George and I want to grow more goodness in our garden! We discussed how to do this, and decided on creating some raised beds. The first will go right where this row of dead bushes is. We transplanted the bushes from a friend’s yard. We hoped they would screen the beehives a bit and protect […]
Posts Tagged ‘reuse’
Making a Raised Bed from Pallets Part 1: Pallets, Planning, and Prepping
Posted in Garden, tagged conservation, garden, garden bed, homestead, pallet, raised bed, reuse, wood on July 19, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Candlemaking: Attempt #1
Posted in Energy, Household, tagged beekeeping, bees, beeswax, candlemaking, candles, comb, homestead, reuse, solar energy, solar oven, solar power, wax on July 17, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
After receiving this wick material and these wick tabs I was anxious to start making candles! Here at Independence Homestead we try to reuse as many materials as possible, so I had the idea that we could make candles in containers using repurposed glass food jars. We have quite the collection of baby food jars, […]