How weather affects honey and the taste of new vintages.

Did you know that each vintage of honey is unique?  Every year the bees can forage in exactly the same area and yet, depending on what the weather does, they will forage more our less on

Sheryl Mackay from CBC Radio paid a visit to Our Farm and Meadery.  Check it out!

Spare dandelions to feed the bees

Before you mow your dandelions, consider how food options for pollinators are scarce this time of year. Those sunny little flowers are a very important source of pollen for bees in the spring. Dandelion pollen is nutritious and the nectar is abundant - it gives bees a huge boost and adds to the

Pairing Tugwell Creek’s Meads

by IdeaZone

Many people struggle with how to pair meads with foods. In our case, this is easy. Our meads are more wine like and tend to be on the dryer side. Most popular with the holiday meal are either Melomel or Metheglin.

MELOMEL is a fruit meads and pair well with spicy foods, seafood,

Éconmusée promotes artisans at work

by  Pirjo Raits - Sooke News Mirror

Scattered throughout Quebec are artisans who manage to maintain the traditional way of the artisan, both in the areas of food and products. It is about small family businesses and perpetrating traditional knowledge —the farmer who