the vice president of the Sandusky River Valley Beekeeping Association. He’s also the expert The Chef’s Garden...