Hoping for Honey

With Love Led Farm pork and chicken heading for our freezers, let’s talk about a sweeter subject.

Honey

In our family, everybody has an important job to do.  David (my husband) and Megan (our middle daughter) are the beekeepers.

This weekend, they will suit up once more to check the status of the hives.  That will answer the big question:  Will there be honey to sell this year?

One would think that keeping bees is easy.  You stick a couple of hives out in the back pasture, wait all summer, and then scoop out the golden treasure each autumn, right?

Wrong…so wrong.  Successful honey production depends on many factors.  Did the queen bee stay alive?  Did the bees leave due to overcrowding?  What about the fertilizers used on neighboring farms?  Mites?  I will not bore you with all the things that can go wrong throughout the year.

So when David and Meg open those hives and see enough honey to harvest, it actually brings a few tears of joy to our eyes….and cheers from the 4 cousins who are standing safely in the neighboring pasture.

Next week, I will update you on what our beekeepers found when they opened the hives.  And hopefully, I will give you a date early in October, when you will be able to enjoy your own bottles of Love Led Farm honey.

Bread

I did promise to mention the other Love Led Farm product that becomes available each fall:  homemade bread.

Since I like to keep these posts fairly short, consider this a teaser.  I make some of the most delicious breads you will ever have the chance to taste.  And, I just happen to have a daughter (who is also a beekeeper) who is launching her own gluten-free bakery.

Is that enough to keep you watching for future posts?  More information and maybe a taste test will be coming soon…from our farm to you.

Warmly,