Vela Creations

Vela Creations is an in-depth resource for off grid living. The site documents our research and experiences, hoping that they might help others interested in pursuing this lifestyle. This blog is designed to document our day to day experiences as we build our new, sustainable homestead. If you are interested in seeing more photos and videos, we have a flickr account at the following url: http://flickr.com/photos/35090117@N05/collections/

Thursday, May 3, 2018

Nursery expansion

Now that it's getting warmer, we have been working on an enclosed space to move the trees to. It's close to both the greenhouse a...

Tuesday, May 1, 2018

Beehives

We now have 6 new beehives. We've opened them up a couple of times, and they all seem to be doing well. There's plenty of brood,...

Wednesday, April 25, 2018

Trellis

We've been keeping on top of the garden work - weeding, replanting things that didn't come up, etc. - and it's really pay...

Monday, April 23, 2018

Shade cloth

Now that the night-time temperatures are such that we no longer need to close up the greenhouse, we have added a shade cloth. The plastic ...

Saturday, April 21, 2018

Bee Supers

We're getting six new bee hives this weekend. Seeing as there are so many wild flowers around at the moment, we figured we should get ...

Friday, April 20, 2018

Visit

My dad came for two weeks, and my sister came for four days during that time. It was lovely seeing them both. Before they came, they aske...

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