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Category: Around the Farm
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Category: Around the Farm

From goat-raising to greenhouse-building, everything that is a part of homesteading falls into this category. For ease, we’ll be subdividing, so you can find what you’re after in a hurry!

Choose Your Own Adventure… Err… Garden Blog
Gardening

Choose Your Own Adventure… Err… Garden Blog

By Handyman April 6, 2021 April 6, 2021 0

Back at it, again, Readers! I’m excited to be writing blogs again. I have a huge list of things I can write about, that I’ve done and experimented with over the last few years. I may have stopped writing, but I never stopped learning and growing. Like I said yesterday, …

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Back In The Garden Again!
Gardening

Back In The Garden Again!

By Handyman April 5, 2021 April 5, 2021 0

Hello, Readers! Handyman here, again. I haven’t written a blog in years, but I haven’t stopped improving/trying new things every year; and I have quite a bit to share with you. I’m changing the way I blog, in a good way for you guys, I hope. I’m going to write …

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Harvesting Honey – It’s Easier And Harder Than You’d Think…
Beekeeping

Harvesting Honey – It’s Easier And Harder Than You’d Think…

By Papa September 16, 2017 September 14, 2017 0

Harvesting honey is an activity the whole family will want to get in on. Trust me… When it comes to beekeeping, there are about a thousand ways to do pretty much any task. At least, that’s how it seems if you ever try to get advice on how to do …

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Organic Enchilada Sauce

Organic Enchilada Sauce

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This week I have a super simple recipe for you to try. Have you ever wanted to make your own homemade and organic enchilada sauce? Well, now you can! It is so quick and easy to make, I’m sure you’ll be amazed! How Amazed Will You Be, You Ask? (Please …

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An Update – Life at Zion Family Homestead
About Us, Around the Farm

An Update – Life at Zion Family Homestead

By Lala September 9, 2017 September 9, 2017 0

Life is crazy! Not just here at the Zion Family Homestead. Life in general. Just when you think you’ve got it all under control, BAM! It’s spiraling out of that same control. Or perhaps it’s just that control is only an imaginary concept. And I am quite silly for even …

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Zion Family Homestead – Time to Catch Up
Gardening

Zion Family Homestead – Time to Catch Up

By Handyman August 4, 2017 August 7, 2017 0

Hello, Readers! First off, I would like to apologize for being away from the blog for the last six weeks. Things have been extremely busy for me, but that’s not an excuse. I will do better. And it is obvious it’s time for some Zion Family Homestead catch up! I …

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Bee Products? Bees Make Something Other Than Honey?!
Beekeeping

Bee Products? Bees Make Something Other Than Honey?!

By Papa July 22, 2017 July 17, 2017 0

Perhaps this will be a shock to you. Perhaps it won’t. But bees actually produce more than just honey. Obviously, the golden sweet stuff is one of our main goals. But when you’re looking at beehives as a matter of self-sufficiency, there are a number of other exciting reasons to …

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Laying Workers? Or a New Queen? How To Tell
Beekeeping

Laying Workers? Or a New Queen? How To Tell

By Papa July 8, 2017 July 5, 2017 0

You know what one of the best parts of having a blog about your hobby is? When something goes wrong. Like a hive having laying workers. If I didn’t have a blog, I’d only have the sad part of knowing my tiny swarm colony was pretty much doomed. Because I …

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If I’m Allergic Can I Still Be A Beekeeper?
Beekeeping

If I’m Allergic Can I Still Be A Beekeeper?

By Papa July 1, 2017 June 27, 2017 3

About 1 in 20 people are allergic to honey bee venom. Among those who are allergic, there are definitely varying degrees of allergy. Stings are a hazard of being a beekeeper. There’s pretty much no way to prevent them. Believe me, when I first started I was very worried about …

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Beehive Upper Entrances – A Little Help For Your Girls
Beekeeping

Beehive Upper Entrances – A Little Help For Your Girls

By Papa June 24, 2017 June 22, 2017 0

Above is H1, also known as ‘The Swarm’. I talked a bit about them last week. It features a pretty unusual piece of ‘bee furniture’. That wooden block on the front. I have been sold on upper entrances for a while now. I don’t have them in all my boxes, …

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