2011 Predictions

Like everyone else, I'm closing out the old year and looking toward the new. I've included some predictions that some pretty knowledgeable people have made about the coming year and gas/oil prices and of course as the price of this resource continues to rise, I continue to look for ways to consume less and find alternatives to using oil/gas. One focus is on the reductions of buying food from the industrial food system, which is a notoriously high user of fossil fuels from seed to packaging and putting it on store shelves. Since the last two years have been very hard financially for my family, there have been times when I felt like my progress toward this goal has moved forward in spurts and fits as we work to find funds for building infrastructure, purchasing materials and seeds and finding alternatives we can afford. I have worked with others in the past learning bee husbandry, but each time I was within grasp of starting my own hive, something would have to be taken care of that prevented me from reaching that goal. I am happy to say, that I have just placed my order for two packages of bees and am looking forward to seeing that goal accomplished this year. I wish I had groovy pictures to show you about my bees, but Lord willing and the creek don't rise, I'll have some in April.