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We all get into ruts about how we use an ingredient….honey is no different. Here are 3 ways to incorporate this superfood into your diet that you may not have thought of before.  Honey Butter… it’s incredibly easy and oh so good!  Honey butter will transform anything you spread it on. Try it on anything;  fresh biscuits right out of the oven, a warm piece of toast, cornbread, or steamed carrots or sweet potatoes.  Truthfully, it’s unbelievably good on just about anything. Take butter and beat it until smooth, add some honey and a pinch of salt. I make it...

Pastured hens provide us with the tastiest eggs ever! It’s a bucolic example of regenerative farming…animals doing what they instinctively love to do while building the soil and providing us with natural nutrient dense food. It sounds great but small scale pastured eggs come with a higher cost. Are they worth it? Scarcity of Pastured EggsI wish truly pastured eggs were readily available. Unfortunately they're not, this speaks to our broken food system. Factory farmed eggs are abundant in every grocery store given the industrial scale; 60,000 hens in one barn but with deplorable living conditions and tasteless eggs. Free...

We bottled the last of our honey this past week. This honey was from a hive that was alongside the flower field. It was spectacular, both in colour and taste. Here's a little insight into why not all honey looks or tastes the same. Why Does Honey Look and Taste Differently?Nature is Diverse…Pure Raw Honey is nature in a bottle and each jar is as unique as the hive it came from. Honey bees make honey from nectar they collect from flowers. The worker bees work on hundreds of different flowers a day. The taste and colour of the honey...

While we wait for mother nature to wake up, it's time to think about spring. The growing season is just around the corner. Growing plants from seeds instills an appreciation for the seasons and is a way to connect you to nature. Here are some tips for how to start seeds successfully. Know your Hardiness ZoneSeed packets, germination directions and growing instructions are based on your growing zone or hardiness zone. It’s important to know your frost dates; both  your last projected frost date in the spring and your projected frost date in the fall. These are guidelines but they...