Homesteading on the Homefront

We decided to harvest some honey today and give the new extractor a whirl (heh.  No pun intended!)  The first step is to rob the bee...

I just got back from an amazing bee conference in West Chester, PA.  My friend Donna Rae and I left Tuesday morning and got back yesterd...

Whenever you add new chickens to your flock, it's good to isolate them at first to make sure they are healthy and don't infect yo...

I knew almost immediately after Clara Belle went to his new home that we would have to replace him.  Three chickens were barely keeping us i...

I've been MIA all week...  because I've been knee-deep in VBS.  The theme this year was "Athens" and I was snack coordin...

We got in the bees today.  We confirmed the queen is alive and well in our single-story Nuc.  Which means it's ready to go to a new b...

I love looking out the kitchen window while I'm doing dishes and watching the chickens peck and scratch.  It's so peaceful. If onl...