What time is it? Time to be thankful for a surprise gift of honey. The jar is 1/100 of the honey harvest of a hobby beekeeper whose hives are in the forest. Despite the loss of half of his colony over the colder than normal winter, his hives have bounced back and he has had [...]
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Honeydial
Posted in Buckwheat, Honey on August 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Always was a buckwheat girl
Posted in Bilberries, Buckwheat, Honey on August 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
My first post included buckwheat but did not provide an introduction to one of my totem plants, which I am cultivating on my balcony this year. Fagopyrum esculentum (syn. Fagopyrum sagittatum) originated in Nepal. It then spread east to China, where it is considered to be a yang-promoting food in traditional Chinese medicine that warms [...]
