In the 7 years I’ve been beekeeping, I’ve had some hives swarm and leave. This year, I got one back. We were sitting in the kitchen when someone said, “The bees sure are active around that tree.” I looked out the window, and sure enough there was an excess amount of insect traffic. There weren’t…
School Fundraiser Idea – Growing Strawberries From… Another Strawberry
I really like supporting my local schools, but I wish their fundraisers had stuff I actually wanted to buy. Coupon books for restaurants I never go to and heavily processed baked goods are not things I want to buy. So I have an idea that would both help students learn more about both gardening and…
Making Spearmint Tea From Scratch
To make tea you literally put leaves in hot water. That’s it. There doesn’t need to be all kinds of waste or packaging involved, however it does help to have a good steeping vessel to submerge into the water that keeps the leaves from floating around in the water. To make tea from scratch you…
Tiny House Virtual Tour
There were lots of challenges associated with this build and I had to learn a lot of new skills in the process. Overall I am extremely happy with the final result. I’ve now been living in the tiny house for the past month and I absolutely love it! Which is good, because I put 4…
Building an Epoxy Table for the Tiny House
If you’ve ever browsed Pinterest, you’ve likely seen the live edge resin, and epoxy tables. Some use a clear resin, others glow in the dark, but all of them have one thing in common, they are AWESOME! So naturally, I had to build one for the tiny house. After watching several YouTube tutorials, I finally…
Naked But Not Afraid – Adventures in the Wild
I’ve been spending more and more time outdoors, as I find I like being around lots of people less and less. Breaking down to the basics and just focusing on surviving. No stressors, no drama. Just survival. The more I learn, the less equipment I feel the need to take with me. My army buddy…
Aquaponics Isn’t Nearly as Fun as it Looks on YouTube
I spent WAY too much time and money trying to setup an aquaponics system in my home state of Washington. The weather here is just not conducive to raising a tropical fish like tilapia. I watched hours of YouTube videos, bought DVD courses from the experts in Australia, and read several books on aquaponics and…
