Garden Planner for Notebooks

I promised that I would get a Garden Journal going for my Home Management Notebook, so here it is. Garden Journal Year XLS : Calculates the dates if you enter your area frost date and tells you what to plant.  Sheet one is Spring, sheet two is Fall. Garden Journal...

Gone With The Wind

In early Fall during a hive inspection I observed the bees had started to consume their own honey so I started feeding them sugar syrup to supplement their stores. In mid-Fall, another inspection revealed the bees had absconded.  No bees, no dead bees.  Nothing at all...

And It’s Not Even Winter Yet

I gripe about the cold a lot. It seems like from November to April I never get warm.  Not really warm. Not barefoot warm. Not can’t remember what a sweater is for warm. That’s what I’m talking about.  So deep into summer I’ve forgotten about...

Peppermint-Rosemary Soap

This is the batch I made for presents this year.  It’s a little fancier than the soaps I usually do–never swirled before.  I think I like it, though. It’s peppermint-rosemary with green clay and a smidge of ground rosemary on top.  I used my standard...

Build a Chicken-Watching Bench

When I told my husband I was building a chicken-watching bench he exclaimed, “It’s about time!” Now, I know he was being a smart-pants, but it really is a project I’ve been meaning to get to ever since we got the hens.  Just a simple place to...