In Hawaii, we can keep tropical hair sheep such as Barbados black belly or St. Croix varieties. Hair sheep don’t make the traditional wool that needs to get sheared off each spring. Still the conditions on the windward (wet) side of the Big Island, aren’t exactly perfect for keeping hair sheep, especially when the conditions […]
Ten years ago, my wonderful husband and I gave up a fairly successful life in Florida to move to an off-grid farm in Hawaii. We had a 3-bedroom house, a pool, a hot tub, a beautiful garden, and good friends that lived close by. When I left, I remember shutting my front door for the last time and […]
I will show you how you can make a two-bucket honey strainer system to filter honey from natural honey comb. You will be able to completely strain your honey comb of wax and debris. In addition, with the use of a honey gate, you can pour clean honey directly into jars. Gone are the days of the centrifugal extractor, if you are a […]
Chances are you may have no idea what the most stinkiest fruits are in the world. If you like to travel, you may have been close enough to get a whiff of them in Indonesia, Thailand, India, Hawaii or other tropical places. These tropical fruits stink so bad when ripe that people react to them as if they’ve […]
On the farm, we went from wearing full bee suits with face masks to wearing bikinis. You may wonder how we made this transition, especially if you are a beekeeper still suiting up like you are headed for a space walk on Venus. This blog will go into the details of how we systematically shed […]