Buckwheat Honey

[bluelacedredhead]

Buckwheat is my absolute fave! There is nothing better..
Although I have tried Blueberry from the Carolinas (as I recall??) and Orange Blossom from Florida...

A Fair that we show poultry at every year has a very informative display by the local beekeepers association. I buy a quart jar of buckwheat every year. Some years, I actually get through the calendar with the jar.....

But sunday, they informed me that that season for Buckwheat is behind this year....
They tried to sell me a 'blend' of buckwheat and white. Not!!
You can fool some of the Honeys some of the time, but this one cain't be fooled...
But don't worry. Seems the beekeeps mama lives just down the road from us and so when the buckbees are done making their honey, the beekeep and I will find a way to swap honey and money.

Are some of the specialty honeys behind elsewhere this year, just like my local supplier??


Any beekeeps here have specialty blends that we honey con-ace-ooers might be able to buy online, direct from your farm??

[downinmyback]

I bought some sourwood honey in Georgia that was excellent.

[Alan]

The guys here aren't too specific on hone "type" persay, they sort of let the bees do their own thing, most of what we end up with is clover honey, but sometimes if we have a good spring and the trees flower well we get some good mixed timbe honey which is diferentiated (by the picky market salesman) by the darker color of the honey, the taste is terrific. Just a note, the very best honey that I ever had was Mullberry honey from Clay county Ky, darn near black and oh so good!

[landarc]

I am liking the sourwood honey I scored from a friend in Alabama

[bluelacedredhead]

Sourwood?? What is??

[downinmyback]

A Tree/ shrub that grow near the mountains in the south. Georgia and Alabama are famous for it. I have heard that is it so good that your tongue start flopping around in your mouth just to smell it lol.

[landarc]

It is quite good, and on a home-made biscuit with sweet butter, fabulous. It had a slight citrus hint, very clean taste, finish is mild, no earthiness or herbal undertones. I cannot see baking with it, as I believe that the subtleties of the flavor would be overpowered. Now looking for Firethistle.

[cff]

Buckwheat

Is my favorite too, I try to plant an acre or two each fall for the bees. I've never put it to any test but I've always heard that dark honey had higher levels of antioxidants.

[bluelacedredhead]

CFF, is this pic from 2007?? I was wondering how drought resistant buckwheat is?

[cff]

Actually it was from the late summer of 2006; but buckwheat does seem to be pretty drought tolerent. I did make a crop this season = a poor looking crop with only two small showers of rain on it but a crop all the same.

[Alan]

I'm sure the darker colors do have their benefits, usually in all things in nature, particularly those that are edible, the more color equals the more nutrition, or in some rare cases, posion. In any case I always select the darker colors at market because I tend to like the taste better and the darker color attracts me a little more than lighter colors.