Snake Hill Permaculture
@snakehill.bsky.social
We are a permaculture experimental space in Western New York overlooking Lake Erie from the Chautauqua Ridge.
Zone 6b to 7a
www.youtube.com/@SnakeHillPermaculture
https://www.snakehill.farm/
Zone 6b to 7a
www.youtube.com/@SnakeHillPermaculture
https://www.snakehill.farm/
Finally we had some lake effect rain after our long drought and Snake Hill Creek is running again!
October 24, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Finally we had some lake effect rain after our long drought and Snake Hill Creek is running again!
After a long hot dry summer we finally got some rain. Which means the cold season shiitakes are beginning to pop!
October 20, 2025 at 5:46 PM
After a long hot dry summer we finally got some rain. Which means the cold season shiitakes are beginning to pop!
Picking midseason cabbage today and laying up some sauerkraut! This is from our second season winter compost bed. Time to start our fall cabbage plants
June 19, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Picking midseason cabbage today and laying up some sauerkraut! This is from our second season winter compost bed. Time to start our fall cabbage plants
Setting up the next year's batch of spruce tip balsamic vinegar. This was such a success that I am making larger batches this year. We used Norway and white spruce tips as well as our homemade apple scrap vinegar as well as honey from our bees. Now to put it in a cabinet and shake it every so often
May 30, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Setting up the next year's batch of spruce tip balsamic vinegar. This was such a success that I am making larger batches this year. We used Norway and white spruce tips as well as our homemade apple scrap vinegar as well as honey from our bees. Now to put it in a cabinet and shake it every so often
Snake Hill Creek is pretty tame today. Love these little waterfalls.
May 29, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Snake Hill Creek is pretty tame today. Love these little waterfalls.
Happy International Bee Day! We just caught a swarm! These swarmed from our Hobbit hive.
We'll transfer these bees to the Sunflower hive once they get established
We'll transfer these bees to the Sunflower hive once they get established
May 20, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Happy International Bee Day! We just caught a swarm! These swarmed from our Hobbit hive.
We'll transfer these bees to the Sunflower hive once they get established
We'll transfer these bees to the Sunflower hive once they get established
Many snakes out today around our new food forest area. Snake Hill Permaculture bringing all the snakes to the garden. They especially love to hide near the comfreys.
May 14, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Many snakes out today around our new food forest area. Snake Hill Permaculture bringing all the snakes to the garden. They especially love to hide near the comfreys.
Northern paper wasp, Polistes fuscatus, building a nest under one of the honeyberry bushes. Luckily this one isn't fruiting this year so we'll just keep our distance from each other. Eat the caterpillars friend!
May 13, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Northern paper wasp, Polistes fuscatus, building a nest under one of the honeyberry bushes. Luckily this one isn't fruiting this year so we'll just keep our distance from each other. Eat the caterpillars friend!
Last hive going out for the season. This is our sunflower hive, it is baited and strapped down. If you see a bee let them know we have vacancy!
May 1, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Last hive going out for the season. This is our sunflower hive, it is baited and strapped down. If you see a bee let them know we have vacancy!
Frogs are waking up again. Here's a Northern green frog, Lithobates clamitans, that is wandering around the nursery.
April 29, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Frogs are waking up again. Here's a Northern green frog, Lithobates clamitans, that is wandering around the nursery.
First fiddleheads from the ostrich fern, Matteuccia struthiopteris. We are reintroducing these to our woodland habitat to combat erosion and to add more diversity as well as a future food source.
April 25, 2025 at 6:01 PM
First fiddleheads from the ostrich fern, Matteuccia struthiopteris. We are reintroducing these to our woodland habitat to combat erosion and to add more diversity as well as a future food source.
Serviceberry, Amelanchier canadensis, is in bloom now. A very early bloomer, this is a great bee fodder and one of the earliest producing berries in June. That is, if you can wrest any from the birds! Fair Share
April 22, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Serviceberry, Amelanchier canadensis, is in bloom now. A very early bloomer, this is a great bee fodder and one of the earliest producing berries in June. That is, if you can wrest any from the birds! Fair Share
Today we planted out a mulberry hedge and some Japanese and Chinese Szechuan peppers by the old horse fence. I'm hoping the incredible thorns of the Szechuan pepper helps deter the deer who often follow the fence line
April 18, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Today we planted out a mulberry hedge and some Japanese and Chinese Szechuan peppers by the old horse fence. I'm hoping the incredible thorns of the Szechuan pepper helps deter the deer who often follow the fence line
First flush of shiitakes are going in the dehydrator! Hopefully we get thunderstorms this weekend and have another round as many of the logs haven't flushed yet, the extra snow slowed everything down. These are on sugar maple logs from a large fallen branch off our Grandmother tree
April 17, 2025 at 6:38 PM
First flush of shiitakes are going in the dehydrator! Hopefully we get thunderstorms this weekend and have another round as many of the logs haven't flushed yet, the extra snow slowed everything down. These are on sugar maple logs from a large fallen branch off our Grandmother tree
Time to start fishing for bees!
