The Pickled Prepper
It's always nice to open a beehive and find it full of bees! As the honey flow starts, the more bees there are, the more honey they will bring home.

Homestead Updates and Prepping Thoughts

Updates on the economy, precious metals pricing, our beehives, our solar power system, and the use of drones for prepping.
Chickens enjoying the spring grass, clover, and weeds.

Are you Prepping in Small Steps or Big?

Whether you prep slowly, a little at a time, or in big batches doesn't matter as much as being prepared when the SHTF. Here's what I did this week.
Person with a cold taking their temperature

A Quick Update from Pete

Pete is laid up with one of the many viruses making the rounds. Our rate of posting may drop off for a few days until he makes a recovery.
A box of bees

Trees, Bees, and the Great Outdoors

The harvest continues and the work doesn't end. After a rainy weekend, we get outside to harvest honey, vegetables and do chores.
This was Tuesday's harvest as our garden hits its stride.

Vegetables, Critters and Bees on the Homestead

The garden is flourishing, the bees are piling up the honey, and an assortment of young critters is trying to make our homestead their home.
The peas (left) and beans are blooming.

It’s Better to get Shocked than Stung

This is the peak of production on the homestead. In a survival situation, this is when we would be packing on pounds to get us through the winter.
You can see why weed whacking is needed as our beehives are surrounded by weeds and flowers. he bees, however, are happy and productive.

A Late Summer Cool Snap; Homestead and Prepping Updates

It's a good time of year for homesteading, but the calendar also makes it an important time to do some prepping.
Cutting our garage door down to size.

Why I Boarded up my Garage Door

It's been a busy spring, but that didn't stop us from doing a minor renovation to our garage and adding a new door.
Seeing the fellow at the top of the landslide in Samaritan's Purse orange T-shirt helps put into perspective how large our landslide is.

We Tackle the Landslide and Make other Repairs

Twelve weeks after Hurricane Helene tore up our mountain, we continue to make progress with the cleanup. This time, we tackle the landslide.
A small part can make a big difference.

For want of a Hose Clamp

Nothing like running out of water when you have a house full of people. Because we have spare parts on hand, we got back up and running quickly.
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