Jun
16
2018
The past few days I have enjoyed strolling through the yard and noticing all the honey bee activity, along with other insects. We have a lot of white dutch clover in our yard, and besides the raspberries, there isn't...
Jul
11
2017
This is an exciting time of the year for us at Our Bright Acres. Until last night, we had at least a week and a half of classic early July weather: No rain, flowers blooming, mild breezes, and the...
Apr
23
2017
This weekend was the Minnesota home school conference in St. Paul, but also the time when the rest of our bee packages arrived. So, Jana went to the home school conference while I stayed with the kids and received...
Mar
08
2017
It has been a while since we have had a blog post, and I thought it would be interesting to show a few pictures of the wax-rendering process we have taken over the past couple years, especially since we...
Jul
31
2016
Well, it's the end of July already, and we at Our Bright Acres are doing our best to buzz into action in order to get ready for the honey harvest less than a month away. We hope your summer...
Nov
16
2015
It has been a busy fall and have not sat down long enough at the computer to do much in the way of posting. But I found a few photos I'd like to share as we head into Thanksgiving....
Sep
25
2015
What's not to like about a 'homesteading' ice cream post. We take our ice cream seriously here...sometimes churning it in secret, doling out the coffee-flavored tub after the kids go to bed, and of course, being pleasantly surprised to...
Sep
19
2015
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...
Aug
29
2015
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...
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