Starting Our Beehive for the Season | Forto’s Fort and Bee Farm

Watch us install 10,000 bees into our hive in Alaska and begin the spring beekeeping season with a new queen, cold weather prep, and hive setup tips.
Michele’s New FJ Cruiser

About seven years ago my husband and I brought home our first FJ. A 2007 that was well worn and completely stock. It took a few years but he finally got it set up the way he likes it. While we both enjoy it, I’m always the passenger. It’s a manual transmission, which I can […]
Perfect Pan Steak
• First, ask your butcher for a 3.3-pound well-marbled bone-in ribeye in vacuum packaging. The bone is important, because it helps to keeps the meat moist. The vacuum part is important too, because it will avoid oxidation. • Put the meat out of the fridge at room temperature (not in a hot room, just normal […]
Recipe Rants: Blueberry Jelly
It has been a busy summer here at the Fort. We filled our freezer the smoked red salmon, we built a greenhouse and picked over a gallon and a half of blueberries to make jelly, BBQ sauce, muffins and more. Today I want to share a recipe that we found online and modified for our […]
Honey, can I quit my job and start a blog?

Facebook LinkedIn X Me: Honey, can I quit my job and start a blog? Wife: What job? Me: You know, the one that you call the house-husband musher guy that does an awesome job dog training and hosting our radio shows with tons of great guests. Wife: Oh yeah. THAT job! Me: Yep! Wife: Of […]