Plan Bees Blog

A homesteader beside a weather sensor mast, greenhouse, vegetable beds, and beehives under a changing sky.

To Weather or Not to Whether? Five Weather Stat...

To water, cover, or open the greenhouse? Get to know the weather where you live with five stations and monitors for practical homestead decisions.

To Weather or Not to Whether? Five Weather Stat...

To water, cover, or open the greenhouse? Get to know the weather where you live with five stations and monitors for practical homestead decisions.

Woman holding seedling trays between two polycarbonate greenhouses and raised vegetable beds on a rural homestead.

A Plan B with Windows: 3 Greenhouses for Resili...

A greenhouse is a Plan B with windows. Compare three structures for protecting seedlings, extending harvests and keeping a little summer in reserve.

A Plan B with Windows: 3 Greenhouses for Resili...

A greenhouse is a Plan B with windows. Compare three structures for protecting seedlings, extending harvests and keeping a little summer in reserve.

Vintage survival illustration reading β€œPLAN B’S Apocalypse Edition 2026: Bunker Backup Plan,” with gas-mask squirrels, bees, stored food and a distant mushroom cloud.

Squirrel It Away: 5 Winter Food Storage Tools

Build a more resilient winter pantry with five tools for portioning, freezing, organizing, and storing dry staples. One thoughtful Plan B is good; several are better.

Squirrel It Away: 5 Winter Food Storage Tools

Build a more resilient winter pantry with five tools for portioning, freezing, organizing, and storing dry staples. One thoughtful Plan B is good; several are better.

Homesteader examines soil samples beside seedlings, earthworms, garden tools and a pollinator-friendly vegetable bed.

Growing Up Good: 5 Soil Science Kits for Garden...

Compare five soil test and science kits for gardeners, homesteaders, homeschoolers and classrooms, from pH and lead to Rhizobium and roses.

Growing Up Good: 5 Soil Science Kits for Garden...

Compare five soil test and science kits for gardeners, homesteaders, homeschoolers and classrooms, from pH and lead to Rhizobium and roses.

Homesteader with a portable power station, lantern, and resting cat in a workshop beside a lit greenhouse at dusk.

From First Fire to Stored Power: 5 Homestead Ba...

A controlled flame once held back the night. Today, portable power stations keep essential homestead tools, communications, and familiar household rhythms moving through an outage.

From First Fire to Stored Power: 5 Homestead Ba...

A controlled flame once held back the night. Today, portable power stations keep essential homestead tools, communications, and familiar household rhythms moving through an outage.

Beekeeper turning the hand crank on a stainless steel honey extractor as golden honey drains into a filtered collection bucket.

Harvest Day Made Easier: 5 Honey Extraction Tools

The bees did the season-long work. These five manual extraction tools help small-apiary beekeepers uncap frames, maintain equipment and bring the honey home.

Harvest Day Made Easier: 5 Honey Extraction Tools

The bees did the season-long work. These five manual extraction tools help small-apiary beekeepers uncap frames, maintain equipment and bring the honey home.