Gardening, Cooking & DIY Living
Instant Pot Strawberry Honey Jam It is hard to believe that we first posted our Strawberry Honey Jam recipe 5 years ago! This recipe is by far the most popular recipe on our website. In fact, it has had nearly
No matter how hard we work, or how many hours Mary and I might put into our chores, we can never come close to matching the work level of our honey bees at the farm. Our two hives, and the thousands upon thousands of
Last winter was devastating for honeybee hives in our area – and unfortunately, we were not left unscathed. Our single hive was simply unable to survive the extreme cold of January and February and froze out. Contrary to what many people
Anyone who reads our blog with regularity quickly realizes how vital of a role honey plays in our life at the farm. Honey is a main ingredient in our strawberry and blackberry jams, homemade granola crunch cereal, granola bars, whole
Our honeybees and hive had a good first year at the farm – and now that the cold of winter has arrived – they have begun their own version of hibernation. In reality – honeybees do not officially hibernate –
I have to admit that I became quite panicked this past weekend when we had planned a family get together and discovered that the canning pantry was empty of the homemade barbecue sauce that we canned last fall. I had
The dream of having our own bee hive at the farm – and of course our own honey, finally became a reality this past week! On Friday, we received our package of bees and within a few hours – Mary
This week’s Friday recipe focuses on cereal, something Jim and I love to eat! We both have been looking for ways to add oatmeal, nuts and more fruit into our diet – and what better way than homemade granola cereal!
I can’t believe it’s Sunday Farm Update time already! I really have no idea where the days of this past week went…that is, until I look in the garage. Yes, that’s right – the same garage that had just been
The Plans For 2013… As November rolled into December this past week – Mary and I began to think about our goals for the farm in 2013. Even though we still have a month to finish our goals list –