The NFC B-Day Chat Thread

[sourland]

Good morning.

 

[N F C]

Good morning.

Good morning Sour, hope you and the Princess have a good one!

 

[janiedoe]

Beautiful Janie!

Thank you, and good morning, Rene.

 

[Bsmac]

Good thing you got some rest yesterday, that cider making business is hard work

It sure is!

 

[Bsmac]

Good morning.

Good morning sour!

 

[janiedoe]

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.
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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.
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Wow! I never honestly thought about how different plants affected honey production.
My dad had backyard bees when I was very young, before we moved from the farm, but he just had a couple of hutches. He always wanted to buy another farm but my mother was an Eva Gabor want a be. She grew up with farm life and wanted no part of it.

 

[janiedoe]

Beautiful photos Janie!

Good morning, Barry, and thank you!

 

[janiedoe]

Great photos Janie, thanks for sharing them

Good morning, Debby ️ Thank you.

 

[janiedoe]

Good morning.

Good morning, Sour. ️

 

[N F C]

Good morning, Debby ️ Thank you.

Good morning Janie, thank you for the double doughnut day