The preparation to install new packages of honeybees is always a busy moment. As with all agricultural endeavors the mind dreams of all the the new bounty n...

A rebel monk from Medieval Germany once said, “If I knew the world would fall to pieces tomorrow, I would still plant my apple trees today.” And so I shall...

Beeswax has always been a sacred resource throughout history. People have always felt a touch of the sacred while burning beeswax candles. According to Rudo...

Laying the foundations of a medicinal herb garden. Using stones, circles and seeds of sacred herbs to create something beautiful, vibrant, and healthy!

March weather is pretty consistent from year to year. Every year I set out to do a myriad of jobs in the orchard during March. While working, I am always r...

The Pear “The pear must be approached, as its feminine nature indicates, with discretion and reverence; it withholds its secrets from the merely hungry” -Edw...

The Stillwater Valley was the ancient home and hunting grounds of the Native Americans. It was a land of milk and honey to the first European-American Homes...

Get a Taste of Summer this Late Winter! Many say our honey is the best! I believe it is due to the bees are bringing back nectar from many miles of flowerin...

Wild Apples A new consciousness is emerging throughout the world. In all industries, empathy, sustainability, kindness and problem solving are emphasized. ...

This young Red Tail Hawk is hoping that breakfast walks out of the coop.

Sometimes we overlook things, like making sure tree guards are in place on all fruit trees. Out of all 300 trees, the rabbits found the one without a tree g...

The current warm spell motivated us to process the rest of the season's garlic to be dehydrated. It will then be ground into powder for a healthy and tasty ...

Bee Boles (Walls) When honey was the only sugar available and the Catholic Church created a high demand for beeswax candles, much effort was put into providi...

When the world was handmade and our everyday tools, food, and shelter came from wood, or fiber, a very innovative skill was used to keep the trees producing ...

Watching the honeybee in all its glorious industry have come to their natural seasonal end. The time to prep for winter has come. Beekeepers have come to und...

Reality has sunk in on planting the last of the garlic. There is no negotiating with nature. She does not care about your busy schedule. Time is up! So we dr...

Soon we will see the combine harvesters rolling across the farm fields harvesting the crops. They will cut, and separate the grains from their stalks. They...

I read once that farmers are glorified manure shovelers. In many ways that is true. When you are growing food making sure you have enough fertility in your s...

Since today, Friday the 13th, is a day where people are more aware of superstition than other days, here is a list of beekeeping superstitions from a beekeep...

Apple trees seem to grow before your eyes in the fall. They have two cycles of root growth. At bloom time they send out feeder roots to feed, which die off a...