beeswax candles

first try at hand dipping!

new soaps from the Celestial Soap Factory

Honey beeswax olive oil soaps
Light orange—“summer spice” (Jenn’s birthday blend): Vetiver, citronella, sandalwood, lemongrass essential oils
Dark orange—“sunset spice” (Jacalyn’s): tangerine essential oil, Apricot oil, calendula flowers, and turmeric for color
Light lavender—“ shady forest”: cedarwood, sage, orange, and ginger essential oils, green tea texture
Darker lavender—“floral breeze”: lavender and geranium essential oils, lavender blossoms and powder
Light tan—“milk and honey”: almond honey essence, ginger essential oil , goatsmilk
Darker tan—“goatsmilk spice”: goatsmilk, vetiver, patchouli, lavender essential oils, apricot meal texture

may 27th

new herb garden area

this is our newest garden/sitting area that John created next to our garage. the wall was just covered with tar paper. Hopefully the next time you see this dirt it will be filled with hops climbing up the poles, lavender, lemonbalm, tulsi (holy basil), variety of mints, chamomile, catnip, parsley and some st. john's wort. (be planted a bunch of seeds but bought some starts for encouragement!) we are thinking that a fire pit would be nice in this area too.

Mother's Day, Nisula Hives

defying gravity

pollen pollen everywhere!

tan pollen

mass city hives

May 9th: checked the Nisula hives (25)--we have 38 in our field: most need a second box soon! Very busy girls…one dead-out, 2 I am concerned about, and the others are kicking butt! 53 degrees and sunny. Amazing to see the alchemy at work...bringing in lots of pollen.

spring honeybee pics

new honeyhouse!

the holy honeyhouse....Greenland, MI