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This Month's Special Priced Items
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Special pricing through November & December
Complimentary
votive's with orders over $25
Monthly Drawing
All subscribers to our newsletter are eligible to receive
a pair of free 9.5 inch beeswax candles. We
hold a drawing and then print the person's name
in every issue.
Watch for your name - You may have already won!
If you are on our picking updates list you may also
win a bushel of grapes. Four bushels are given
away each season.
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Candle Dipping
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Honeyflow Farm
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Wicks for 6 pairs of candles are on a frame and dipped into
hot wax.
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6 pairs of candles half finished.
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The frame is split in half & only 3 pairs are now dipped.
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The candles are hanging in a rack to cool between dips.
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| A few notes about our format:
Although our newsletter has a "overview"
of every article in the issue,
a survey has shown us that we have two distinct
and separate interest groups, a grape and winemaking
group and a honey and candle group.
Many of the articles in this newsletter
have all the text included but sometimes, due
to the length, we need to continue the article
on a separate page on our website.
We have developed our
"Vineyard
Report"
and our
"Candle/Honeyfarm
Report"
to conform to the specific interests of our
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| Always be nice to those younger
than you, because they are the ones who will
be writing about you.
Cyril Connolly
(1903 - 1974)
The
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Beeswax Candles are the perfect
gift for the Holidays
On Sale for the Holidays
 Download the latest edition of our 35
page catalog with over 120 images.
It has every item sold on our site. This pdf file
can be saved on your computer. You can print the
catalog and order through the US Mail if you wish,
although it is still much easier to do it on line.
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Beeswax
Candle FAQ
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Do you filter your beeswax?
A more natural, unfiltered wax is preferred
for our handmade candles at Honeyflow Farm.
We use only "straining" (with cheesecloth
type material) and "settling" (the wax debris
either floats or settles to the bottom of the tank)
procedures to clean the wax, leaving clean, raw beeswax
for your candles. This procedure
will not affect the beeswax smell, color, or texture.
Other candle shops that use automated machinery and
are mass producing candles require highly filtered
wax that removes many things in the wax - some unwanted
- some wanted.
We prefer our more simple and natural procedure.
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At
the Vineyard
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Click
here to go directly to our Holiday Vineyard Report.
There were lots of
interesting people at the vineyard this year.
 I thought I would give you a little sampling
of some of the people that visited us this season.
People brought us bottles of wine, A Rabbi
with a large group of students were here, a vineyard
owner from Oklahoma, and the Heng family even brought
"Bella the Cat."
Click
here for images
 Many people made use of our new crusher-stemmer
area this year. We hope more people will
use this service next year.
All you do is pick your grapes, pay for them up at
the sales stand, and then run them through the crusher-stemmer.
You must bring your own containers to carry the must
home (sorry - no PRESSING facilities available.)
Interesting new site - "Homebrew
Exchange"
This site has lots of info for Brewers and
Winemakers, a nice forum for winemaking experiences
- Go on their site and register.
Holiday Grape Recipe - Champagne-Roasted Turkey
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Vineyard
FAQ
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Should I prune my grapevines now that the
leaves are all off?
Grape vines may be pruned any time that the leaves
are off and the vines are dormant. Many vineyards
with huge acres of vines to prune may work all winter,
but we prefer to prune in the spring. In the spring,
any winter damage that has occurred will be visible
and pruning adjustments can be made.
We prune our vines in April when the high school
youths are out of school. About 20+ youths work all
week and we get the pruning and tying job completed.
Pictures
of of spring pruning ...
Grapevine
Pruning Pictorial ...
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Vineyard FAQ's |
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Leaded
Glass Products Very Popular
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Our new line of Stained Glass Sun catchers
are a hot item for the Holidays.
This grape sun catcher is available for $24.00.
Click
here to purchase one .....
We also have a Beehive Skep available for $14.00:
More
Info & to order .....
We will have additional leaded glass items
in the future, all with a Vineyard, Honey or Candle
theme. If you have an idea for one, let us
know and we can make it.
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Soap
Sales Strong
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Our Golden Honey Soap was very popular at
the vineyard last month.
Along with our Unscented Golden Honey soap, our Honey
Almond Oatmeal, our Lavender (with soothing Lavender
essential oils), and our Sweet Muscato, a fragrance
popular with winemakers - We have added a Honeycomb
Complexion Bar. This is an unscented soap with real
comb honey imbedded in the center.
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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.
Visit the Readers
Comments page to view all the content of these
messages. Here are samples of this months e-mails:
Winemaker Questions ••
Should beeswax candles smoke? ••
Wicks for beeswax candles ••
Pruning vines ••
Foch Wine ••
Apothecary jar Candles ••
White beeswax ••
Red Honey ••
Catalog ••
Ear Candles ••
Comments from India ••
Winemaking Supplies ••
Wills Winery ••
Creamed honey, Honey Soap ••
Shelf life of creamed honey ••
Can honeybees damage the grapes? ••
Do you filter your wax? ••
Stevia comments ••
Wills Winery ••
Making beeswax candles ••
White beeswax ••
Bees in Trees ••
Growing Grapes in Northern Michigan ••
What do I bring to the farm to get grapes
and honey? ••
Foch Grapes ••
No Custom Pressing ••
How many grapes for 5 gallons ••
When are concord grapes ripe? ••
Raw Honey ••
Will grapes ripen after harvest?
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