Any of you who have followed us in the past, know we have had gardens the last couple of years. Last year we built the greenhouse and doubled our garden space. 2020 was a year of green beans, canning over 60 pints in addition to all we ate fresh and gave away. 2019 was probably…
Late last year, Philip ordered new bees to join our hive. They were finally ready for pick up this weekend. We are very blessed to have an apiary close by, Philip made the short drive to D & J Apiary in Umatilla to pick up the Italian bees. The apiary has been a wealth of…
Philip was given some lemons just before we left for Kentucky. I didn’t have time while I was preparing to leave on our trip, so we brought them along to juice. Join Me as I Juice These Lemons Old School Using a simple hand juicer, I easily juiced the lemons. It takes a bit of…
We’ve had the bees for almost 4 weeks and they have eaten almost all the food we had given them. Its amazing how often we have to prepare the sugar water solution when feeding the colony. Philip mixed up a new batch of sugar water to fill the feeder. He got a little smoke going…
Philip was working with the bees and they are progressing nicely in the hive. They are busy working to build their new honeycomb on the frames we provided for them. He even saw a larvae. This is really great news that the bees are settling in. Can you spot the Queen in the image below??…
The bees are settling in nicely. Philip spends every free minute learning all he can about them.
Philip has a tree company here in Florida. One of the job hazards that he experiences is bees in the trees that he is tasked to remove. This tree had a large hollow center that the bees had made their home. Philip was able to complete the job without antagonizing the bees too much and…
We are extremely fortunate to not only have our families close by but to also have such supportive families. Both sets of parents came to help with broiler butchering day. Philip’s parents, Danny and Joy Murphy, and my parents, Tom and Betty-Lou Seager. The evening before, Philip and I bathed all the birds we would…
I suppose that most people who are working towards a goal, research and follow other people who are achieving that same goal. Both Philip and I follow several homesteading groups online. Cornish Cross Broilers are a frequent topic on these forums. We were quite intrigued by the fast growth of these birds. When Philip and…
The Peking Duck, our honored guest, must have felt like he arrived in Heaven! The creek was an amazing haven to explore and relax. We tried to tether him, but no matter how we tied the rope to his foot, he untied it. Rather than keep him cooped up, we let him explore during the…
