BYC Café

[pennyJo1960]

I buy mine at Costco it is real vanilla.

 

[DobieLover]

Good morning Cafe. Coffee is ready.

I heard baby crowing again today but couldn't find him. They were doing their interpretive dance moves again this morning. It gets impressive when they land on a branch with a pirouette and a somersault back to the ground.

 

[Sally PB]

I'd use it more if it were not so expensive. I use it when I make steel cut oats, lots of smoothies and sometimes put it in my coffee.

Hmmm! I hadn't thought of putting it in my coffee or my oats/oatmeal...

 

[Sally PB]

One thing I will be using more of is honey. Yep, we FINALLY got some from our bees.

Extracting will be a new adventure for us. We've had 2 or 3 presentations at the bee club about extracting, so we have a vague idea of how it goes. I helped Ed, my bee guy, when he gathered honey supers and extracted last August.

He was an industrial arts teacher. He had the kids in one of his fabrication classes build him an extractor. He paid for the materials, designed it with all the bells and whistles, and got it for a really good price. The kind he has would cost about $1200-1300 to buy nowadays.

Ours is a much simpler design and has a hand crank. We'll get a bit of exercise.

 

[Pork Pie]

@Pork Pie?! Where have you been all this time?

Here and there. I pop in and out now again

 

[DobieLover]

Here and there. I pop in and out now again

Well I haven't seen you around in years! Nice to know you are okay and still pop in now and again.

 

[DobieLover]

One thing I will be using more of is honey. Yep, we FINALLY got some from our bees.

Awesome!

I buy from a local lady. She and her husband are from Ukraine. I got a quart of raw, dark honey for $15!

I had an opportunity to purchase bees and equipment from a master beekeeper who is retiring at the age of 91 but after spending a couple of days researching beekeeping, I decided to pass. I don't have the time right now to tend to bees on top of the dogs, chickens and fish... and myself!

 

[Mtn Margie]

Good morning and thanks for the coffee!
I think my child or the ones once removed have given me a cold or trying to anyway.
Oh well....
DS$ and I got the hilltop cleaned up and now the middle level needs the junipers removed.
We made margherita pizzas from scratch for dinner which is good because my basil plant was getting unruly!
We are supposed to have a good chance of rain today. I hope the weather goes easy on you, Sky!
Enjoy the day, Cafe!

 

[sourland]

Good morning, and thanks for the coffee.

Here and there. I pop in and out now again

Mr Porky, Mr Porky

Well I haven't seen you around in years! Nice to know you are okay and still pop in now and again.

Okay? It's Mr Porky.

 

[Sally PB]

I buy from a local lady. She and her husband are from Ukraine. I got a quart of raw, dark honey for $15!

I had an opportunity to purchase bees and equipment from a master beekeeper who is retiring at the age of 91 but after spending a couple of days researching beekeeping, I decided to pass. I don't have the time right now to tend to bees on top of the dogs, chickens and fish... and myself!

$15 for a quart is a decent price. Not sure what Ed charges per quart; he charges $48/gallon. I give him $50, as he has been VERY helpful to us with our endeavor.

I'd say bees are less work than chickens. The initial outlay of money might be about the same.

Bees are humbling. Bees gonna do what bees gonna do. No way to reason with them at all.