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• Basic Hand Sewing Kit

  Basic Hand Sewing Kit: Just as a good carpenter needs the right tools to build a well-constructed house, a good seamstress need the right tools to make a seam or repair or to make a well-constructed garment. Without the right tools in your basic sewing kit to do your project, you will be lost. Read more →

• Honey Bee Jobs: Her Royal Highness, the Queen

  We call the queen "Her Royal Highness" because, frankly, she is spoiled. We could call her a princess, but has a lot of responsibilities. As for honey bee jobs, she doesn't really have many, but her main job is the most important. Without her, there would be no hive. Read more →

• Honey Bee Jobs: Workers and Drones

  Honey Bee Jobs: Drones and Read more →

• Beekeeping with Kids

  A few years ago, my daughter Hannah, started to take interest in beekeeping and decided to take it as a 4-H project. Since I have been beekeeping for so long, I could answer most of her questions. Read more →

• Beekeeping: What I Have Learned

  I've been beekeeping since 1998. When I started out, I knew very little about honey bees and caring for them and had a lot to learn. I started to research as much as I could and gathering information from everywhere. There is tons to learn about bees, as they are fascinating creatures. Read more →

• Printable: Pie Crust Cinnamon Rolls

  Pie Crust Cinnamon Rolls! When I was a young girl, I remember being in the kitchen while my mom was baking pies. I'd get so excited when she take a knife and cut the edges of the crust all the way around each pie. That one inch of dough would be re-worked and rolled out by me to make tiny little cinnamon rolls. I would share them with my mom, dad, and my siblings. They were melt in your mouth delicious. Read more →

• Printable Recipe-Snickerdoodles

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• Printable: Chocolate Peanut Butter No-Bake Cookies

  My daughter took a batch of these no-bake cookies to her church youth group get-together last week. She even helped me make them. Needless to say, the girls loved them. They are so simple to make. Mix everything up in a sauce pan, no baking necessary. Read more →

• Printable: Peanut Butter Cake Brownies with Reese Cup Minis

  I love Reese Cups, so when Reese came out with Reese Cup Minis I had to figure out a way to use them in a recipe. After much experimentation, my daughter and I came up with this scrumptious recipe. Peanut Butter Cake Brownies with Reese Cup Minis. Read more →

• Building a Woodshed

  I decided to build a woodshed large enough to hold 4-5 cords of wood which would last through winter if we had to burn constantly. The woodshed would be divided into 2 bays each holding 2.5 cords of wood. Read more →