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.
