Things aren't always smiles and sunshine on the homestead, there are devastations and setbacks. Being a homesteader is a trial and error game and sometimes things go really well but at other times there are heartbreaks. I'm hoping that this life we are providing for our kids teaches them to take mistakes as a learning tool. I've always had a hard time making mistakes or failing as some might put it but the more farming we do I realize that mistakes aren't the end of the world and you can learn from them. The weather finally warmed up so we were finally able to open up our bee hive and we were heartbroken with what we found. All our bees were dead, which left us with no bees that was our 2nd hive. After looking over them, our own bee autopsy...my own version of CSI...we've come to the conclusion that the hive no longer had a queen, which led to their demise. After the shock wore off we had to decide what we wou...
We're a small family of four doing what we love on the homestead, in the garage, and in our home. Most recently we started a metal business and when in season grow our own food, cut our own firewood and do projects in between it all. We'll show you what we know and how we do things and who knows you might learn a thing or two. If you head to our Instagram or Facebook page you can see what we're up to on a mostly day to day basis.