When we started with bees in 2016, we were surprised at the different types of wildflower honey the bees produced from our land. Each season brings different honey, and within that, each beehive differs as well, in colour, firmness and texture. It’s ...
Around the yard
Air Drying Herbs
During summer and fall, the shelves I start seeds on turn into drying racks for various herbs. Drying herbs is a great way to store them when freezer space is a hot commodity. Dry herbs do not use costly electric power for storage. Drying is also a ...
Planting Native Prairie Flower Seeds
Last year I started my native prairie flower garden in my sunny front yard, with excellent drainage on a gravel ridge (read: dry). This year I am adding a few more species of drought tolerant, native prairie plants. My last attempt at seeding drought ...
Starting a Native Prairie Flower Garden
My Front lawn is south facing and sits on a gravel ridge. It gets brown every year – by July, and NO, I do not want to water my lawn. I live on an acreage and refuse to water that much lawn. So what to do? Drought tolerant plants, which quickly lead ...
I'm Erika, I live on eighty acres in the northern prairies of southern Manitoba with my husband and four kids. Here, we enjoy the outdoors and try to be more self sufficient as we try new things in the garden and learn about our land and the world around us.