Monthly Archives: June 2013

Makin’ Bacon!

Bacon is delicious. This is known. Even if you don’t eat meat for any of the myriad (and valid) reasons, you know that bacon is delicious.  It hits all of our major pleasure centers at once.  It is salty, sweet, … Continue reading

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Capturing A Honeybee Swarm

Spring time is swarm time.  Swarms are great ways to save money for a budding beekeeper or even an experienced one because swarms are free…after you catch them! honeybees swarm for a number of reasons.  Sometimes a queen gets old … Continue reading

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Raised Beds!

Here in the foothills of the Missouri Ozarks, we’re not exactly known for our stellar soil.  Actually, the term “unctuous red clay” came from the soil around these withered old mountains.  So, unless you live in a river valley, most … Continue reading

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