Tag: Honey

The spring honey harvest is complete, and it yielded some of the tastiest honey Pete has ever produced.

As summer draws to an end, we harvest our honey crop and some of the last vegetables from the garden. Before winter sets in is also a good time to check that all systems are functioning.

Inflation hits hardest in the grocery store, but you can offset that with a garden and livestock. It can also add some spending money to your pocket.

We finished extracting, filtering and bottling honey. Now we need to add labels and deliver it to our local retailers and customers.

Summer is busy on the homestead. We have to take advantage of the warm weather to grow and harvest what food we can in a limited time.

Pete is trying not to count his eggs before they hatch, but all indications point to a large spring honey harvest. And that's just part of the news.

If we face a war in the Middle East with possible shortages and terrorism, the homestead becomes an increasingly important part of our preps.

After a big honey harvest in late August, the bees surprised us and kept producing for another month. We got anther 50 pounds.

I have plenty of bees, but little honey. We are all waiting for something to bloom besides wildflowers and clover so the honey flow can start.

Storing food is critical to survival, but raising your own food can provide critical calories and help extend the life of your food storage.