by Texas Homesteader ~
Many are concerned about the environment & want to live a more zero-waste life. You may wonder: Is it hard? Expensive?
Nope! Come see my tips.
7 Easy Ways To Live A More Zero-Waste Life
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How To Harvest, Preserve & Use Stevia Instead Of Granulated Sugar
by Texas Homesteader ~
You can easily grow stevia in your home’s edible landscape. Then you harvest the leaves to make your own home-grown sweetener. I’m sharing how to harvest, preserve & use Stevia.
Inexpensive Gift Ideas For The Eco-Conscious Mom
by Texas Homesteader ~
Is your mom environmentally aware? Does she love being gentle with this gorgeous earth we call home?
Well you’re in luck, I’ve assembled a quick list of inexpensive gift ideas to spoil your crunchy, eco-friendly mom this year. Gifts mom will love – c’mon & see!
Fast Instant Pot Black-Eyed Peas w/Rotel Tomatoes
by Texas Homesteader ~
The Instant Pot makes quick work of cooking a bag of dry Black-Eyed Peas. And this simple recipe has an added spicy kick from Rotel-style tomatoes. I can put them on to cook when I start supper and they’ll still be ready to eat when we are. That’s FAST!
Requeening a Honeybee Hive – Things We Didn’t Know…
By Texas Homesteader ~
Hobby Beekeeping is enjoying quite a popular resurgence. Many people are becoming interested in raising their own bees, whether for pollination of their own gardens, that delicious honey, valuable beeswax or just to care for our beloved pollinators.
Today I’ll be talking about requeening our hive. There are many reasons a beekeeper might want to requeen their hives. Maybe their existing queen is older and not productive anymore. Or maybe over the years the bees in the hive have swarmed and requeened their colony so many times the hive is becoming more aggressive, or ‘hot’.
You see, each time the colony makes their own queen, she must make her maiden flight for breeding with the surrounding bees. Oftentimes those are wild bees and some might even have more aggressive Africanized bee influence.
If you have very many generations taking those steps you’ve gotten too much opportunity for aggressive characteristics to be introduced into your hive.
Safety From The Storm – Part II: Essential Items To Keep In A Storm Shelter
by Texas Homesteader ~
Do you wonder what you should store in your storm shelter for emergencies?
Here’s what we decided would be stocked (and what WOULDN’T) in our shelter and why.
5 Frugal Things – Meal Planning, Garden Tips, Coupons & More
By Texas Homesteader ~
As it always is this time of year, this was a busy week for RancherMan & me. Between garden chores, PG checking cows, ordering new honeybee queens, doing hive splits, etc. we’ve really been working sun up to sun down.
But even when the days are filled to the brim there’s still ways to save money during our typical day-to-day life. Come see the 5 frugal ways we’ve been able to save money (and oftentimes with a positive environmental impact as well!)
Benefits of Using Vine Plants As Mulch: Grow Living Mulch!
by Texas Homesteader ~
Garden plants benefit from mulch to shade the ground. Not only does mulch moderate soil temps during the hot days of summer but it preserves moisture too.
For living mulch I use plants that grow in long vines along the ground. Check out this work-saving Homestead Hack, y’all!
