The Times - Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley

Dena Wood

Mark Montgomery, Sr. and his wife, Eleanora, have been beekeeping and gardening together since they met on the island of Dominica 30 years ago. Today, they grow prolific vegetable and flower gardens for their own use and enjoyment at their Whetstone Springs home. They also grow eight varieties of hardneck garlic for market and sell their local Whetstone Springs Honey at the Blue Mountain Station artisan market in Dayton. Here, Mark inspects one of his 22 bee colonies.