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Lavender & Honey Cookie Recipe
Edible flowers add a taste dimension that is still relatively new to many. With flavours from peppery, to cucumber-like, to deeply floral, flowers like Lavender can be used to add colour to dishes but...
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Handmade Calendula, Oats, & Honey Body Cream Recipe
The weather on the Isle of Man over the past few weeks has been hot, then rainy, then windy, then back to being sunny again. It’s nice to have a bit of moisture for growing plants but the constant...
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Extracting this Year’s Honey
After toiling long and hard over the summer, honeybees will have stored up a supply of honey that will last them through the winter and beyond. In fact they will often overproduce when it’s been a good...
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Video Tutorial on How to Extract Honey from Honeycomb
I’m so pleased to let you know that I’ve just published a new YouTube video tutorial! It’s been some time since the last and this one follows the honey extraction process that I outlined in my last...
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Recipe for Spiced Winter Wine with Apple, Cinnamon, & Ginger
One of my favourite ways to socialise is to have dinner parties. They don’t have to be fancy but they always have great food, great company, fun and games, and boozy beverages. Admittedly, most of the...
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January Hive Inspection
Probably the vast majority of people assume that when winter rolls around, all insects, including Honeybees, go dormant until spring. While many do, Honeybees are different in that they stay relatively...
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The Honeybees in April
April is the lean time of year for gardens and honeybees alike. Hardy spring blossoms are everywhere but the ease of summer is still far away. It’s now that a winter storm can sweep in to decimate...
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Calendula & Honey Funnel Cake
It’s been years since I had Funnel Cake. It’s one of those dishes that goes hand in hand with a holiday or event – in this case, American county fairs. Part of the fun of these crispy treats is having...
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How to Naturally Color Handmade Soap
Natural soapmaking is an exciting craft that anyone can do from the comfort of their own kitchen. Using oils, essential oils, and the extracts of plants, flowers, minerals, and spices, you can be on...
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Honeycomb in Jars
Earlier this year I decided to try an experiment based on some intriguing photos I spotted online. A few beekeepers in the USA have had success in putting mason jars into hives and allowing the...
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7 Herbs for Colds & Flu + how to use them
It’s almost unavoidable: the annual Cold & Flu season. Short of hiding out at home, you’ll be exposed to viruses each time someone sneezes on the bus, coughs in the grocery store, or a loved one...
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2015 Isle of Man Beekeepers Honey Show
It’s been years since I last visited the annual Honey Show. FOUR years in fact. I don’t know where the time has gone but I was told while helping myself to tea that my absence had indeed been noticed....
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Organic Aloe Face Cream Recipe + Instructions
The topic of handmade lotion came up over coffee today and I offered to show a friend how to make her own. It’s really a simple process and aside from being FUN, making lotion has some other attractive...
View ArticleRecipe for Wild Rose & Honey Hand Cream
After making Wild Rose Water last week I’ve been using the fragrant pink liquid in various lotion and hand cream recipes. Though some prefer buying ready-made, unscented lotion as a base for their...
View ArticleHives Update & Honey Extraction
Long hot days have meant that bees across Britain have been reveling in sunshine and constant nectar flows. It’s a huge change from last year when the soggy summer kept my honeybees huddled in their...
View ArticleLavender & Honey Cookie Recipe
Edible flowers add a taste dimension that is still relatively new to many. With flavours from peppery, to cucumber-like, to deeply floral, flowers like Lavender can be used to add colour to dishes but...
View ArticleHandmade Calendula, Oats, & Honey Body Cream Recipe
The weather on the Isle of Man over the past few weeks has been hot, then rainy, then windy, then back to being sunny again. It’s nice to have a bit of moisture for growing plants but the constant...
View ArticleExtracting this Year’s Honey
After toiling long and hard over the summer, honeybees will have stored up a supply of honey that will last them through the winter and beyond. In fact they will often overproduce when it’s been a good...
View ArticleVideo Tutorial on How to Extract Honey from Honeycomb
I’m so pleased to let you know that I’ve just published a new YouTube video tutorial! It’s been some time since the last and this one follows the honey extraction process that I outlined in my last...
View ArticleBeekeeping Harvest: Crushing and Straining Honey
Finding ‘wild’ comb in my hive and extracting honey from it. It’s been a very busy couple of weeks for me with filling orders over at Lovely Greens Handmade, taking guests on a quirky weekend tour of...
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