Slow-flowing honey

I’m always a little late in the season by the time I get round to finishing off spinning honey and bottling it.  So, it’s not unheard of that late October I am bottling the final jars of honey from that season and that was my job for today.

I’m working during the week so don’t always get enough time in an evening to do those sorts of jobs and so, last weekend, when I put the last bucket of honey into the settling tank, ready for bottling, I should have planned to bottle it very soon as it had already started to set.

Well, it wasn’t really a big surprise, when I came to bottling it today, that it was pretty slow to flow through the tap.

I thought I would have to resort to scooping it out but, after a little coaxing at the tap-end, and a lot of patience, I ended up with 15lbs of “semi-set” honey.

It made me think.  If my time is precious, which it is, then I need to plan properly to make the most of what time I have.  I still managed a few domestic chores and sowing the broad beans today but I really hadn’t expected to spend most of the afternoon encouraging honey to flow.

So, for #MyTime week 14, it is to make sure I have a plan to make the most of #MyTime even if maybe I won’t always stick to it.