About a week after putting your new bees in their hive, you’ll want to check in on them to make sure everybody is happy. Well, they’re actually generally quite happy without visitors, but we need to know what’s going on in the hive, so get your bee suit on and let’s get out to the […]
Archives for April 2012
Why I Love Shelf Reliance and Thrive Food Storage
I am always looking for ways to earn a little extra money and ways to help people with their food storage and preparedness efforts. Rarely does an opportunity come along that fits both categories. I had been pretty sure that I didn’t have enough time to devote to anything more with the family and baby, […]
News of Note
Here are a few items of note for you: I have added a Prepper Events page to the top menu bar of the site. On this page, I’ll have a listing of any fairs, expos, events, etc. related to self reliance, preparedness, outdoor skills, or survival. If you are organizing such an event or know […]
4 Things I’ve Learned About Bee Suits
In all our short experience with bees, I’ve already learned a thing or two about bee suits. They are really a necessary part of having a hive, unless you want to be stung more or be paranoid about that tickling on your neck the whole time you’re checking your hive. None for me, thanks. I’ll […]
Putting New Bees in the Hive
April and May are the best months to start a new beehive, so here we are trying bees again. After last year’s bee swarming disaster, we did a little more studying and got some help from some local friends with bees. We cleaned out the old hive boxes by scraping the waxy stuff off with […]
Join Utah for an Earthquake Drill
Tomorrow, Tuesday April 17th is the Utah Shakeout statewide earthquake drill. You don’t have to live in Utah to participate, though. According to ready.gov, there are 45 states and territories that are at moderate to high risk of experiencing earthquakes. So Utah has organized the largest earthquake drill in state history and those who choose […]
Totally Random Updates
Just a quick post today with some updates, some of which I’ll be expanding upon later, but no time today. We got our new bees for the hive last Sunday. We’re trying this bee thing again only this time we’re reading the book and hopefully things will go better. Fun pictures of the bee hiving […]
Five Reasons to Update and Rotate Your Emergency Kits!
Once you get an emergency kit put together either for your home, office, car, or bugging out, there is a tendency to stash that kit somewhere and forget about it. Don’t do it. Be friends with your kit. Check in on it at least once a year–every 6 months is even better. And some kits […]
Preparedness Quick Tip: Use a Disposable Diaper as a Hot/Cold Pack
Did you know a disposable diaper makes a fabulous hot or cold pack? To use hot, simply pour hot water into a new disposable diaper and let it soak in. You can use hot tap water or heat some water on the stove. You can also reheat your diaper hot pack in the microwave when […]