November WCBA meeting

Finally actually entering in this entry that has been sitting here for a bit.

It was a cold and rainy night... I would normally prefer to be in PJs in front of the fire place or my xbox (both of which produce enough BTUs to heat a small building), but went to the meeting instead. We got an update on the sales from the State Fair. We sold 26K of honey (3400 pounds and 29000 honey sticks) with a total profit of 11K. In South Park terms it goes like this: Step 1: Get Bees, Step 2: ..., Step 3: Profit. (Where Step 2 = all kinds of work to get good production out of your bees) The math ends up being about $6/lb for the honey (retail), but 2/3 that for wholesale. In other words, find someone to sell your honey to instead of the State Association.

The speakers for this month were a couple that did PermaCulture (Permanent Agriculture) on their farm. It was a very interesting discussion and way of thinking, but not one that I'm willing to go into much detail about or even try it myself. I don't want to spend all of my time thinking about 5 uses for everything on my property.