Exciting News

Well the locust trees and flowers are in full bloom. Boy do the bees love those locust trees. Anyway we have been so busy that we haven't had a chance to write in awhile and the more exciting news the busier we became. So enough action and time for a little talk.

We have a terrific market lineup this year. If you are interested in checking out our products or purchasing something just stop boy any of the following markets.

1. Tuesdays - Waterville Ohio - 4:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Right downtown across from the bank.
2. Wednesdays - Westgate Shopping Center - 3:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. In front of Elder Beerman.
3. Thursdays - Perrysburg Ohio - 3:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. - Downtown on Lousiana Avenue.
4. Saturday - Toledo Farm Market - 7:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. - Across from the Lbbby Glass Factory.

Yes, we are going to be pretty busy and yes I'm going to be hopping from place to place but my brother is lending me my niece to help me out for a month so when you see Jessie down at the market with me make sure you say hello!!!

Ok, besides the market schedule we do have one new announcement!

Hot & Spicy Honey Mustard made it's debut on Saturday at the market. . . . it was short lived because within a short and I do mean short period of time every single last bottle was gone. Wow!!!! So guess what I'm doing today? Yep, I'm headed over to the commercial kitchen to bottlle more hot & spicy Honey Mustard. . . .

I really wasn't sure how it would go over in the market and when I left a squeeze bottle on the counter for Jim to try last week and he called his mom up to brag about how great this mustard was I had a feeling that it might end up being a good thing. Jim does not mince words, and Jim would never say he liked something if he didn't. His honesty is a good thing, if he just tried to make me feel good I'd be making stuff that would never sell and that would not be a good thing.

Here is the funniest thing I observed about the people who stopped to buy our mustard. . . . Mustard is a real guy thing. I do get couples who stop at the table and buy things but it is usually the women who lead the way. I stuck the honey mustard on the corner of the table, not real noticeable but stacked nicely. I don't think one guy who happened to be walking by, just walked by, they usually stopped, tasted, and bought. I even had one guy go find his buddies, drag them back to my table and have them try my mustard. I'm not saying that women were not interested in it, what I'm saying it that for the first time there were a whole lot more men who actually ventured towards the table voluntarily. . . .

I was going to upload a picture of the mustard but I don't have a single squeeze bottle left in the house to photograph. Hopefully by the time I put this head down on my pillow I'll have a picture to share with you.

The other great news is that Jim is putting on a honey house with a commercial kitchen for me. Right now to process and pack our products I have to pay someone to use their commercial kitchen. We have a license to pack our products but we currently have to use space that has been approved by the state. You have no idea how much that will help me out. No more trips back and forth. No more hauling equipment in and out. . . Yippee. He says he will have in finished by mid July. Stay tuned.