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Come see us at the Tractor Supply in Walkertown tomorrow, Saturday Aug 29, from 10am-2pm.We'll have various honey produc...
08/28/2026

Come see us at the Tractor Supply in Walkertown tomorrow, Saturday Aug 29, from 10am-2pm.

We'll have various honey products--bottles, honey comb, gift sets and honey sticks.

We'll also have pickles: I'm out of plain dill but have some plain bread&butter (sweet), "zesty" bread&butter and horseradish garlic dill. Almost forgot!--have some chow chow too

Plus some jam, jelly and butter: apple butter, apple pie jam, apple cider jelly, cherry jam, rosemary peach jam, blueberry jam and strawberry banana (only a hint of banana, mostly strawberry)

AND the dancing bee!!! 🐝🍯😁

Scored a box of apple "seconds" from a local orchard. These are apples that may be slightly bruised and blemished--you k...
08/24/2026

Scored a box of apple "seconds" from a local orchard. These are apples that may be slightly bruised and blemished--you know, the ugly ones--but are still good for canning and/or baking. Farms will often have specials on these "seconds" (or they might call them canning boxes). This bushel box was only $40 for over 40lbs. I've also gotten boxes of tomatoes and cucumbers for good deals.

But you have to be prepared to deal with them right away. So I made 18 half-pints of apple pie jam, 14 pints of apple pie filling and 18 half-pints of apple butter. Apple butter is a 2 day process since I make it in the crockpot. I also bought more fresh apple cider at the orchard than I needed for my recipes so I also made 16 half-pints of apple cider jelly.

There was some apples leftover to make an apple honey cake. The peels and 6 or 7 final apples went to the pigs. The cores got composted--too many apple seeds can be toxic to animals.

The peppers are still producing tons. The okra is too but I had neglected picking them for a week so there was a lot that had to go into the compost also.

The pigs are getting so big! And enjoying the extra watermelons. 😄

I usually give my co-workers first dibs but if I have some left, I'll have pickles, various jams and chow chow, along with honey, at the next vendors event this Saturday at Tractor Supply. I'll post what I have available on Friday but you should male plans to come by, see the dancing bee and check out all the other vendors.

Tell me you're a gardener/farmer with out telling me. 😄Got the rest of the honey bottled up, harvested tons of peppers s...
08/17/2026

Tell me you're a gardener/farmer with out telling me. 😄

Got the rest of the honey bottled up, harvested tons of peppers so made some more chow chow--the worst part of this is the chopping. 🫤

Mark your calendar for the next event at TSC in Walkertown on Saturday, Aug 29 frim 10am-2pm!

Decided to make today jam day. Needed rosemary for the peach jam and noticed my plant is getting a little out of control...
08/10/2026

Decided to make today jam day. Needed rosemary for the peach jam and noticed my plant is getting a little out of control so I harvested some to dehydrate. Yesterday I tried making canteloupe jam but it was a fail.

Still have tons of watermelon and now the pumpkins are starting to be ready.

Opened the nesting boxes for the chickens. They probably have another 2-4 weeks before eggs though.

The pigs are getting big! I guess they are enjoying the garden extras along with their usual feed. They are almost as old (and probably as big) as the last batch was when we processed them. This batch has about 3 more months--yay, bigger bacon! 😄

The vendor event wasn't as busy as I'd hoped but that was probably because it had to be rescheduled twice due to weather...
08/02/2026

The vendor event wasn't as busy as I'd hoped but that was probably because it had to be rescheduled twice due to weather. The dancing bee and I still had a good time hanging out. She brought down her honey frames so afterwards we went back to the farm to extract her honey. Since we did her first extraction in June before she moved to the mountains, this one is likely sourwood honey.

John put out traps for the smaller animals that want to eat his canteloupe. Apparently they prefer the canteloupe to the sardines he baited with. So this time he put canteloupe in the traps. 😀 He did manage to get a couple ripe ones before they did though.

Spent most of Sunday canning. Made probably the last pickles for the year. Canned a big batch of chow chow. Also made some cowboy candy.

Y'all come see us today! We'll have honey--1lb, 12oz, comb honey, gift sets, honey sticks. Also some beeswax candles and...
08/01/2026

Y'all come see us today! We'll have honey--1lb, 12oz, comb honey, gift sets, honey sticks. Also some beeswax candles and fresh-cut watermelon. Plus...the dancing bee!

Not too much going on since the vendor event got rescheduled. Had a group of bucks on Thursday acting like they were int...
07/27/2026

Not too much going on since the vendor event got rescheduled. Had a group of bucks on Thursday acting like they were interested in the watermelon/pumpkin patch next to them.

The patch is looking awesome after all the rain though.

The chickens are starting to sound like grown chickens now--more bock, bock vs cheep, cheep. They'll be 3 months old tomorrow. Eggs before too much longer!

Gave them a watermelon that was slightly overripe. There was just a "watermelon skin" left at the end. 😄

Don't forget the vendor event has be reschedule for this Saturday, Aug 1st!

Unfortunately we had to reschedule the event to the next weekend due to the weather forcast of rain all day on Saturday....
07/24/2026

Unfortunately we had to reschedule the event to the next weekend due to the weather forcast of rain all day on Saturday. Hope you still make plans to come see us!

Second honey extraction was yesterday. We ended up with 169 lbs which is more than I thought we would get due to the dro...
07/20/2026

Second honey extraction was yesterday. We ended up with 169 lbs which is more than I thought we would get due to the drought conditions we've been in lately.

This year we upgraded to a honey bottling/holding tank. It definitely makes it easier than pouring by hand--although I do still have to put a lid and label on every one. 😄

If you would like to get some, we'll be at the Tractor Supply in Walkertown on Saturday, July 25 8am-12pm. The dancing bee thought she was going to be out of town but had her weekends mixed up so she will be there also! Come get some honey and take a pic with the dancing bee. 🐝🍯 Plus check out all the other vendors.

Was supposed to rain all weekend but..surprise..the weatherman was wrong. I'm grateful for the little bit of rain we did...
07/13/2026

Was supposed to rain all weekend but..surprise..the weatherman was wrong. I'm grateful for the little bit of rain we did get yesterday though.

I got 6 dozen ears of corn from a local farm since we haven't mastered the art of growing our own yet. Got it all canned on Saturday--ended up with 23 pints. The pigs got the leftovers.

While I was doing that, John went and got a new ride for the pigs. We borrowed one last year but since we'll be doing pigs for a while, we decided to buy one. Don't let the nice paint job fool you--it needs some TLC. But not anything John can't handle: needs brakes, lights, fix the floor, treat the rust inside to prevent it from getting worse, some other minor modifications.

Today I made more pickles, dill this time.

Next weekend (weather permitting) will be honey extraction time again! We'll also check on the newest hives to see how they are doing. The second forced abscond we did was in the process of making a new queen 2 weeks ago. Should be able to see her (and some eggs) next weekend.

Don't forget to mark your calendar for the vendor event on July 25th at the Tractor Supply in Walkertown!

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