Oak & Honey Farm

Ever since I was nine years old, I want to have honey bees. I wanted to have fresh honey that I could say I helped make. I wanted to contribute to the garden and flowers in a positive way that let nature do it's thing and I get to witness. I wanted to be a beekeeper. After twenty years, I finally got my bees! I joined my local beekeepers club . They are all over and at the state level too, so if you are interested look for your local group. Through the club my nine year old daughter and I took bee keeping classes together, she may have been the youngest in our class but one of the most attentive. There is something wonderful about sharing a passion or learning a new skill with your child.  Now I gained the knowledge to keep them alive and they were on their way here I needed to have a hive to put them in. After lots of research I decided to use a Langstroth hive which is one of the most common and does well in our climate.  The Langstroth hive is a box that hold...

      Hello! I am embarking on a blogging journey, thanks for joining me! I will be writing about the day to day life and projects we do down here on land we call Oak & Honey Farm. Let me tell you a little about myself.  My name is Lauren and I love to cook and bake form scratch, crochet, sew, anything crafty, to can my own foods, and doing things the Old way.  I married my high school sweetheart and have three pretty awesome kids, if I do say so myself ;)  I was a stay at home mom before I went back to school and became a Registered Nurse.  I practiced for over a year until I became very ill and had to step away from my job and heal my body (I was on death's door!) I loved my job as a nurse and hope to go back to it in the future but until I am back to full health I am back to a full time stay at home mom.  Best Job Ever!!! We live on a plot of land in the northern Shenandoah Valley that was once a horse farm belonging to my husband's fa...