Sticky harvest

[Robert_Brenchley]

Another 21 1/2 lb of honey, plus bits of wax which always end up in it with my rather primitive method of extraction, and everyone's complaining because I've stickied up the kitchen again. With any luck I should still get some more from the willow herb and the golden rod, even though the main flow (bramble) is now over.

[Robert_Brenchley]

[Roy Bham UK]

;D Hmm! I like honey ;D not had any for quite a while as I'm weight watching :P ::) Good to see you are now posting pictures, look forward to seeing some of your Lottie ;D

[Carol]

Wonderful stuff!!! I eat copious amounts of honey and feel it does me a lot of good.  Wish I had my own hives/bees.

:D :D

[Heldi]

Mmmmm honey! Mind you, honey features an awful lot in our house...my 2 year old daughter has become a Pooh fan. As soon as I saw your pic I had a Pooh song in my head...from the Disney film. The one where Pooh is building up his appetite for more honey!

[return of the mac]

Pooh does that in all of them. I could never give up honey, even on a diet- its an ideal replacement for sugar, oh so good for you and delish :P.
John (off for some honey)

[Jesse]

Wow, that looks wonderful :D. What do you do with all the honey?

[Svea]

looks yummy.
how do you get the wax out, then? can you fish it out or just eat it along with the sweet stuff?

[tim]

I'm on honey & cider vinegr in hot water, at the moment, for my bronchitis.

[BAGGY]

Roy - they're rice tubs aren't they ?  We get red rice in those.  Anyway back to the honey ...... just put the toast on and I'll be round.  Also on greek yoghurt with walnuts - slurp.  Bet it tastes fantastic.


Poor Tim,  bronchitis at this time of the year - hope you are well soon.

[Robert_Brenchley]

It's only sieved through a colander; if I wanted to gert all the wax bits out I could do it by using a finer filter, but I can't be bothered. It all gets either eaten or given away. I'll post some pics of the plot when it's fit to be seen; as the moment it's a mass of weeds!

[Robert_Brenchley]

I forgot, I occasionally use it as a wound dressing. It kills germs two ways, by reverse osmosis (it's such a concentrated sugar solution is sucks the water out of the bugs and dessicates them), and on top of that, raw untreated honey (not the supermarket stuff) contains an enzyme which produces hydrogen peroxide, especially when it's diluted. It's also hygroscopic (ie it attracts moisture) so a wound or burn dressed with honey doesn't dry out, and heals extra fast.