Tag: Homesteading

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

Bee season has peaked and the brood nests will get smaller and smaller. What you do now will determine if your bees make it through winter.

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.