Monthly Sales Items
On sale this
month is our 6 pack of cinnamon votives, our 6 Inch tall cylinder
pillar and comb honey!
4 inch square of Comb Honey
List Price: $4.75
Sale Price: $3.80
6 Pack of Cinnamon Votives
List Price: $10.25
Sale Price: $ 8.20
6.5 Inch Tall Cylinder Pillar
List Price: $16.95
Sale Price: $13.60
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Special pricing through
January & February
Complimentary votives with orders over $25
One Pair of 9
inch hand dipped beeswax candles are mailed out each month
to someone on our mailing list.
(If you are receiving this message you are
on our list and may soon receive a pair of candles) Tell your
friends about our farm. All they have to do is to subscribe
to our monthly on-line newsletter. In addition, every week
in September we will also be giving away a bushel of grapes
if you also subscribe to our September Weekly Picking Update.
Tell your friends to SUBSCRIBE NOW!
We also encourage
you to send this page to other friends by clicking
here and resending a copy of this newsletter from our newsletter
archive.
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our Candle Shop
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Beeswax Candlemaking |
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 For the past 20 years we have been making hand dipped beeswax
candles. We have made them in many different
sizes and have put them in most of the gift boxes that
we have sold. We have made the 9 1/2 inch size many
years before the economical 6 inch or the 12 inch deluxe
version were added.
Beeswax candles are started by stringing
a frame with candle wicking. Each frame starts by
holding 6 pairs of candles. The frames are dipped into
175 degrees beeswax, cooled, and then the procedure
is repeated. After the candle is about 1/2 size, the
frame is split apart into two frames. The dipping procedure
is continued until the candle is finished. Click here for more pictures .....
We have had questions about the "burn"
time of our candles. It is difficult to get a real
accurate burn time and we do not like to give out misleading
information. There are lots of variables that influence
how long a candle will last such as: the size of the
wick, drafts, the weight of the candle and if the candle
is burned all at one time or not. If you want to compare
our pillars to beeswax pillars at other sites you should
look at the size or wax weight.
Many of our candles are even
more decorative in nature and most people will
not burn them at all (Nativity Figurines, etc.)
Visit
our Candle Catalog!
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January at the Honey Farm |
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January at the honey farm, wrapping honeybee colonies, changes
in honey prices, the wedding ritual, january honey recipe.
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The final thing that we do to the honeybee hives
in very late fall is to wrap them with some insulation
to help them survive the winter. Details ......
Many people ask me if the honeybees "hibernate"
in the winter. THEY DO NOT! The bees will
create a "cluster" inside the hive and keep
warm with their body heat by consuming honey. The air
on the outside of the cluster may be very cold but in
the center it may be 80 degrees.
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There has been some very dramatic changes in honey
pricing during the last year. A large part of the
honey consumed in the USA is imported from other countries
(China, Mexico, Canada etc.) Details ......
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New website for the Southeastern Michigan Beekeepers Association.
At the site you can download and read the organizations
newsletters, check education programs and find out more
about the members.
The Michigan Beekeepers Association site is also very interesting.
Anyone interested in beekeeping should belong to both
of these groups.
| The Wedding Ritual: The Honeymoon
In ancient times, couples
would marry beneath a full moon, then drink honey
wine for 3 days - hence came the name "Honeymoon". |
January Honey Recipe - Oven-Baked Orange Chicken
click here for the recipe.....
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the Honey Farm
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January in the Vineyard |
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January
in the vineyard, MSU course in viticulture, january
grape recipe.
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This program was brought to our attention last year
when a MSU student, Bernard Call, who is taking this
course, purchased some grapes at our farm and was carefully
measuring the brix of the grapes with a refractometer.
The following year he returned to our farm after being
in the program for one year and he was very enthusiastic,
interesting and knowledgeable about the course.
Sandy Paetz, our Friday Sales Stand Associate,
had also enrolled in the MSU program. When
the two of them found out that they both were taking
the courses, the conversations became very stimulating
and they agreed to forward some of their program notes
to us for our newsletter.
We hope to have some inside stories of what
Bernard and Sandy are doing at MSU in the next few issues
of the newsletter.
Here is one of Sandy's first papers
and his last paper which I though would make a good
introduction:
Wine Judging Part I - "Introduction"
More details about the MSU program .....
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January grape recipe - Chicken Salad
- Helen Schneider, Oakland, Michigan
click here for the recipe.....
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our Vineyard Page!
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"Handel's Messiah" |
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The Lapeer County Concert
Choir in Southeastern Michigan had 4 successful performance
of "Handel's Messiah" in December 2002.
Click here for a little sample .....
(note - there will be
a delay before the file opens - be patient - the short
piece will start and then fade away)
Click here to download and listen to mp3 files of the Messiah Concert.
Visit
the choir website!
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From our readers |
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This
is a section for comments/questions/recipes from our readers.
Please read the comments & feel free to put your
2 cents worth in. We had some questions on wine &
honey vinegar - are there any vinegar makers reading this?
Please send me
your comments..
This months comments: Free votives,
2003 beekeeper calendars, growing grape vines, fast
service, burn times of candles, Thank you for making
this experience possible, My dad will love his Michigan
honey.
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our "From our Readers" Page
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Candle W*nner & Laugh of the Month |
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Congratulations! January candle
w*nner is, selzer@kermantel.net
Please send us your address so that I can ship
your candles.
Click here for a list of candle winners.
Click below for a
silly thing to end this newsletter with.
See You Next Month!
Laugh
of the month: Animal Noises for Ella
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