A Taste of Naples Pizza

10/28/2026

Believe it or not, prior to starting the pizza business, I was giving some thought to starting a mailbox replacement business. Many mailboxes seem to be in pretty bad shape that you see as you drive through neighborhoods. I eventually decided that people wouldn’t be willing to pay much for new mailboxes and it seemed like it would be a lot of work!

We share a single mailbox stand with three of our neighbors. It was already installed when we moved in 26 years ago and had lasted quite well until someone backed into it a few weeks ago.

Having now gone through the process of removing the old mailbox, building the new one and installing it I can confidently say I’m glad I went the pizza route instead. 😁😁

The only “before” picture I have is the old mailbox pulled up and sitting in my trailer to take to Papillion dump days. 😁

It was also my first time using post hole diggers in about 45 years since growing up on the farm. We used to say that we earned our “PHD” in the spring when we were digging lots of post holes to repair fence.

10/04/2026

Just sharing some unfortunate news from the beekeeping side of my life.

Some of my hives were washed off their stands by 3’ of flood waters a few days ago. Those hives will probably not survive. I had several others that remained in place but still had water rise several inches up into the hive. I’m hopeful that they will all survive but it’s a little bit of a waiting game.

Cross your fingers for the bees!! 🙂

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09/22/2026

Just a reminder of our Sourdough Bread class that we offer. Fully hands on and you take home your own sourdough starter and a loaf of dough to bake at home. Four hour class in my home kitchen for 3-5 people. $90/person with the pizza option(we make/bake/eat my famous pizza) or $75/person without pizza.

October and November are great times for classes or a class makes a great Christmas present for those wanting to gift an “experience “.

Pic of this morning’s loaves and a few shots from my last class.

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09/19/2026

Anise Hyssop is a great flowering plant for bees and other pollinators. It has a long bloom starting in June. We cut ours back in early August and we’re getting a nice bloom in September again. They’ve had nonstop attention from monarchs the last few days.

09/14/2026

I made a batch of hot honey for a special customer request.

I have a couple extra 1 lb bottles in case anyone is needing a hot honey fix.

$16/bottle hot honey

And of course I have regular honey at $14/bottle.

09/07/2026

Totally fun bread class tonight with three sisters and an Aunt.

Bread classes are about 3-4 hours for 4-5 people. I schedule whenever works well for you. Makes a great “experience” Christmas gift!! Just send me a message for more info.

We made a brand new pizza tonight that was far away the favorite. Alice had made Ratatouille a couple nights ago and it was super tasty. Seemed like it would make a great pizza ingredient and it sure did. See the pics below.

07/29/2026

My bees were bountiful this year!

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07/01/2026

Edit - added pic of a guy sporting a very cool “Parrot Head” hat. 😋

Went to a Jimmy Buffet tribute outdoor concert at Lauritzen Gardens tonight so it was a great opportunity to break out my old “pizza shirt”. 😁😁

06/27/2026

I’ve been known to do some “stealth seeding” of wildflower pollinator mixes on construction projects on public land.

I’ve never had much luck before but finally got some going from a patch that were seeded a couple years ago.

06/22/2026

For all of you “makers“ out there for Nebraska beekeeper Association is putting on a makers symposium on July 18 in Kearney.

There are lots of fun sessions where you will make and take things home.

I’ll be teaching a session on sourdough bread making where we’ll make a loaf of sourdough that you’ll take home to bake (you’ll also take home your own sourdough starter!)

I’ll also teach another session on Mead making where you will start a gallon of one of my favorite mead recipes in class and you will finish it at home.

If you want to learn about Bees, the guest speaker will be Bob Binnie, who is one of the most knowledgeable people in the world about beekeeping.

All of the sessions can be signed up for independently. So come for one or come for all!!

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