Category: Homesteading Skills
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Wild Beehive Rescue!

Honey Bee Rescue from a felled tree Getting Started–These kids are awesome! Today at the farm we cut down a huge pine tree that had been struck by lightening last fall. As soon as it hit the ground, we realized that it had been home to a hive of honey bees. Word spread quickly throughout…
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Making a Disappearing Fountain Bird Bath

A Simple Disappearing Fountain Yes, if you look in the background you can clearly see that my grass needs to be mowed. My raised beds are still mostly empty. BUT, my disappearing fountain is finished! Unfortunately, I did not take step by step pictures, but it is a fairly simple, straight forward process. My Materials…
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Water from the Spring

One of our neighbors dug out a spring on his property and installed pipes. It is right on the side of a little country road, and the whole community uses it. It is so good when people work together to help each other. Everyone doesn’t need their own spring. They just need good neighbors. Maybe…
