I'm going to start a few seeds today. This year I'm going to slim down a little. I'll probably grow potatoes, corn, peanuts, watermelon, squash, okra, carrots, sweet potatoes, peas, beans, tomatoes, and peppers. I have a pretty good compost pile now. It should be a good year.
I guess I'm just virtue signaling, but you never know. Some extra food might come in handy this year.
we started a few years ago. This summer, the plan is to covert the detached garage to a greenhouse / bee house. We can rig it so the bees have outside access in the spring / summer and will be able to do their thing inside the greenhouse during the winter.
I wouldn't mind getting into some gov't grants to help pay for and then get paid for either the honey production or the keep of the bees - gov't in Canada has programs for both. Buuuuuttt.... I don't really want the gov't knowing what I'm doing in relation to self sustainability soooooo... probably won't end up going that route.
If you make extra honey, watch out when selling it, the health dept folks watch for that since they want all honey pasteurized. You might end up in a list for future inspections.
Barter. System. Maybe?
Yes, we're aware of that, but definitely thank you. I think the only way we'd go the honey route IS if we were doing through the government. I'm already tin foil hat enough, I definitely don't want to give them a direct reason to enter my life on a personal level in a negative way hahaha.
We're more just about the straight conservation in the end. Same with butterflies, if we could figure a way to keep butterflies where we are all year, we'd probably try that as well.
I believe though, in Canada, we have to somewhat go about it legally no matter what. We can buy bees from a private seller, but they, obviously have to be registered... which means, they're going to want to know where the bees are going. We'll find out soon enough ;)
Go find bees that have swarmed .but with technology nobody will be allowed to be self sufficient.