Date Established: March 27, 2012 This is me with the Top Bar Bee Hive that my father and I built. It will house about 10,000 Italian Honeybees which will arrive early April 2012 just in time for spring. The purpose of the hive is to pollinate the fruit trees and plants in the area. It…

February 28, 2012 My brother and I expanded our booze making operation after a successful attempt at getting me a bit tatered on my birthday with our first batch. We used store bought non-pasteurized apple juice with wine yeast from the local brew shop. In the future we will press apples from our trees, but…

Date Completed: January 22, 2012 This is the new indoor grow experiment. From left to right there is a mini rose bush, olive tree, pineapple plant, dwarf banana tree, venus fly trap, aloe vera plant, organic pineapple plant, snake plant, dwarf lime tree, dwarf lemon tree, dwarf orange tree, coffee plant and finally another pineapple….

January 18, 2012 I had some help on this project… This is my Dad and I and our electricity producing bicycle. How it works: You pedal the bike and it turns a car alternator which produces electricity. The electricity then passes through a power inverter which allows you to plug in household items that operate…

January 16, 2012 The original pineapple (left) isn’t rooting very well. We will see if I have better luck with the “organic” pineapple on the right. The center object is an avocado pit. Update: The avocado sent up a sprout that lasted for a few months but unfortunately died off. The pineapples just slowly decayed…

January 16, 2012 This is a food dehydrator that is used to dry food so that it can be stored for long periods of time. It is simple to use; just cut of fruit slices, dunk the fruit in lemon juice, lay out your fruit slices on the trays and plug in the machine. *Note…

January 4, 2012 I’ve expanded the raised bed gardens into the front yard. I’ve planted blueberry bushes, a dwarf cherry tree and ever bearing strawberries. It is disguised as landscaping, however the plan is to slowly convert the font yard into a food production machine! Thanks for reading my blog! For the latest projects and…

January 4, 2012 Energy efficient window curtains help with the heating bill during winter. Thanks for reading my blog! For the latest projects and updates please subscribe to my YouTube channel and follow along as I set up a sustainable homestead with my tiny house 🙂

Date Completed: January 4, 2012 My worms had a ton of babies this year (I’ll try to get a better photo of them later as you can barely see them). I moved their bin into the garage so the cold wouldn’t kill them off this winter. I know that sounds ridiculous as worms have survived…

June 14, 2013 January 3, 2012 For those of you with fish or chickens you may be interested in this project. It will produce fish and chicken food from your food scraps. This is a Black Soldier Fly Harvester I need additional sources of protein for the fish in my breeding tanks and for the…