Hens and Honey Homestead

Hens and Honey Homestead Hello friends! Our apiary is set on our 24 acres located at 820 Stockdale Rd. Quinte West. Open daily July - Dec.

Our self serve Honey Stand offers our Raw Unpasteurized Wildflower Honey and eggs from our flock of chickens and ducks when available.

*WHIPPED HONEY: Today I’m taking our last year’s crystallized honey and whipping it my mixer. *This is NOT to be confus...
09/01/2026

*WHIPPED HONEY:
Today I’m taking our last year’s crystallized honey and whipping it my mixer. *This is NOT to be confused with creamed honey. THEY ARE NOT THE SAME!

CREAMED honey is more involved and a longer process of controlling the granulation of glucose and fuctose which results in extremely small sugar crystals. The smaller the crystals, the better the creamed honey. A good creamed honey should be smooth, not grainy, like velvet on the tongue. Please support your local beekeeper who sells it!

WHIPPED honey only adds air to make it a fluffy and smoother texture. It doesn’t change the molecular structure of the crystals. This will still have a slightly grainy texture, but will be thicker and spreadable. You can also whip liquid honey, but over time both of these will separate back to their natural state.

Today’s infusion is Vanilla infused honey. I split 2 vanilla beans open and let them dry. This morning I added them to...
08/29/2026

Today’s infusion is Vanilla infused honey. I split 2 vanilla beans open and let them dry. This morning I added them to the honey and will let it infuse indefinitely. This is not a ferment, but an infusion. No moisture is added.
Perfect in coffee & tea, or as a dessert topping.

I have to spread a little farmstand love to Tasty Creations on Telephone road. We stopped on our way home from our daug...
08/28/2026

I have to spread a little farmstand love to Tasty Creations on Telephone road. We stopped on our way home from our daughter’s and picked up a loaf of their jalapeño cheddar sourdough.
OH EM GEE. Sooo good. Give them a follow or better yet stop in for some delicious baked goodness. 🤤
* Also available BrambleBerry Farm

I may have a slight influence on one of my grandsons.
08/27/2026

I may have a slight influence on one of my grandsons.

I stopped at our neighbour’s farmstand and picked up some of her porcelain music garlic. Wow it smells amazing! This ye...
08/27/2026

I stopped at our neighbour’s farmstand and picked up some of her porcelain music garlic. Wow it smells amazing! This year’s fermented garlic is going to be fantastic! You should make some!

A word of caution: Never feed any type of honey to children under 1 year.

What’s your favourite way to use our honey? Do you use it as a sweetener in your morning beverage, or maybe you are a ba...
08/24/2026

What’s your favourite way to use our honey? Do you use it as a sweetener in your morning beverage, or maybe you are a baker and use it in your sourdough.

Whether it’s straight from the jar, on your morning toast, we’d like to hear or see how you use it.
Share a recipe, a picture or just a few words to tell us how you use it.

Photo: Canned Peaches with Honey Simple Syrup by vintagemixer .com

08/21/2026

2026 Honey harvest #2 is in the works!

08/20/2026

I forsee a date night in the near future! Alright, alright, alright.

Little garden clean up today. 5 jars of stewed tomatoes and 3 jars of dill relish. Zero fridge space required.
08/17/2026

Little garden clean up today. 5 jars of stewed tomatoes and 3 jars of dill relish. Zero fridge space required.

Happy National Honeybee Day. 📷: Garrett O’Doherty
08/15/2026

Happy National Honeybee Day.

📷: Garrett O’Doherty

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820 Stockdale Road
Trenton, ON
K8V5P6

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 6pm
Tuesday 9am - 6pm
Wednesday 9am - 6pm
Thursday 9am - 6pm
Friday 9am - 6pm
Saturday 9am - 4pm
Sunday 9am - 4pm

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