Golden beaver farms9/21/2023 ![]() The experiment was a success and a tasty one at that. One by one, everyone took a small taste…it was delicious! Herby, sweet, soothing, complex, warming, the list of descriptive words grew by the second. The honey itself, though, was ready to be sampled. The herbs were strained out, and the sweet and sticky remnants of the dried leaves were given to the kitchen, who made a delicious salad dressing for the whole community’s lunch. After a few weeks, the crew decided that the honey was ready, and it was time to sample what they and mother nature had created. Each time, the herbs became more and more a part of the honey, giving it an aroma that grew daily. She gently and carefully warmed the honey just enough to release the healing powers of the herbs but not dull them, allowing them to flow into the sparkling nectar.Įvery morning, the crew began their time together by collecting the jars and passing them around as they discussed the plan for the day. After everyone had the opportunity to turn the jar and watch the glowing honey combine and mix with the dried herbs, the jars were placed on the window sill to allow the sun to do her job. ![]() The jars were then tightly sealed with lids and passed around the table, flipped right side up and upside down as they made their way full circle. Students scooped heaping spoonfuls of thyme, oregano, and mint into clean glass jars and poured the honey overtop. The herb processing crew took one look at the amazing bounty and immediately decided to infuse their jars with a variety of herbs that they had been harvesting and processing. This year, each house was gifted a few smaller jars of this very honey from last year’s harvest. Every year, that caring results in jars upon jars of sweet and wonderfully healing golden honey. Every year, our farm manager Andreas cares for and tends to our bees, truly collaborators in this little thing we call farming.
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