The NFC B-Day Chat Thread

[drstratton]

It’s beautiful and sunny here. I need to sit on the porch soon. I’m freezing peppers and onions right now. My eyeballs are stinging.
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That's so colorful!

 

[drstratton]

Hi Rene! I`ll say good late afternoon! I slept most of the day! I don`t take very many days off but today was one of them! Hope you had a great day!

Glad you were able to get some extra rest.
I had a very good day. Thank you!

 

[drstratton]

Good afternoon. Made it to church today.
I read some here.
Hoping that the perfect oven is found.
Sour, I hope things can settle for you.
Someone said..mums..I love them.
Barry..I hope thats your name. . Glad you gor to rest in this day. I know i did. Nice little nap.
Debby, you're so cute. Live your thread here. Thank you.
drs..name?..honey? We love buying local honey here! I'm so happy to hear of someone with bees. Right?
Have a good rest of the day everyone. It's been a beautiful day here in the 70's.
Back to the 60's tomorrow.

Hi Cynthia! I'm René. I love keeping bees. They are so fascinating and they come with a sweet reward. It's a win win!
I'm glad you had a beautiful day.

 

[drstratton]

A few pictures from my daily walk
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Beautiful Janie!

 

[drstratton]

A couple of pictures of our honey extraction.

This is buckwheat. It's very dark, smells and tastes very strong. Not my favorite honey. We extracted about 7g of this and a little over 3 quarts of a lighter mix, had some buckwheat in the frames.

Looks like molasses.

Left to right.
1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th extraction. It just kept getting darker.

The first extraction is mostly from flowers, very mild, not overly sweet.

I think the darker color in the 2nd extraction could have been from our Mimosa tree & the Russian Olive trees, caramel flavor and sweeter than the 1st.

3rd, was the mix of summer foraging and some buckwheat on the same frames, slight buckwheat taste, but I can easily eat this one.

4th, buckwheat, again, not my favorite.