We're in a better position this year because we now have drawn out comb from last year. I put one in each swarm trap. All the other frames just have strips of wax so the scouts can measure the cavity easier. This trap is going to one of the large shagbark hickories
We're in a better position this year because we now have drawn out comb from last year. I put one in each swarm trap. All the other frames just have strips of wax so the scouts can measure the cavity easier. This trap is going to one of the large shagbark hickories
April 7, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Time to start fishing for bees!
We're in a better position this year because we now have drawn out comb from last year. I put one in each swarm trap. All the other frames just have strips of wax so the scouts can measure the cavity easier. This trap is going to one of the large shagbark hickories
We're in a better position this year because we now have drawn out comb from last year. I put one in each swarm trap. All the other frames just have strips of wax so the scouts can measure the cavity easier. This trap is going to one of the large shagbark hickories
Dream Rabbit hive is secured and baited for a new swarm. If you see any bees let them know we have space available at Snake Hill Permaculture!
April 7, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Dream Rabbit hive is secured and baited for a new swarm. If you see any bees let them know we have space available at Snake Hill Permaculture!
Busy planting our bareroot trees an bushes. Today we put in more jujubes, cherry, apple and pawpaw trees. We also added more goumi bushes into the system. I also planted out over 120 black currants an jostaberries from cuttings. Lots of mud!
April 6, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Busy planting our bareroot trees an bushes. Today we put in more jujubes, cherry, apple and pawpaw trees. We also added more goumi bushes into the system. I also planted out over 120 black currants an jostaberries from cuttings. Lots of mud!
We had a bunch of thunderstorms roll through two days ago and now we have a big shiitake flush in our mushroom garden! We inoculated these on red maple. More rain coming overnight
April 4, 2025 at 8:22 PM
We had a bunch of thunderstorms roll through two days ago and now we have a big shiitake flush in our mushroom garden! We inoculated these on red maple. More rain coming overnight
We planted out over 120 black and pink currant cuttings and some jostaberry today! Here is one of our black currants that is just starting to break dormancy from last year.
April 4, 2025 at 3:26 PM
We planted out over 120 black and pink currant cuttings and some jostaberry today! Here is one of our black currants that is just starting to break dormancy from last year.
Fuki is starting to come up down by pawpaw creek.
April 4, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Fuki is starting to come up down by pawpaw creek.
It's tree planting season! We are starting to get in all of our orders we put in this winter and we seem to be planting everyday. Today we planted out two white figs, two hardy Chicago figs and two American plums. We planted the plums near Nanking cherries, they should make a good beginning guild
March 28, 2025 at 8:37 PM
It's tree planting season! We are starting to get in all of our orders we put in this winter and we seem to be planting everyday. Today we planted out two white figs, two hardy Chicago figs and two American plums. We planted the plums near Nanking cherries, they should make a good beginning guild
New Layens hive set up in the apiary today. Ukrainian hive is leveled, baited, strapped down and metal tie wrapped to the iron stakes (Lake Erie winds and some bear protection). Hoping for a new swarm to make their home here this spring.
We still have two more hives to set up over the next month
We still have two more hives to set up over the next month
March 23, 2025 at 7:16 PM
New Layens hive set up in the apiary today. Ukrainian hive is leveled, baited, strapped down and metal tie wrapped to the iron stakes (Lake Erie winds and some bear protection). Hoping for a new swarm to make their home here this spring.
We still have two more hives to set up over the next month
We still have two more hives to set up over the next month
It's fascinating how the syrup's color changes over the season. Not only the color but the taste as well, in the beginning the light color is more like honey and later it develops the rich maple taste
March 22, 2025 at 3:36 PM
It's fascinating how the syrup's color changes over the season. Not only the color but the taste as well, in the beginning the light color is more like honey and later it develops the rich maple taste
The ground has finally thawed enough so it's spring tree planting season. Yesterday we planted out four additional pawpaws and today we are planting eastern redbuds. We've been using homemade charcoal as the only amendment in the soil, it seems to improve the trees vigor for sure. Native plants win!
March 20, 2025 at 8:19 PM
The ground has finally thawed enough so it's spring tree planting season. Yesterday we planted out four additional pawpaws and today we are planting eastern redbuds. We've been using homemade charcoal as the only amendment in the soil, it seems to improve the trees vigor for sure. Native plants win!
A mad dash right before the thunderstorm!
March 16, 2025 at 5:49 PM
A mad dash right before the thunderstorm!