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2001 to 2003

 

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December 2003

Christmas at Honeyflow Farm, Bloom or No Bloom, The Christmas Stocking, Vineyard is closed for season, High acid wines, New Magazine, December Grape Recipe, Honey harvest completed, Free Book, Questions on what heat does to honey, December Honey Recipe.

This months e-mails: Do the 6.5 tapers fit standard candle stick holder?  ••   What type of wicks do you use?  ••   Moving grapevines  ••  Growing grapes in Florida  •• Is your honey raw? ••  Substituting honey for sugar  ••  I would like to purchase some of your exquisite candles for my holiday list but I do not have a credit card.

Lapeer County Concert Choir Christmas Concert Annual Christmas Concert. We will be performing The Vivaldi Gloria on Saturday, December 6 at 7:00 p.m. at Trinity United Methodist Church in Lapeer, Sunday, December 7 at 4:00 p.m. at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Imlay City, and Saturday, December 13 at 7:00 p.m.at North Branch Wesleyan Church in North Branch.
November 2003

Flower to flame Pictorial Have you ever wondered how beeswax is made? Vineyard is closed for season, Winemaking Pictorial, Chateau Valerio, The "Winemakers" Novel - A Great Read! November Grape Recipe. The Honey harvest is almost completed , The Importance of Bees in Wartime Part II, November honey recipe.

This months e-mails: Purchasing concord vines   ••&nbsp &nbsp Freezer Grape Jam &nbsp  • •&nbsp &nbsp Where can I purchase some Honey Mead? &nbsp • • &nbsp &nbsp Is it easy to make mead? &nbsp • •&nbsp &nbsp Using pictures on website &nbsp &nbsp • •&nbsp &nbsp &quot fluffy grape pie recipe&quot

September Picking Up Date - Week 6 Ripening up-dates for the Last weekend of Oct, 10,11 & 12, 2003
October 2003

THE NATIONAL CANDLE ASSOCIATION, The Grape crop was very small, but Grape Pails are popular, New Booklet to Download, Do grapes need a frost to ripen? Interview, Chemical in red wine may contribute to longer life, Northeastern Vine Supply, Double A Vineyards, The Honey Harvest Continues, Study shows why boy bees have no dads, The Importance of Bees in Wartime, October honey recipe, Kalaj Family Winemaking Tradition,

This months e-mails:  "MEHU-LIISA" pot  ••    Raw honey,  ••   How can i stop the fermentation process with niagara grape juice?   ••    Ice Wine   ••   Science fair project on candles   ••    Making beeswax tapers   ••    Did I lose my free grapes offer?   ••   Damage of last winter on your vines?  ••    Blocks of beeswax?   ••    PDF catalog   ••    Winemaking questions   ••    What is the best way to store honey   ••   We had a good time visiting your farm today!   ••    Weekly drawing   ••    Never received candles?

September 2003

Burning Candles Safely, Harvest season at the Vineyard, Are you receiving our Picking Updates? New Grape Pails (Bags), Protecting the grapes from the birds, Tips from Winemaker Magazine, Our trip to Bully Hill winery in New York, September grape recipe, The Honey harvest is starting, Sept Honey Recipe, Raw & Unprocessed Honey? Unfiltered Honey? Pasteurized Honey? Whats the difference? Mead Makers are preparing for the fall honey harvest.

This months e-mails:
Won First Place with your Baco Noir, Second Place with your Marechal Foch, and Fourth Place with your Cayuga/Horizon blend at the 2003 Michigan State Fair   ••   Question About Raw Uprocessed Honey and Regular Honey  ••  filtered grape juice?   ••  Where do you buy bird net?   ••  Did you make your own crank for the bird netting?   ••  Love your site - Questions    ••  Northeastern Vine Supply    ••  Candle winner!

