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This Month's Special Priced Items
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Special pricing through January & February
Complimentary
votive's with orders over $25
Bi-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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Wicks for 6 pairs of candles are on a frame and dipped into
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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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do not love their fellow man, and I hate people
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Tom Lehrer
US humorist, singer, & songwriter (1928
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Greetings!
Happy New Year from Honeyflow Farm.
Our Bi-Monthly
newsletter will keep you up to date on farm activities
& candles sales with every issue.
We
have revised our Resources, Articles and Links pages
and have combined them into one group.
If
you wish your website to be added, or any other
article included, please contact us, since we are
frequently updating it. Articles,
Resources & Links
The
pages linked to in this newsletter have also had
a little face lift, and you can now easily print
just the text on each page.
Year
at a Glance
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At
the Candle Shop
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New Wedding Candle Website
We would like to introduce a new partner
on our website, Candleshop Creations. The
site specializes in wedding candles and other special
event decorations.
They have lots of new items, from small place setting
gifts to special hand made cards.
Since Candleshop Creations uses the Honeyflow Farm
shopping cart, you can select items from both sites
and include it in one order.
Candleshop
Creations ....
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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Did you know?
Ancient Egyptians recognized the value of beeswax
as a preservative, and early Romans fashioned coins
from beeswax to pay their taxes. Invention of the
candle dates back to about 400 B.C., but the idea
to use beeswax to form candles didn't emerge until
the Middle Ages.
Beeswax
- Its History & Uses
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At
the Vineyard
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I would like to introduce
one of our new Sponsors, the Richmond Warthogs.
The Richmond Worthogs is a home winemaking/beer brewing
club of 20 or so members who meet monthly to discuss
homebrew styles, techniques, recipes, activities,
and equipment. More importantly, they meet to share
their homemade wines and brews. They find that by
sampling many wines, and talking with other home winemakers,
everyone learns a lot about making really good wine.
They have a lot of socializing at each meeting. About
15-20 people attend a typical meeting.
The
Richmond Warthogs ...
Vinegar
Do you have a failed wine, or if you are just running
short of a good wine vinegar, try
your hand at making vinegar this year.........
Winemaking Records
I just moved 4 - 5 gallon carboys of wine from my
barn to the basement and got to thinking about the
25 year old winemaking records worksheet that I have
been using.
In this new digital age there must be something more
recent or useful, mine was printed on an old mimeograph
machine by a neighbor many years ago. More
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Michigan Wine Making History
Fast Facts:
- Michigan has 13,500 acres of vineyards making
us the fourth largest grape-growing state.
- Most of this acreage is devoted to juice grapes
such as Concord and Niagara.
- About 1,500 acres are devoted to wine grapes,
making us eighth in wine grape production.
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Winter Grape Recipe - Cheese and Wine Spread
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Vineyard
FAQ
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Can grapevines survive
very cold weather?
Yes - But there are a lot of
variables.
Grapevines are rated according to their
hardiness. The USDA rates growing areas from 1 to
11 with 1 being the coldest. Most of the vines that
we grow have a hardiness rating of from 3 to 6. These
kind of vines can survive winters with temperatures
below zero, some doing better than others.
Finish
the story .....
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Honeyfarm
FAQ
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Do the honeybees make honey
from pollen?
No! When they visit the flowers, they get pollen all over themselves and pack it into pouches on the sides
of their legs, and bring it back to the hive. The
pollen is then packed into cells around the brood
nest. More
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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:
Propolis & raw honey ••
Purchasing wine ••
Planting frontenac vines ••
First time winemaker ••
Making a wine press ••
Wick sizes ••
Candlemaking equipment ••
Clean-burning, natural-type candle ••
Scented or unscented tapers
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Candle
Winner & Laugh of the Month
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Congratulations!
Winter candle winner:plotsligt@comcast
Will this months w*nner,
plotsligt@comcast please contact us and
so that I can ship your candles.
Our
list of previous candle w*nners.
I know "Christmas Lights" has
nothing to do with the new year, but it is really
fantastic, so I am using it as my "silly
ending thing."
Christmas Lights is a magnificent light
and music show that was brought to my attention
by my daughter. It's a video of someone's Christmas
lights that appear to be choreographed to music.
See You Next Issue!
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Special
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