You know that feeling when you realize you have bitten off more than you can chew. This is a little bit how bee keeping feels to me this Spring. Now, mind you, that HUGE bite is delicious! However being a gardener, with beds to prepare, Spring crops going in, lots of...
Grow Your Own Food Right Where You Are!
Let’s face it growing your own food can be a mystery, especially if you have never done it before. My passion is to show you how to grow your own fresh organic groceries right where you are!
Backyard Bee Keeping
I Caught a Swarm of Bees in my Trap!
Has there ever been a day for you that you crawled into the bed at the end of the night body weary, but you have a smile on your face that just won't quit. Well that was last Saturday night for me. Saturday morning my friend Henry and I took down the swarm...
We found the queen! How to Calm Down a Hot Hive.
First of all, thank you for everyone who prayed protection over us as we dived into this really hot hive. It worked! The hive was remarkably well behaved. Remember that story from vacation bible school when Jesus calmed the storm? Well, pay attention because the wind...
Africanized bees! Re-queening the Hive!
Let's just begin with an introduction to "Blondie and the Girls" They are my Langstroth hive and a force to be reckoned with. They surround you with their frenetic buzzing. There is nothing subtle about these girls. They are upfront and IN YOUR FACE!...
Want to be a Bee Keeper? How to build a swarm trap to bring the bees to you!
Last year I had the most exciting thing happen. I prayed for a swarm and it arrived right at the end of my front sidewalk! If you missed my exciting bee swarm capture last Spring, see it here. Here the North Texas Winter has been more like a long Fall complete with a...
Winter Bee Hive Update
Looking for the queen. We took the window, that this wonderful weather has provided us with, to check on our bee hives. For those of you that are just tuning into our bee adventure; we have a top bar hive, which we named Queenie and the Jets. This is a small but...
Dash
Hi there, my name is Anne-Marie, but my friends call me Dash from the -dash- in my name. My homestead journey started out with one prayer. “Please help me get nutritious, organic food for my family.” Wow, I was surprised how God went about answering that prayer! …..Read More!