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Instructions for Making Honey Mead at Home

August 30, 2018 By sue Leave a Comment

Honey Mead

Having a beehive in my garden got me thinking about what I could do with the honey and, having experimented a bit with making my own wine, I had been contemplating making honey mead. On a recent trip to Adelaide I was fortunate enough to visit the McLaren Vale wine region and try some excellent honey mead from Maxwell Wines, and was inspired to give it a go. Mead is made by fermenting honey and is believed to be the oldest fermented beverage known to humans. The ancient Greeks knew it as … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Drinks, Kitchen, Preserving Methods Tagged With: Drinks, Honey

Lemon, Honey & Ginger Syrup

July 8, 2016 By sue 5 Comments

Lemon, Honey & Ginger

Lemon, Honey & Ginger Syrup is perfect for soothing those winter sore throats and giving a boost to your immunity. It is quick and easy to make and a perfect gift for someone who's not feeling well. Just add a couple of spoonfuls to a cup of hot water. You will need: a biggish piece of fresh ginger (about 100g) 1 cup honey 1 cup fresh lemon juice (6 medium lemons) Slice the ginger thinly. Boil ginger with 1 cup water in a small heavy-based saucepan for about 5 minutes, stirring … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Drinks, Gift Ideas, Kitchen, Recipes Tagged With: Drinks, Gift Ideas, Ginger, Honey, Lemon, Recipes

“Home-made” Honey

June 22, 2015 By sue 1 Comment

In earlier posts, I have talked about planting flowers to attract bees to the garden,  and my decision last spring to rent a beehive to make sure I was getting lots of good pollination for my increasing numbers of fruits and vegetables.  Over the summer I enjoyed watching the hard work of my bees (and the beekeeper) in my garden. I really started to appreciate the amazing process of making honey and the wonderful symbiotic relationship that humans have with bees when I read Manuka: the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Garden, Gift Ideas, Infrastructure Tagged With: Bees, Honey

The Manuka Honey Story

May 10, 2015 By sue Leave a Comment

Since I got a beehive in my garden I have become fascinated with bees and have been reading up more about them.  "Manuka, the biography of an extraordinary Honey" is well worth a read.  Manuka honey is a New Zealand 'rags to riches' success story and this book is written by a New Zealand beekeeper who has observed the story unfold; it was published in 2014 by Exisle Publishing, an independent NZ publishing house. Manuka is the native NZ tea tree and the scrubby plant once covered huge areas … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Garden Tagged With: Bees, Book review, Honey

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