July/August 2003 Shedding Light on the Candle's History, New Candle Catalog, Bloom in the Vineyard, Vine size increases dramatically, Some winter damage, Try rose wine this year, Bernard Call is in Washington State working at Chateau St. Michele, New products this fall, Understanding Grape Berry Development, July/August grape recipe. Checking colonies, Comb honey supers, The Buzz About Honey, July Honey Recipe •• Is it too early to place an order for grape juice for the fall?   ••  Recipe for whipped honey?    ••  Do you sell grape leaves??   ••  Looking for a few Einset grape vines for my home garden.   ••  I enjoyed your grape pictures.
June 2003 New Candle Catalog to Download and Print, New vines & grow tubes, Grape buds are growing, MSU course in viticulture, Interesting articles to check out. Checking colonies - Eric Fisher helped this year, Pollination, June honey recipe, Readers comments: Starting a hive in my backyard  ••  small experimental vineyard in central Virginia  ••   send me one of your catalogs  ••   do you have to have a male and female grape plants  ••   how much yeast to add to the starter for mead  ••   where can I purchase a machine for making stuffed grapeleaves?  ••   Do you carry the chocolate honey combs?  ••   What materials do you use for your wicks?  ••   Trying to identify the bottle of rose wine.
May 2003
Beeswax candles heped in ice storm, Pruning time in the vineyard, MSU course in viticulture, New vines planted, May grape recipe, Spring colony checks, Package bees, May honey recipe, Readers comments: How to prune grapes  ••  I"m new at beekeeping - dead bees  ••  Could you tell me what a bee repellent is?  ••  Grease patties  ••   How to make my own candles for home use  ••  Orange-date muffin recipie  ••   Do you make "pie candles"?  ••   My son and i are getting ready to plant 700 chardonnay vines.
April 2003 Candle Care & Use. Useful tips from the National Candle Association. We have added a link to a new "Gift Card" page. Pruning time in the vineyard, MSU course in viticulture, Interesting links, April grape recipe. Pruning time in the vineyard, MSU course in viticulture, Interesting links, April grape recipe. Winter Damage, April Honey Recipe - Puppy Chow. Here are samples of this months e-mails:    Great Service!!!!!  ••  Can I pick up my order at the farm  ••  A friend introduced me to your farm  ••  Beeswax to finish my brick floors  ••  Send your newsletter to an interested person who does not have a computer??  ••  Info on comb honey is not clear  ••  Sell your raw honey in the large buckets?  ••  Looking for old fashioned pillar candles that WILL drip  ••  Baco grapes here in Tasmania, Australia   ••   Want to see your wines and get a lesson on wine making.
March 2003 Candle Making, Candle Decorating Styles, New Products, MSU course in viticulture, Book Review - Northern Wineworks, Turkeys Eating Grapes? Winebarrel Plus, March grape recipe. Checking Colonies, Famous Beekeepers, Sweet & Spicy Dip. Restoring Afghanistan Agriculture - Grape Culture - Fruit Grower Magazine. This months comments: Starbucks, clover honey, red wine vinegar - apple cider vinegar, zinc core votives, grapevine winter damage, Sterling Hts winemaking.
February 2003 Beeswax Candlemaking, Candle Burning Tips, February at the Honey Farm, What type of honey do we sell at our farm?  Raw & unprocessed? Wildflower? Pasteurized? New this year is a 5 lb decorative plastic honey container, February Honey Recipe, February in the Vineyard, MSU course in viticulture, February grape recipe, Two good articles on the Winemaker Magazine site, February grape recipe, How Honeyflow Farm was started, This months comments: Red wine vinegar, shipping to Honduras, black bear legislation, honeybee science project, planting grapes in Illinois.
January 2003 Beeswax Candlemaking, January at the honey farm, wrapping honeybee colonies, changes in honey prices, the wedding ritual, january honey recipe, January in the vineyard, MSU course in viticulture, january grape recipe, "Handel's Messiah" , 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, January candle w*nner is, selzer@kermantel.net

 

 


 

December 2002 Make this a Beeswax Christmas! December at the Honey Farm, Yellow Jackets, December in the Vineyard, MSU Course in Viticulture & Enology, New Grape Growing Book, December Grape Recipe, The Lapeer County Concert Choir, Melting beeswax, Beekeeping supplies, Is the farm open to browse the items or is it just orders from the Internet, Any stores in the West Palm Beach? Yellow jackets, different qualities of 100% beeswax, Wine via internet? December Candle W*nner is = da_ploy@zwallet.com & Laugh of the Month
Lapeer County Concert Choir Christmas Concert
December 2002


