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Stuffed Fresh Jalapenos - Grilled or Deep Fried Recipes
Posted by Scott Sharkey on Aug 2nd 2020
One of my favorite times of the year is reaping the rewards of your labor from the garden. There is nothing like home grown, garden fresh vegetables and without exception one of our favorite treats in
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Making A Propolis Tincture
Posted by Scott Veriha on Apr 23rd 2020
This year, in addition to tapping maples, I also tapped
40 birch trees, that has been an interesting experiment. Birch trees flow much
more than maple, but you need three times as much sap to make o
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Making Maple Syrup
Posted by Scott Veriha on Mar 25th 2020
Maple season came two weeks early this year. I normally tap around the
20th of March, but this year I put my first tap in on the 3rd
of March, and should have started a day or two before that. I was
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Bee Hives - The Langstroth Hive
Posted by Scott Veriha on Mar 2nd 2020
I am well on the mend, and into the recovery of my immune system, our
January thaw is over, the temps are dropping, but spring is coming, the days
are getting longer, and my Carolina Reapers are sta
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Building the Basic Bee Hive
Posted by Scott Veriha on Feb 8th 2020
Not a great start to the slow season,
I have been fighting the local cold and flu, but my honey, ginger, and lemon
cough syrup is helping (recipe at bottom of this article.) Being laid low gives one
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How A Beekeeper Got His Start
Posted by Scott Veriha on Jan 15th 2020
Scott Veriha has joined us as a guest blogger. He is the owner of Sweet Spot Apiary, Sugar Bush, and Truck Farm. He will be sharing his vast knowledge of beekeeping and homesteading throughout the yea
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