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Holistic Festival of Life and Wellness – Sunday Dec 6

The Holistic Festival of Life and Wellness

This coming Sunday – 6 December 2015 – from 10am-10pm at the Plano Centre – just east of I-75 on Spring Creek in Plano, Texas. FREE to the public!!!

A GREAT opportunity to get holiday gifts (of Harmony Hollow Honey and other hive products)

Information and a […]

Honey Cough Syrup

Honey Cough Syrup Ingredients 1½ tablespoons – Zest of 2 lemons ¼ cup – peeled, sliced ginger , or ½ teaspoon of ground ginger 1 cup – water 1 cup – Harmony Hollow Honey ½ cup – lemon juice

Directions

In a small saucepan, combine lemon zest, sliced ginger and 1 cup of water. […]

De-Crystallizing Honey – DIY

One of my best harvests this summer was from a few hives that had been near a LOT of mesquite trees while they were in bloom. The honey is some of the lightest, sweetest honey that I have seen.

Unfortunately, though, mesquite nectar tends to crystallize. Quickly. Did I mention that it gets granular and […]

Honey Make My Morning Muffins

Honey Make My Morning Muffins Ingredients 1/2 cup – milk 1/4 cup – Harmony Hollow Honey 1 – egg, beaten 2-1/2 cups – buttermilk baking mix

Directions

In a medium bowl, combine milk, honey and beaten egg; mix well. Add baking mix and stir until moistened. Spoon into greased muffin tins. Bake at 400°F […]

November 13-15 2015- Blisstonia Experience (Goliad, Tx – vending)

Harmony Hollow Apiary / Rex Smith will be vending at the Blisstonia Experience in November 2015. (Fri-Sun – 13th-15th – Near Goliad, Texas). I will have the following products at the event:

Harmony Hollow Honey Wood Conditioner/Sealer Leather Conditioner Bohemian Utopia – Bohemian wearables (bags, wrap skirts, tops)

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BLISSTONIA […]

Cowgirl Boots – Leather Restored and Conditioned

My daughter was given these cowgirl boots as a holiday gift approximately 6 years ago. She wears them pretty regularly while working with horses. Riding, cleaning stalls, tromping through fields and streams, and more. They have been well used, and the leather was DRY. Until yesterday, she had not treated the leather with anything (nor […]

De-Crystallizing Honey – DIY

One of my best harvests this summer was from a few hives that had been near a LOT of mesquite trees while they were in bloom. The honey is some of the lightest, sweetest honey that I have seen.

Unfortunately, though, mesquite nectar tends to crystallize. Quickly. Did I mention that it gets granular and […]

Sassafras Harvest

In the past, Sassafras root had been used as the colorant and flavoring in Root Beer. This isn’t the root beer that is based on the sugary syrup carbonated beverage we have become accustomed to in America. This was the real, genuine “root beer”. But what was it? It was actually sassafras tea. Cleaned […]

Storage Building

Almost completed storage building.

Almost completed storage building – Garland, Tx.

In Garland. 10×16, with full 8′ side-walls. This building is almost complete in the photo. Still needs paint (homeowner doing that) as well as the door latch, and several odds & ends to finish up.

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