Honey & Homestead

09/09/2026

We have a few hundred onions: red, yellow, and white. Some are for sale, some are for storage and the rest will be freeze-dried and turned into onion powder. 😊

09/03/2026

🌱 Idaho Falls Backyard Seed Exchange

Join fellow Idaho Falls-area gardeners for a casual backyard seed exchange!

📅 Saturday, October 17, 2026
🕐 1:00–2:30 p.m.
📍 Historic Idaho Falls

Bring seeds to share, discover new varieties for your garden, and meet other local people who love growing things.

Please bring heirloom, open-pollinated, or other non-hybrid seeds suitable for saving and sharing. No F1 hybrids, please. Home-saved and unused purchased seeds are both welcome. Label them with the variety and year, if known, and bring a few empty packets to take your new seeds home.

Free to attend, but registration is required. Because this is being held in our backyard, we're limiting the gathering to about 30 gardeners.

🐝 Please note: We have beehives and dogs on the property. This is an adults-only event, and anyone with a bee allergy should take that into consideration.

Please fill out the registration form to reserve your spot.

https://forms.gle/haCTjK1yTCraVsG4A

09/03/2026

Last year, we had an incredible fruit harvest. 🍑🍐🍒 This year was a completely different story.

A warm winter caused our fruit trees to bloom early, and then a late frost came through and killed every blossom. Nectarines, plums, pears, cherries, peaches, and apricots… nothing. Not a single fruit.

So, I ended up buying a box of peaches and a box of pears from Utah so I could still preserve some fruit for the year.

It was a good reminder that growing a variety of fruits and vegetables isn’t just about having a big harvest, it’s about building resilience.

Frost, pests, disease, drought… you never know what the growing season will throw at you. But when you grow a variety of crops, losing one doesn’t mean losing everything.

This year, the fruit trees taught me a lesson I won’t forget: diversity in the garden matters.

09/02/2026

🐝 Want Honey & Homestead honey in 2027?

Our small-batch honey sold out in just 24 hours, so we’re starting a waitlist for next summer’s harvest!

Join the waitlist for first access when the honey is ready. Quantities will be limited and jars will be offered on a first-come, first-served basis. As a little bonus, everyone on the waitlist will also get our 2026 pricing.

Our honey changes a little with every harvest, reflecting the flowers our bees have been visiting throughout the season. 🍯

Join the 2027 Honey Waitlist here:

Last year, our honey sold out in just 24 hours! Join the 2027 waitlist for first access to our small-batch seasonal honey. Quantities are limited and jars are available on a first-come, first-served basis. As a little perk for joining the waitlist, you’ll also enjoy our 2026 pricing when you order...

09/01/2026

Evening light in Garden One.

This is the garden that started it all.

I didn’t learn to garden until my 50s. I didn’t grow up with a garden, and no one taught me. I learned from books, YouTube, plenty of trial and error, and a free winter course through the University of Idaho Extension.

I’m still learning, and now I’m focused on learning all I can about growing cut flowers. My little flower farm will be micro-scale since we live on just a third of an acre in the city, but I’m hoping to offer cut-flower bouquet subscriptions next year.

Gardening has brought me so much joy. I truly believe I’m a happier person because of it. 🌸

08/31/2026

Did you know?

🐝 1 bee produces about 1/12 tsp over its lifetime.

This means that our harvest this year represents roughly 51,000 bee lifetimes of work.

If you’d like a jar of our small-batch raw honey next year, comment below to be added to the waitlist. We sold out in a day, so we’re considering adding more hives — apparently 33.25 quarts is not enough.

08/29/2026

We love working with Society Table because they’re not just serving amazing food, they’re building a more responsible, connected local business model.

They support local businesses in so many ways, including working with us to make compost and purchasing pesticide-free produce grown right here in Idaho Falls.

08/28/2026

Growing our own food is hard work but also joyful and incredibly rewarding.

"There is no path to greatness without hard work. And the only person who feels like working hard for years is someone who is excited about the task.

You only get one life and you’re going to burn the days either way, so the real question is: What excites you and interests you? What makes you feel curious and alive, perhaps even joyful? What is so "worth it" that you're not worried about the tradeoffs, the hard work, the hassle?

Follow your enthusiasm."

- James Clear

08/27/2026

Honey harvest is underway! 🍯🐝

One of our hives did so well this year that we have twice as much honey as we harvested in our best year! Needless to say, I needed a step ladder to reach that top box. 😅

We’re staging the harvest over two days because we use evacuator boards to gently encourage the bees out of the honey boxes and back down into the hive. That way, when we pull the honey frames, the bees aren’t in the way and don’t get hurt.

It’s a little more work and takes more time, but we love knowing we’re harvesting the honey while taking care of the bees that made it. ❤️

Now comes the exciting part… getting all that beautiful honey out of the frames on Saturday! I’m expecting about 8–9 gallons from just this one hive, and that’s after leaving the bees more honey than many beekeepers do.

I don’t believe in taking every last drop of honey and replacing it with sugar water. Honey is far more nutritious for bees, and I want our bees to have plenty of what they worked so hard to produce. 🐝

It’s a privilege to harvest from them, and we want to do it in a way that keeps the bees healthy and thriving.

08/26/2026

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