Callens Honey Farm
We live on a small family livestock and honey farm located in S.W. Minnesota, near the South Dakota border. The source of our honey is from white and red clover. The honey appears as liquid gold in color. Our honey is extracted using a hand cranked centrifugal force extractor.
Then the honey is screened once into a holding container from which we later fill the small honey bottles. We do not heat treat the honey nor add any other ingredients. Pure and natural is our Minnesota honey! What could taste better?Recent Comments
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~Hops Harvest In Minnesota~
The photo above is that of our Cascade Hops which were recently harvested all by hand. What a beautiful site to behold! For those of you who are unfamiliar with hops, they are little tiny pine cone looking clusters that … Continue reading
~Making Apple Cider~
The beautiful pasture above is not too far from our farm and the owners were generous enough to allow us to harvest apples. There are at least nine trees with apples on them this year. The problem was and still is … Continue reading
Work and Babies
What a wonderful week we have had here on the farm. Frenchy and Peter have been blessed with a new baby girl and we are all so thankful that she has safely arrived. Kallie Jo arrived even as we were all busy finishing setting … Continue reading
~Clayton Shears Our Lambs~
The same day that we extracted the first honey super was also a day that some of the bigger lambs were sheared. Our son, Clayton, not only put in a very long day training horses, but was generous enough with his time to … Continue reading
~The Process of Extracting Honey~
Yesterday was a very long day on the Callens Farm. It started with the regular chores at 6:00 a.m., and before it ended at 12:30 a.m. today, we had harvested a sample of our first honey and sheared 32 head of … Continue reading
Bees Have Been Busy
The other day we braved the very high temperatures and checked on all of the bee hives. Everything seems to be doing well and we added some more supers to the hives. Some of the hives are slower than others, … Continue reading
~Out door Pizza Oven and Recent Addition~
Being a full-blooded Italian and all, not only do I love people and visiting, but I like to see their enjoyment when they eat good food. I inherited that love from my mother, who is the worlds best cook, in my eyes. I always … Continue reading
~Butchering a Berkshire Hog ~
On the afternoon of the 4th we killed, skinned, removed the innards and quartered a sow. We hung the meat in the “cooler” which for us this time of year was cooled with a small air conditioner. The cooler is more … Continue reading
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