Homesteading 101: The Bee's Knees

The sublime art of surviving winter

January was bone chillingly cold this year. First, the temps dipped down into the single digits, and then ten inches of snow fell early in the month. Unfortunately, the temperature never came up much above freezing during the entire month, so the snow didn’t melt away. Soon, a good layer of ice slicked over the snow. After two weeks of snow on the gro…