Settler’s Harvest
7609 Settler’s Way K0A2T0 North Gower, Ontario

The fall harvest is underway! I'll be doing drop-offs of large prepaid orders ($50+) on September 28. Prepaid orders can also be picked up (Carling/Woodroffe area). Get some before it's gone! Prices: 1 L jar = $17; 500 g jar = $10. To order, send us a DM or email me at [email protected]

Another great reason to love honey: "Honey is one of the most environmentally friendly sweeteners. It requires considerably less energy and resources to produce than cane sugar, corn or beetsall of which require land, fertilizer, pesticides, and irrigation. Honey also requires less energy to process, since it doesn’t need to be refined."

We'll be harvesting honey in about a month. Yay! If you are interested, please drop us a note and we'll put you on the list.

Eastern Ontario, of course, is also known for its exceptionally delicious 100% pure maple syrup. (And we happen to know an easy way to get some!) #buylocal #springishere #nocanesugar

Help! We've got honeyLOTS of honey. Our fall harvest was a bumper crop and things are getting sticky around here. Our customers tell us it's the best-tasting honey they've ever had, and we have to agree! Help a local beekeeper and get yours today! Click on "Shop" for details: https://www.facebook.com/settlersharvest/shop/?rt=19

US hotel chain Omni Hotels & Resorts boasts four-diamond service, signature restaurants, and unique wellness options. They also take pride in using honey in everything from culinary dishes to spa treatments. These tempting cocktails all feature "honey water" (honey simple syrup) which is made with two parts honey dissolved in one part hot water. An easy way to avoid refined sugar while enjoying the final long weekend of summer. https://www.omnihotels.com/blog/cocktails-with-honey/

A SWEET testimonial from a new honey customer that I just have to shareand thank you to Jenn Hayward from Gopher It for making us look great: "...I must say my wife also enjoyed this awesome honey. The very best honey we ever tasted. Please keep us appraised when next year's supply is available ... Also your courier was excellent. "Great Product and Speedy Delivery = Awesome Business >>> Settler’s Harvest" Ed S.... If you want to add a little awesome sweetness to your day, get yours here: http://bit.ly/SHpreorder

Our Ottawa customers say Settler's Harvest honey is the best they've ever tasted. We have to agree! Raw, unpasteurized and all-natural, straight from our hives in North Gower and Merrickville to you! Convenient pick-up available (3 minutes from the Costco on Merivale) for prepaid orders. Click on "shop" for prices, or send a message to order yours today!

Know your source! When you buy your honey from a local beekeeper (like us!), you can be sure you're getting pure, natural honey. If you buy imported honey, you're rolling the dice: "A Canadian study of honey has found that nearly 24% of imported products were labelled as pure but actually contained added sugar."

Members of the Lanark County Beekeepers Association enjoyed a great talk and Q&A this week by bee researcher and beekeeper Paul Kelly from the University of Guelph's UoG Honey Bee Research Centre. Paul and the centre are well known among beekeepers for their great online video series. This video is a quick overview of the work they do and includes some fun bee facts. https://youtu.be/mtfzz__v8KU

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Did you know that it takes 40 litres of sap to make just one litre of maple syrup? Sounds like a lot of work to do yourself. Hmmm...I wonder if there's an easier solution? #shoplocal

In case you've ever wondered about pasteurization of honey (and why it's neither necessary, nor desirable). From the Ontario Beekeepers' Association: "Honey, in its natural form, is one of the safest, most shelf-stable food products you can eat. There is no requirement in Canada for honey to be pasteurized. In fact, many consumers seek raw, unpasteurized honey as it contains natural yeasts, enzymes and traces of pollen from local flowers and trees, which are considered healt...h and flavour benefits. "Because of its low moisture content and high acidity, bacteria and other harmful organisms cannot live or reproduce in honey. So pasteurizing honey (unlike, for example, dairy products), is not about food safety. Some honey is pasteurized in order to slow down the natural process of granulation, in order to allow it to remain in a liquid (or pourable) form longer... "Pasteurization may delay the granulation of honey but it does not stave it off forever. Granulated honey, which maintains the flavour and nutritional profile of its earlier liquid form, can easily be returned to a liquid state by gentle heating."

Chase the fall chill with a bit of hot whisky (we recommend Canadian Club), some local raw honey from Settler's Harvest, plus lemon and spices. (If you don't have a cold or a sore throat, consider it a preventative measure.)