At 12:00 AM 3/24/2010, you wrote: >Sounds like you have it covered. I was looking for specific cultivar suggestions... not all buckwheats are equivalent, for example. >I'd suggest wild mustard if you want a really good pollen >source. More so than sunflowers. Sunflowers (birdseed) gives me something to market at the farmers market. I have 20 acresant. Some is taken up with sweet corn and popcorn for the farmers market, which supplements honey sales. >I let my hay field go to flower before mowing since I am not selling >the hay and our boarders are far less worried about protein levels that some. Yes I'm intending to let it flower >You could also plant a later season wildflower or encourage wild >areas that focus on end of season blooms. Looking at New England Aster >Stop using fertilizers, and grub killers, and let it balance out. Done all that, we'll be certified organic in June 2011 if all works out. What I have surrounding is corn and soybeans, including users of neonics (Imid). Trying to do my best here... Rob Green Bluffwood Creek Organic Farm & Apiary Pittsboro, Indiana *********************************************** The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html Access BEE-L directly at: http://community.lsoft.com/scripts/wa-LSOFTDONATIONS.exe?A0=BEE-L