Beekeeping

Well the wife is right.  I have been a little slack updating the blog, but I have been extremely busy between work and trying to get ready for our new additions to the family.  Nooooooo it's not a baby,  well it is 12,000 baby bees.  That's right 12,000!  And they will grow to more than 50,000 by the time summer gets here.  I am getting into the world of beekeeping to help increase our garden and flower productions.  Also, as a by-product we will sell the honey and I will make beeswax candles and other products from the hive.  Here is a picture of our first hive!   Below you will see that I made our first batch of 5 votive beeswax candles and they turned out wonderful!  I will blog about how easy that is next and the next mold that I will use has EVERYTHING to do with our new beekeeping adventure!
Stay tuned for more adventures from the hive!





Chris

Update

I've been a little slack in adding anything (of course..I think hubby has too lol). Here it is 6 weeks after my 1st batch of laundry detergent. I have now made my second batch.  I read on the website I found it on there were some complaints of not cleaning really dirty clothes.  The writer said you can add more washing powder and borax so I tried it. Wellllll.....I had a bucket of congealed soap the next day lol! I added some hot water and stirred it alot and funneled it into my bottles.  I just shake the bottle real good before I pour my detergent and it's fine.  Since hubby loves to work outside and doesn't really care what gets dirty. I have pants and shirts with mud, potting soil, grass, paint etc from him, not to mention 2 girls who roll all over the ground, go outside in their socks and one of them always seems to come home from daycare with mulch in her shoes. So I have taken the writers advice and also started adding a 1/2 scoop of OxiClean.  So far I am enjoying using the homemade laundry detergent.  I have also made a natural multipurpose cleaner from water and vinegar.  We bought a dry erase/chalk board easel from the Goodwill store. It had marker all over it and not dry erase marker on the board lol.  I used my multipurpose solution and the marker came right off!  Stay tuned for upcoming projects.  I have several things I want to try such as make my own fabric softener sheets, hair detangler, natural weed killer and I want to dive into Fake It Frugal!  More on that next time!