Posts Tagged ‘cost’

Rain Barrels Part 1

Posted in Water, tagged , , , , , , on March 29, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

Early on we decided that rain barrels would be a great addition to our homestead.  Our yard is on a slope, and when it rained the water flow over part of the yard would be too much.  Grass wouldn’t grow well in that area, and the ground would get really muddy.  Part of the water […]

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Picking The Right Home… For Our Bees

Posted in Beekeeping, tagged , , , , , , , , , on March 29, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

If you are at all like us, when you hear about beekeeping you think little white boxes stacked alongside a field filled with buckets of honey. It turns out those bee hives have a name: Langstroth Hives. They are great for large scale commercial beekeepers, as well as people who want the convenience of a […]

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To Bee Or Not To Bee

Posted in Beekeeping, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , on March 26, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

Martha and I were talking one day about ways we can become more self-sufficient and got to thinking about bees. We knew very little about bee keeping initially (and are still by no means experts), but what we did know that bees help pollinate plants (so good for our garden), they produce honey (a tasty treat), and that […]

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