Comments on: Rain Coming, Bees are Busy

By: Ed Abbey

Ed Abbey — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 13:11:33 +0000

I prefer the light delicate taste of white clover myself. Goldenrod is strong, really strong when compared to white clover. I prefer using the goldenrod for cooking and the clover for my biscuits. Fruit pollen honeys can also have some distinctive tastes.

When traveling around, I almost always buy a jar of local honey for a taste. Cactus honeys are really good I’ve found.

By: Beau

Beau — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 19:00:48 +0000

Same here for the grass R. Of course I just bugged out for a couple weeks, and came back to tall grass and weeds. :) I’m looking forward to that cool weather Ed- the cloud cover has helped a lot today. And I’ll try to look for that goldenrod honey flavor. I haven’t learned about the various honey flavors really, but that’s something to look forward to!

By: Ed Abbey

Ed Abbey — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 14:31:12 +0000

We’ve already got the cold front with the high today forecasted to be in the low 70’s! It’s been a mild summer but still, what a treat! Of course, your rain is coming up this way slated for late tonight or tomorrow morning.

The vast majority of fall honey up here was goldenrod. You can tell by the taste and smell because it is very distinctive and much stronger flavored than the milder spring honeys. I’m sure they find other blooms here and there but it really never showed. Even our bees in a wooded area would pack on the goldenrod though it was a long ways to be found.

By: R. Sherman

R. Sherman — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 13:45:53 +0000

It looks like this summer will be the first on record for me where I’ve had to cut the grass every weekend. I was so hoping for a dry spell to give me a weekend off.

Cheers.