Tag: Beekeeping

Despite solar power deficits and excessively warm weather, the escalating geopolitical friction proves why self-reliant rural living beats blue city decay.

Early goldenrod and ironweed signal a fast-approaching autumn. It's time to wrap up summer, make the fall harvest, and prep for the coming winter.

There are downsides to homestead life, but we manage them, do preventive maintenance, and prep to mitigate the downsides.

Summer homesteading is about more than harvesting and preserving food; it's about getting ready for the coming winter.

The honey is rolling into the homestead! As we prepare for our largest harvest yet, we take our new extractor for a spin.

A fellow beekeeper raises her own queens and has extra mated queens. She asked me if I needed any. Since I had two under-performing...

We are gearing up to produce more eggs and honey for our use and for sale. Its an important part of our self-sufficiency.

The first part of the honey harvest is in and being bottled, but there will be one or two more this year as honey remains on the hives.

Rural life isn't easy, but it can be interesting and challenging. This weekend proves the point, from contaminated water to animal rescues.

The lack of rain is affecting humans, honeybees, and plants, but some relief may lie on the horizon, at least in the Appalachians.