Homesteading

Here are the details on how we insulate and wrap our hives to give our bees an added chance to survive the winter, plus a farm inflation report.

The pretty autumn leaves have given way to dead, brown oak leaves and gray skies as the fun days of fall give way to the gray days of winter

Bears and warmer weather return to the homestead. Hopefully we'll see the last of the bears once it turns cold again and stays cold.

With a hard freeze expected this coming week, we have to wrap up our pre-winter preps on the homestead, but it isn't all work and no play.

Regardless of what is happening in the big, bad world around us, life goes on. Don't let the big problems distract you from the important things in life.

We take steps towards burying the water pipe from our spring to the house. This should hep prevent freezing and ensure we have water in any conditions.

It's peak harvest time on the homestead, but our raised beds would never be enough to sustain us during an emergency.

Decapping, extracting, filtering and bottling are steps required to take honey from the comb to the bottle.

The harvest continues and the work doesn't end. After a rainy weekend, we get outside to harvest honey, vegetables and do chores.

How-to information for newbies plus tips and techniques to make raising chickens and getting fresh eggs quick and easy.