Beekeeping We finally got our new bees on May 7th.  The boys and I headed up to Coeur d'Alene on April 23rd to get the bees (1 1/2 ho...

Wetzel home I know that this post is coming out in May but I have something important to say and just did not feel that I was ready to ta...

Here is some information and resources that I gathered at the Financial Fitness for Farmers class that I attended March 11th.  Each of us we...

Idaho is the Gem State Here is some information about star garnets from www.gemselect.com: Star garnet is an unusual form of garnet....

Beekeeping As I had reported a few weeks ago, the bees did not make it through the winter.  The big question was "Should we take the...

The past couple of weeks, I attended 2 workshops that were sponsored by Rural Roots . Rural Roots mission is to support and enhance su...

In the Field Well, obviously, I am not in the field yet but getting ready for it.  I placed my sunflower seed order today.  I will still ...