Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Full Summer Show Schedule

This is our summer schedule of events!  Of course, it is subject to change...we hope the honey holds out before our next harvest!  Hope to see you out and about or at the Honey House! 

June 9th:  Houghton Arts and Music Festival, Houghton, MI  12-7 PM

June 23rd:  Scandanavian Mid-Summer Festival, Marquette, MI  11-6PM

June 30th:  Algomah Acres Honey House Mid-Summer Festival, Greenland, MI  10-3 PM

July  7th:  Lake Linden Farmer’s Market:  10-2 PM

July 14th:  Lake Linden Farmer’s Market :  10-2 PM

July 21st:  Porter School Farmer’s Market, Alpha, MI 

July 28-29th:  Ontonagon County Fair, Greenland, MI 

August 4th:  either Farm Block Fest or Re-Treat flea market

August 14th:  Lake Linden Farmer’s Market, 10-2 PM

August 18-19:  Copper Harbor Art Festival, Copper Harbor, MI 

August 25th:  Lake Linden Farmer’s Market, 10-2 PM

Sept. 1st:  Ontonagon Labor Day Festival

Sept. 8th:  Iron Mountain TV 6 show

Sept. 15th  Lake Linden Farmer’s Market, 10-2 PM

Sept. 22nd:  Hayward Harvest Festival, Hayward, WI

Sept. 29th:  Lake Linden Farmer’s Market, 10-2 PM

Oct. 6th:  Lake Linden Farmer’s Market, 10-2 PM

Oct. 13th:  Harvest Festival, Algomah Acres Honey House!!






Friday, May 4, 2012


May's moon is the Full Flower Moon, named for flowers blooming everywhere this month! It is also a "super moon": this full moon coincides with perigee, the point when the moon is closest to Earth. Dandelions are finally out here and chokecherry blossoms. Trilliums, arbutus, daffodils, and many more close behind!

We are about to submit our first labels for approval from the TTB! If they approve, we will have Raspberry Mead available first, then Traditional Mead in June or July....Cyser this Fall! Take a look and wish us luck~
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Things are starting to get busy around here! Our Kickstarter project caught the attention of a blogger for Epicurious.com! She did a great Q and A piece on our honey and mead.
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We did a beekeeping talk in Calumet this week and local paper did a nice article on the event. John's picture made the front page!
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Our next show is in Marquette at the TV6 Mother's Day Craft Show, where we will have our full line of honey and hive products, including hand-dipped beeswax taper candles and the new "bee line" of upcycled tee shirts!
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We will have our Season Opener at the Honey House on May 19th for our "Arts and Starts" market, music, and luncheon! Hope to see you there! Maybe we will have mead for sale!!
Many, many thanks as we begin on 2012 Season. We are so very grateful that you helped to make our dreams a reality through Sweetness and Light!
Hope to see you out and about or at the Honey House! All the Best, Melissa, John and the Honeybees~ (photo taken April 7th)
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