LAST WEEK OF THE SEASON. By week of course we mean from Wednesday October 20th to Monday October 25th. So Monday October 25th is the last day. And if that is still confusing let me state it another way: MONDAY OCTOBER 25TH IS THE LAST DAY. Hopefully that clears it up for you.
So what does that mean? First is means I need to get the honey into the honey containers so you have the opportunity to purchase it. More on this later. Second it means the broccoli won’t be ready by the end of the season. It is beautiful broccoli but really, really small heads. I’m not sure what we will do if it ever gets big enough but I will let you know. Third, the end of the season means you will have to go shopping for vegetables somewhere else. And last, well actually not last but the last thing I am bringing up, is that we will give out this week an assortment of odds and ends which will include garlic, onions, shallots, leeks, peppers, winter squash, celery, Brussels sprouts, beets, carrots, salad mix, bok choi, potatoes, a couple more odds and few other ends that I’m not remembering. Some of these we will have in sufficient quantities to give to everyone. Many of these are limited so we may run out each day.
Now about the honey: We started raising bees last season with our original purchase of two bee hive. It was a less than successful year with one of the hives producing no honey – and dying over the winter – and the other hive producing about 17 pounds – not much in the world of honey production. So the honey became gifts for relatives.
This season we purchased three new hives for a total of four hives – the three new ones and the one that survived the winter. One hive dies almost immediately. We replaced it with another hive. A second hive died a month or two later. We were down to three hive. Two of the other hives started spiraling downhill to the point where we didn’t get any honey out of them and we combined them last week into one hive hoping they will survive the winter, which seems doubtful. So that leaves us one hive that was successful — the only hive that has ever been successful. It produced about 50 pounds of honey. Not a lot but better than last year.
Therefore, this year, for the very first time, we will have our limited edition, second season, private reserve honey available for purchase in the tent during pick-up this last week. For those who pick-up at a drop site we can send it out with this week’s delivery. Please send in payment (and include next year’s order form) at your earliest convenience. It is $5 for a 12 oz honey bear. It is a sweet clover honey with a bit of buckwheat blended in to make a superb, rich tasting honey. Did I mention the bees did the blending? Anyway, we will limit it to one per member so that we don’t run out. Wednesday drop site members need to let me know by 12 noon today! Sorry for the late notice but we just got the honey extracted.
Sign-up for 2011 by the end of the month to get this year’s pricing!
Also consider adding the winter FruitShares. I’m looking forward to the Satsuma and Clementine tangerines as well as the Cara Cara oranges. I highly recommend the fruit to cure the winter blahs.
This is the last week for EggShare. There are no other shares this week.
As always, let me know if you have any questions.