Tag: Homesteading
A New Beekeeper’s Guide to Setting Up Your First Beehive
Are you a new beekeeper? Congratulations! Let's get your new hive set up and ready before your bees arrive.
How to Avoid Losing Your Authentic Self and Getting Carried Away
Did you leave the rat race only to find you moved it to your backyard? I see this in YouTube creators who drift away from their authentic selves in pursuit of subscribers and the all mighty dollar. Avoid this trap and get back to your roots.
The Walls are Up as Chicken Coop Framing Continues
More sunny weather allowed us to make substantial progress on our chicken coop yesterday. We expect to pick up with roofing late next week.
Warm Weather Allows us to Make Excellent Progress on our Chicken...
Back to the grind stone--or should I say nail gun? Warm, dry weather allowed me to get back into the field and work on framing the chicken coop.
Spring Shows Up For a Few Days, the Tease
The yellow blooms of forsythia in the valley below us herald the coming of spring, but our mountain locations keeps it at bay.
Outdoor Work Resumes as the Weather Warms Again
Warm, dry weather means its time to work outdoors, so we recently picked up where we had left off with the garden fencing project.
A New, Local Queen and Bees to Strengthen our Hive
When we went to pick up the bee hive components I had ordered, we found a source for local queens and bees to help our hive start off strong.
Picking the Best Breeds for our Bee and Chick Orders
As spring comes closer, we order our bee hive, bees, and chicks. It was a learning experience but we will plan better next year.
