Our twenty sixth annual honey sale officially started on Wednesday Sept. 15th. It was a curious first week. We had visits from several customers that have come to our bulk sale for many years, but in general things seem to be going a little slower - maybe a sign of the times. People that consume large quantities of honey know that $2.00/lb. for honey is a bargain, but the people that just buy a small jar or two seem to be forgoing it this year. We still have six weeks to go, so we'll have to wait and see how it all turns out when November is here and the sale has ended.
Looks like this will be the year that the retail shop closes. Zip and I are getting older and now that Josh has his "real" job, we have to prioritize. Although we've met many nice people that come to the honey shop, it'll be a relief to not have the responsibility of having to be there Wednesday, Thursday and Friday 9-5.
We had a good scare last week. We had a couple ton of honey on the flatbed truck and were traveling up Rt. 29 when the two rear wheels on the back of the truck decided to fall off. For some reason, all of the lugs sheared off and before we knew it there was one wheel rolling up the road in front of us and a big THUD when the back quarter of the truck hit the road. Amazingly...this happened in front of my sister's house and she and Rich were huge lifesavers helping us. Laurie and I have decided that our Mother had something to do with this and is sending us a message about not staying in closer touch :) Other than repair on the truck there was no damage, and considering how bad it COULD have been - we count ourselves lucky.
Monday, September 20, 2010
Saturday, May 22, 2010
garden 2010
Hmmm...things have been busy and I haven't been inspired enough lately to post anything, but we finally finished planting this years garden today so I thought I'd make a note of it.
The weather this year has been very unreliable but we have managed to get the garden in. We started almost a month ago with the cooler weather crops and today we finished up with everything else. I'm going to try to squeeze some sunflowers in over at the gardens at the honey house - there was no room for them at the farm. Our potatoes were looking pretty good two weeks ago, but then we had a late freeze and they died back. We were fortunate that they did come back - this year we've planted red Pontiacs, Yukon Golds and Kennebecs. Today we planted four different kinds of sweet corn, french filet beans, butternut squash, cantaloupe, three different kinds of tomatoes, three different kinds of peppers and finally got the dahlia tubers in the ground.
The asparagus crop might not be as abundant as last year, but we're doing pretty good so far with the cut totaling over 36 lbs. so far - YUM!
The strawberries did have a little damage from the cold weather, but it still looks like there's oodles of them.
I've been trying new rhubarb recipes - just finished a rhubarb custard pie. The most appreciated recipe so far has been the rhubarb cheesecake dessert - tasty.
Kenna is growing like a weed - she's earned the title devil dog. I've lost track of all of things that she's eaten. Fortunately the garden is fenced...I hate to think what she may have done to it otherwise. The clematis that were planted by the side of the house last year seem to have been an annoyance to her and she showed them...they're much smaller now, as well as the hostas that are planted in the same bed. Shoes aren't safe anywhere - Zip left his boots on the porch this morning and watched her try to waltz off with one. She's made a bit of a lair behind the sofa and come to find out has eaten bits and pieces of the skirt on the back of the sofa.
Needless to say - she's still spending nights in the crate or we wouldn't have a house left. It was a good day when she was finally big enough to wear one of the electric collars and stay at the farm all day. And to show her appreciation - one day she brought home one of the electric collars that Jack had lost over a year ago!
I'm still not sure that Jack is thrilled that we brought Kenna home, but she does keep him more active and hopefully that means that he'll be healthier. He has lost 5 lbs. since she's been able to stay here during the day with him. I remind Jack all the time that now he's the "good dog" :)
Guess I've rambled on long enough - hope to get around to posting some new pics soon.
The weather this year has been very unreliable but we have managed to get the garden in. We started almost a month ago with the cooler weather crops and today we finished up with everything else. I'm going to try to squeeze some sunflowers in over at the gardens at the honey house - there was no room for them at the farm. Our potatoes were looking pretty good two weeks ago, but then we had a late freeze and they died back. We were fortunate that they did come back - this year we've planted red Pontiacs, Yukon Golds and Kennebecs. Today we planted four different kinds of sweet corn, french filet beans, butternut squash, cantaloupe, three different kinds of tomatoes, three different kinds of peppers and finally got the dahlia tubers in the ground.
The asparagus crop might not be as abundant as last year, but we're doing pretty good so far with the cut totaling over 36 lbs. so far - YUM!
The strawberries did have a little damage from the cold weather, but it still looks like there's oodles of them.
I've been trying new rhubarb recipes - just finished a rhubarb custard pie. The most appreciated recipe so far has been the rhubarb cheesecake dessert - tasty.
Kenna is growing like a weed - she's earned the title devil dog. I've lost track of all of things that she's eaten. Fortunately the garden is fenced...I hate to think what she may have done to it otherwise. The clematis that were planted by the side of the house last year seem to have been an annoyance to her and she showed them...they're much smaller now, as well as the hostas that are planted in the same bed. Shoes aren't safe anywhere - Zip left his boots on the porch this morning and watched her try to waltz off with one. She's made a bit of a lair behind the sofa and come to find out has eaten bits and pieces of the skirt on the back of the sofa.
Needless to say - she's still spending nights in the crate or we wouldn't have a house left. It was a good day when she was finally big enough to wear one of the electric collars and stay at the farm all day. And to show her appreciation - one day she brought home one of the electric collars that Jack had lost over a year ago!
I'm still not sure that Jack is thrilled that we brought Kenna home, but she does keep him more active and hopefully that means that he'll be healthier. He has lost 5 lbs. since she's been able to stay here during the day with him. I remind Jack all the time that now he's the "good dog" :)
Guess I've rambled on long enough - hope to get around to posting some new pics soon.
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