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| Introducing Lavender Honey from the Lavender Fleece |
| During the summer of 2008 we were able to finally act on one more dream and one more product line from our farm. We had the first bee hive installed near our lavender gardens and will have our first "lavender honey" extracted and ready for sale by autumn. We are very excited about this new addition to the farm. The bees are wonderful workers, eagerly diving into the lavender the first day the hive was set. We may add more hives to the farm in the future, because bee hives and farming used to go "hand-in-hand. The natural pollination that bees provide helps the fields and pastures be more productive. Bee hives were on our farm over 80 years ago and we are very pleased to return some of the history back to our farmstead. Below is a photo of our daughter Mikaela who suited up for a photo opportunity the day the hive was installed. |
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| Since we will have a limited amount of honey this season, please let me know if you would like to reserve some Lavender Honey. To view some wonderful recipes that use honey and lamb, please visit our recipe page. |
| Visit www.honey.com for more information about the health benefits of honey. |
| Lavender Fleece honey is classified as a "raw" honey. It goes directly from the hive to the extractor, from the extractor through a straining bucket (to get rid of some things we don't want in the honey, like dead bee parts!) and then into a bottle. Please note: Honey does crystallize. To un-crystallize it, it's best to use a warmer, (not a heater, as there is a difference). A warmer builds up the temperature over several hours, never going over 105 degrees (you lose the good stuff in honey if it heats over 120 degrees. A heater heats the honey very rapidly and usually in the 120-150 degree range, which is not good). |