Jembella Farm: Bees, Guest blogger on Eight Acres, the blog.

Monday 9 November 2015

Bees, Guest blogger on Eight Acres, the blog.

Today is an exciting day for me.
I've been reading and enjoying Eight Acres blog for approximately the past year.
Farmer Liz writes about Farming and Homesteading in a down to earth, Queensland kind of way....... because she's a Queenslander.
She's a no nonsense, environmentally aware and sustainable living young woman who writes about things that interest me and I admire her values and attitude to life.
I think, if ever we met, we would get along like a house on fire and could probably spend hours talking about our animals and the stuff we do on our farms and our attitudes to things in general.
My daughter Lizzie says, "Mum, her blog is so like you, she could be your twin".
Well today I'm mighty chuffed to be featured in her blog by way of a Question and Answer about some of our methods of bee keeping.
Here is the link if you want to have a read.
http://eight-acres.blogspot.com/2015/11/getting-started-with-beekeeping-sally.html

4 comments:

Unknown9 November 2015 at 12:46
yes I think we would get on really well! And I would have LOTS more questions for you... thanks so much for being a guest today :)
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Vickie @ makingoursustainablelife.com16 November 2015 at 08:09
This is a really informative post, Sally! Though I have a Top Bar Hive, I enjoy reading about other methods and how other beekeepers ply their trade. It's always a good idea to learn as much as possible, I believe. I found your blog thanks to Liz of Eight Acres and her getting started with beekeeping series. Have a wonderful day!
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About Us

Whether you're living in an apartment, in a house in the suburbs or on acres, you can live frugally and sustainably. There are many things you can do to save money, eat ethically and healthily, reduce waste and live an enriched life.
We are Sally and Brian and we live in the Barossa Valley (South Australia) in a 100 year old house on sixteen acres with 2 dogs, 7 cows, 2 alpacas, 5 geese, 35 chickens, 78 sheep and a few bee hives.
Our way of life takes team work and dedication, but over the years we've learned to be more productive without seeming to put in quite so much effort. We've learned through making mistakes and taking a different approach to what the conventional ways would be. Still learning every day and constantly researching old and new methods, we believe that our lives are greatly enriched, we are healthier and we couldn't imagine any other way of life.
Considered to be living The Good Life, people love to visit us on our small farm to learn about our simple living philosophy.

Why do we do it?
Our love of good food, concern for our health and respect for all animals. The further we got into living on the land the more aware we became that most of the standard practices of growing food were not satisfactory. We couldn't eat with a clear conscience.
Milk from sad cows, pasteurized and homogenized into white liquid. Meat from distressed, hormone and antibiotic pumped livestock. Vegetables and fruits grown and sprayed with chemicals. What to do? Grow our own!
Slowly we grew our knowledge and took one step at a time, becoming proficient in one skill before moving on to the next. The learning curves were steep. We fell over and got back up again. There has been some derision and criticism of our approach from a few, but that's life when you swim against the tide.
If we are not the "norm" then so be it. There is nothing "normal" about growth hormones fed to beef, anti-biotics and chemicals fed routinely to chickens, cruelty and disrespect for farmed animals, meals in a box, GM foods, strawberries and tomatoes in winter.
Thankfully the World is waking up to cleaner and more ethical food. We didn't know back then that Organics and Bio-dynamics would become the "new black". The tide is turning and our swimming is becoming easier.