Tag: Homesteading

Store all the batteries and solar panels you want,; it doesn't matter. One day post-SHTF, all your electronic devices are going to fail.

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

The western drought has spread into the south, threatening agriculture and the food supply. This may be the time to move to the mountains.

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.

Its early in the second year of raising bees and the hives have already produced more honey than they did last year.

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

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.

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.