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Sourwood honey in 2025?
"Sourwood honey is so rare that a good crop
sometimes only surfaces once per decade." - Slow Food USA
My inaugural sourwood harvest in 2024 yielded 3.5 pounds. It's not for sale. Let's hope the weather, hives, and timing align in 2025 for a larger harvest. Lab testing to verify sourwood content is more than $300, so I'll need to see a substantial crop to justify offering it for sale.
Timing the sourwood flow is an art. If you're unfamiliar with sourwood honey, OUR STATE published a great article about it. Sourwood honey is only produced in a small pocket of southern Appalachia. It's won "best honey" in world competitions more than any other honey.
According to Slow Food USA, "Sourwood honey is so rare that a good crop sometimes only surfaces once per decade." If I time it right and have a larger harvest next year, I'd love to offer some for sale.
Timing the sourwood flow is an art. If you're unfamiliar with sourwood honey, OUR STATE published a great article about it. Sourwood honey is only produced in a small pocket of southern Appalachia. It's won "best honey" in world competitions more than any other honey.
According to Slow Food USA, "Sourwood honey is so rare that a good crop sometimes only surfaces once per decade." If I time it right and have a larger harvest next year, I'd love to offer some for sale.