The kids were with me outside the other day, so we decided it was time to collect the pumpkins. They were obviously quite orange and we could not tell how many we had because of the weeds and buckwheat...

We thank God for a bountiful honey season. There are always a number of factors and things that can come up out of your control that will reduce or negate the honey that you can spin out. This time...

Jana organized a super field trip experience that took advantage of the honey extraction that was going on. There were 5 stations that different groups of kids rotated through in our house and garage. station 1 - honey extraction -...

We actually began extracting the night before we planned - Labor Day night - after the kids went to bed. Jana described it as two kids the night before Christmas or two kids in a candy factory. We just...

On September 6th, the day before Labor Day, we went to the bee yard to pull off the honey supers. It went real well, but perhaps involved a bit more moving of the boxes than turned out to be...

On September 5, we went out to the bee yard on my folks property to prep the hives for honey super removal on the following day. My brother Cory drove up from Colorado (near Boulder) for the weekend, so...

I'm not sure exactly how they found out, but I got the call the morning of our launch that they were interested in doing a feature. Had to juggle some things, but we made it work and I got...

This post has been a long-time in the "making".  We have just added 5 types of raw honey container products to our online shop for pre-orders, with preset quantity limits on each. 2015-09-09 update: Pre-orders have officially closed and converted...

Preparing for a day of firsts: Evan starts kindergarten tomorrow. And we start our first year of home-school teaching and curriculum. Jana has been doing prep work for some time now, and recently put together a weekly schedule. When she...

The wait for produce is worth it. I guess it starts coming in pretty fast with zucchini, peas, and beans. But August is a big month and beans keep coming :-) They are great on the grill with a...