Episode 13: Sewing Skills and Colonial Heritage Foundation Listen here! Part 2 of an Independence Day interview with Gregg Hardy from the Utah Colonial Heritage Foundation discussing events leading up to the American Revolution from the Miracle at New York to the Crossing of the Delaware to the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Plus […]
Installing Honey Supers
As of last night, our bees have started making honey for us. Yesterday was a routine hive checking day. During the hive inspections, we’re looking for any sign of disease, checking production levels, and cleaning out any excess wax that is being built where it doesn’t belong. Hive 1 was barely ready for a honey […]
Garden Drip Irrigation System
Watering a garden with a drip irrigation system uses a lot less water than sprinklers. There is almost no water loss to evaporation in the air, and you aren’t watering all the walkways and places where nothing is growing. Drip irrigation also makes watering the garden super simple–just turn it on and turn it off–no […]
Using Honey as a Topical Antibiotic: The Honey Bandage
Honey is one of the more versatile foods you can store. You know it tastes good on toast and in your tea, but did you know honey also has healing properties? We recently got to experiment with honey as a topical antibiotic when our adventurous little dog, Huck, decided to go get his foot caught […]
Honey and Onion Natural Cough Remedy
Here’s an easy homemade cough remedy that you probably already have the ingredients for. It’s a honey onion syrup–before you get grossed out, it doesn’t taste like onions when it’s done. Really. And you just use the honey syrup, you don’t actually eat the onion pieces (although you could if you love onions). We’ve been […]
Pooch Preparedness: The Dog Emergency Survival Kit
In preparing our families for an emergency, we can’t forget the four legged family members. Pets need to be included in your emergency plans. Having their own emergency kit of essential items ready to go is an easy way to have your pets ready to evacuate if you ever need to. Today we’re going to […]
Two Signs of a Tomato Worm
Tomato worms, also known as tomato hornworms are not guests you want in your garden. They are 3-4 inches long, green, and fat, with a distinctive horn on the back end. Here are two signs to look for to know if you have tomato worms on your tomato plants. Keep preparing! Angela *************************************************************** Subscribe to […]
Don’t Eat This!
I had a 93 year old grandmother’s funeral this last weekend and just for fun I’ll share a bit of what was in her food storage room. There weren’t too many things, especially edible ones. The room was in her basement and I’m not sure even how often she went down there the last few […]
Seven Times I Was Glad to Have an Emergency Kit Just Last Week
I took a short notice road trip with the kids last week. Approximately 1100 miles round trip to see some family for the holiday. Of course, my vehicle emergency kit was not removed when we packed our suitcases around it. And it’s a good thing, because even though we didn’t meet up with any zombies […]
6 Tips for Success if You’re Planting Your Garden Late
What if you haven’t planted a garden yet this year, but would still like to grow something? Is it too late to plant? Well, that all depends on your location and the number of frost free days you have left in your season, but the short answer is no, it’s not too late. For various […]
