RAW ALFALFA HONEY

Product Details We offer freshly-extracted, pure, raw honey from one of eight hives we tend on our farm.  Our hives sit alongside 40 acres of blissfully scented alfalfa pasture.  The nectar from all those flowers produces mild flavored honey with hints of grass and vanilla.  At harvest time, we notice our honey has a distinct lime green hue that ages to a light amber color.   Our honey will be mailed to you in a clear liquid state, however, crystallization is a normal occurrence.  Keep your honey in a warm spot in your kitchen to prevent it from hardening.  Cupboards tend to be cooler and will speed up the process. Crystallized honey can be made liquid again in a hot water bath.  We started keeping bees to introduce my (then 10-year-old) son to the hardiness of cultivating such a product that can sweeten your dish and remedy many ailments. Also, to teach stewardship of the dying pollinating populations. Many bee stings and harvest disappointments later, we do not take honey, nor the b