Handel's Messiah
November 2002 November in the vineyard, Clean up time, Netting removal, New style training system, November Grape Recipe, The honey harvest! November Honey Recipe, New Candles for the Holidays! Interested in grape farm, scented beeswax, white beeswax, October candle winner, green grape jelly didn't thicken, I can't believe that we missed your season, I am looking for a place to get married, canadice wine problem, beeswax for making skin moisturizing cremes, heat source using beeswax? November candle winner is, ythigpen1@comcast.net
October 2002 October in the Vineyard, Interview with John Bishop - winemaker! Chateau Valerio, October Grape Recipe, The honey harvest! October Honey Recipe, final preparations for our 11 piece Nativity Set, Winemaker Magazine, Michigan Wine Facts, "From our Readers"
October candle winner is, rosebud7188@cs.com.
September 2002
September in the Vineyard, Preventing Bird Damage, Our Grape Pictorial - They are Finaly Ripe! September Grape Recipe. The honey harvest is just starting! Honey & Homebrewing, It's Mead Making Time! September Honey recipe! Our Honey & Beekeeping Pictorial is almost complete. Our Summer Winery Tours - Warner Winery in Paw Paw Michigan, Augusta Winery & Mt. Pleasant Winery in Augusta, Missouri.Sandra Silfven's Wine Website & Winemaker Magazine Website, Wax dolls,    Baco Noir juice,   What types do you have?    Making jelly and jam from purple grapes,   More Baco Noir juice ,  "honey powder" ,    Bees wax for leather and timber,    Pick and hold 700 lbs of Concord,  More grape jelly,   Candle-making classes? ,    Beeswax to use making my lotions and creams,    DeChanunac and Cayuga White,   I am the august candle winner!!!!
August 2002 Vineyard and Honey Road Side Market will be opening on Friday September 6, We have changed our shipping method, Adding honey supers, Harvesting comb honey, Quick Ways to Sweeten Every Meal, August honey recipe, Weed mowing, Preparing for fall harvest, Pictures of vine & grapes, August grape recipe, Our Summer Winery Tours - St. Julian's & Blumenhof's Vineyards, E. C. Kraus, Sino Refractometers & Wine Quality Consultants,Spring Frosts, Large Candles, Grape Hull Jam?, Three Rivers, MI , Meadery in the Traverse City area?, 800 lbs. of grapes last year, Moulds & Scents
July 2002 Honey supers on, Comb Honey supers on, July Honey Recipe - Hard Honey Cookies, Bloom in the Vineyard, Weed Control, Soap Bars for Deer Control, July Grape Recipe - Seedless Grape Coffee Cake , New Red Wine Health Benefits!!! Comments/Questions/Recipes from our readers - Field of Flowers Nunnery -Beeswax Soap, Creamed Honey Crystals, Dried Honey, 6 bushels of concord grapes, Beeswax Votive Scents
June 2002 Swarm Season, Spring Check, Raising Queens & June honey recipe! Spring Frost!   Major Damage This Time! T-Corks! More Winemaking Contests! This is a new section for Comments/Questions/Recipes from our readers - Cylinders, farm improvements, Concords, Queen rearing, naturally granulated honey
May 2002 New queens arrived, New honey pictorial page, May is a big pollination month, May honey recipe, Spring frost in vineyard, Winemaking contest, Grape picture project, May grape recipe, Comments/Questions from our readers, I need your help again!
April 2002 Pruning time, Our grape project - watch grapes grow during the year, Grape gumdrops, Breeder queens ordered, "I don't eat honey"
March 2002 How we got started in this business, What's happening at the Honey Farm, March Honey Recipes, and Breakfast Tips With Honey, Snow on our Cayuga vine
February 2002 Wax color, creamed honey, checking colonies in late winter, Meet Cayuga, row 34 - You will see detailed pictures of all the changes from pruning time to harvest time.
January 2002 Beeswax history & recipes, January in the Honeyfarm, January in the Vineyard

 


 

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