Are Automatic Chicken Doors Worth It?
We’ve been keeping chickens for about 15 years and over the years I’ve thought about getting an automatic chicken coop door. But, honestly, it didn’t …
Birds and Bees
Using Honey for Allergies – breaking down the evidence
As a family who keeps bees I’m often asked about using honey for allergies – mainly, does it work? The simple answer is “it depends.” …
Spring Honey Harvest
On Monday, Gabriel woke up and said, “Today is the day to check the bee hives.” We’ve had so much rain that there really hasn’t …
What’s Up With the Bees?
The bees are doing so much better this year than they did last year. I’m chalking it up to cooler weather and some rain. Also, …
Relocating Bees
In case you don’t already know, Gabriel is our resident beekeeper. He’s 16 and is building quite a business for himself. It’s really exciting to …
Cold Weather Animal Care
I am taking part in a posting series related to the topic of “Homesteading in the Winter.” Each Thursday there will be a new post …
chicken update
One of the things that was on my summer to do list was finish painting the chicken house that we expanded. We had to expand …
Bees {an update}
We lost one hive over the winter to carpenter ants and we made plans this spring to order packaged bees to replace it and replace a …
look what the stork brought
You might remember that a few weeks ago I mentioned that a friend from church brought over some eggs for out incubator. Well, Friday …
weekend blessings
Last night as we were playing a game of Spades, a friend from church called and asked Carl if we wanted some fertile eggs. Really? …