Tag: Beekeeping

Homesteading takes investment of time ad money. Sometimes it is planned; other times it catches you by surprise.

The blizzard behind us, the warm temperatures provide relief for people and livestock and a chance to do homestead chores.

The cold is giving us a rest as outdoor chores dwindle and we have time to relax and step back from the demands of homesteading.

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.

The bees look strong heading into the fall, but our mite check turned up some Varroa mites in one of our larger hives.

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.

Have you ever checked the caloric content of vegetables? Many of them offer just a coupe hundred calories per pound. Give yourself survival options.

They say you gotta make hay when the sun shines. Around here, we make firewood, practice beekeeping, and do other outdoor chores.

As our last frost date is behind us and temperatures rise, we "spring" into full speed, as do our bees and the plants in our garden beds.