Each day, during my morning break at work, I peruse my website to look at the statistics on the traffic that comes through it.  I review my previous blog post for grammatical or spelling errors, I look at the products we are currently offering and try to think of new ones that we can offer … Continue reading Essential Oils..Why?

I love the fall.  It is probably my favorite time of year for several reasons.  You have the changing colors of the deciduous tree leaves. The shorter darker days filled with rain and fog, which make those really soft blankets and hot beverages on the porch even more enjoyable.  Fall is also the beginning of … Continue reading It’s All About The People

As I am sitting here on my lunch break at work, I am working on our product descriptions/directions that we send out in each package that someone buys off of Amazon.  It seems that, when you are starting your own company, there is never a point where you can sit back and just let the … Continue reading Learning the Business of Business

As I was growing up, my dad was always telling me how to button up our property for the cold months.  As a jack of all trades, he would often spend his winters doing several activities and most of the time (much to my dismay) he would drag me along.  I can remember several trips … Continue reading Getting Ready For The Cold

Ahh, I love Game of Thrones (GoT).  Ya, I know this is a blog about homesteading, beekeeping, blacksmithing, house restoration, and other "real" working activities but let's be honest.  We all love a good old relaxing time watching TV, playing video games, or just chilling out.  Me?  Well, I love GoT but they are on … Continue reading Winter Is Coming

You are quickly going to be able to see that I have really enjoyed having bees. As I have dabbled in the various aspects of farming our new land, I have figured out what I am good at and what I am not good at.  Sometimes, it pays to be self-aware.  I admit it…I hate … Continue reading Progress and Patience

No, we aren't literally headed to the Amazon.  I don't really feel like being eaten by some ferocious beast or taken hostage by some pygmy who wants to shrink my head. Even though it is far less dangerous, we have officially launched our first product on amazon.com!  Thanks to my good friend, Chaser, we have … Continue reading Headed to the Amazon

So, Michelle and I finished scraping the honey off of the frames.  I'm not sure if it was the "right" way to do it, but it was the free way to do it.  By next spring, we will have the proper tooling to extract the honey by spinning the frames in a centrifugal honey extractor. … Continue reading Honey For Us!

A couple days ago, I mentioned that I would be checking in on the hive when I got home to see what the progress was on the honey supers I added a few weeks ago.  Well, I did and boy was I amazed at the progress the bees had made!  Both supers were about 80% … Continue reading The Sweet Life

So here we are again.  It’s been a while since my last post, but things have been busy.  I’m sure all of you understand how it is trying to balance work, family, fun, work at the house, and all of the things that come up with life. So, here I go, trying to give you … Continue reading No Rest for the Wicked