It’s that time of year again! Many beekeepers, new and experienced, will start to look ways to purchase their bees this year. But should you purchase a nuc or packaged bees? I’ll try to answer that question with “Everything You Need to Know About Getting Started with Bees”. You can find them for sale all…
The Garden
How to Propagate Strawberry Plants from Runners
As Fall approaches, it’s time to get the strawberry patch weeded, fertilized and expanded! I want to show you how easy it is to create new strawberry plants through propagation! Here’s my train-wreck of a strawberry patch! I’ve ignored it since harvest time (Spring), other than to “chop and drop” the chives. But with some…
How to Propagate Tomatoes from Cuttings
I’ll admit that I’m a bit depressed that tomato season is coming to a close….but never fear, you can still have tomato plants when the snow flies. How? Well, let me show you “How to Over Winter Tomato Plants”! While it would be quite impossible (and somewhat crazy!) to bring your entire plant inside, you…
How to Dehydrate Tomatoes
The only thing more wonderful that picking gorgeous red tomatoes from your garden, is putting them up for winter! But when you’ve canned and frozen all the tomatoes you need, why not learn how to dehydrate tomatoes? This year wasn’t my best tomato crop. Everyone has years like that. Fortunately for me, I still have…
5 Mistakes Newbie Homesteaders Make
Your homestead dream finally comes true! Dreams of livestock and gardens fill your head – the sky’s the limit! I’ve been there, and it’s wonderful. But, in my “homesteading bliss”, we made some critical errors that cost us a lot of time and money. It’s never flattering to expose our mistakes in life, but…