Sublime Organic Olive Oil

I've just received a delivery of top grade organic olive oil from Cordoba - at £9.50 a litre I believe it compares very favourably with much more expensive gourmet olive oils. I love good olive oil, use it religiously. Most Mediterranean and Middle Eastern food is olive oil based and traditional food from this part of the world is certainly one of the healthiest.
Luque olive oil comes from Cordoba in Andalucia. It is fruity and full of flavour, extra virgin first cold pressing and has less than 0.04 acidity.
It's affordable at £9.5o per litre bottle. If you are about to order honey you can save on delivery charges by adding a purchase of olive oil to your order. Please call Karen on 01273 604707 if you have any questions about this superb oil.

Bad Hair Day Cure: Honey & olive oil hair & body wash - an amazing creation

This morning I woke up to a seriously bad hair day. After spending most of the weekend exposed to the elements of the Great British Summer my hair looked frightening, and so did I. Fortunately the only creature unlucky enough to see me was Roc, our resident herring gull who was on the ground floor window sill waiting patiently for his breakfast as I went down to the kitchen to make a cup of tea.

A bit later I went to the bathroom to have a shower and PING! An exciting idea. I'll make some shampoo out of the ingredients I like most of all.....honey, cider vinegar and olive oil, thought I. Back in the kitchen I mixed more or less equal portions of cider vinegar, olive oil, honey (all organic and raw), water and pure soap flakes made by my friend Teresa in Tarragona, Spain. I added a little salt and shook the mixture well. I wasn't sure as I was shampooing my hair if the concoction would work, but it felt rich and natural and lathered remarkably well so I left it on my hair for a couple of minutes and also used it as body wash.

After rinsing and drying the end result was superb. My hair and skin feel and look much softer and much more radiant.

If you fancy making some of your own shampoo and body wash we have the ingredients - raw cider vinegar, organic olive oil and of course lots of honey. Just email me at Karen if you want any of the ingredients.
Karen

Some doctors wrongly dismiss honey

some more research about the antibiotic affects of some honeys.

English Honey from Mitcham, Surrey

• Just got some exceptional English honey. It's from Mitcham in Surrey. The beekeeper says the flora is very varied from the area of allotments the hives are on. Has a beautiful 'tang'. Email info@themagicofspain if you want some, £5 a jar + £2 postage. You can pay with paypal if you want - use the email address above.
  

Local Honey At Churchill Square Farmer's Market

Just managed to get some local honey from Moulscomb allotments. We've just been selling it at Churchill Square Farmer's Market and it's been flying off the table. (It's on the left in this photo in the three jars next to the long row). The 30 jars we got have virtually gone in a week, a reflection of the popularity of local honey.

Many people say it is an effective cure for hayfever. The reasoning goes that resistance builds up through absorbing the small amounts of local pollen contained in the honey over a long period. I know of two people with very severe hayfever who say they have found that by eating local honey for six months or so before the pollen season their hayfever has been cured.

Personally I don't know, but it certainly does seem to work for some.

10 Things You Can Do To Help Save The Bees

The famous Einstein quote: "If the bee disappears from the surface of the earth, man would have no more than four years to live." is in fact an urban myth. He never said it. Nevertheless it is a powerful and possibly true comment. We do rely on the bee to pollinate many of the crops upon which we depend.

Bees are in real trouble and The Barefooted Beekeeper has suggested 10 things you can do to help save the bees.

http://biobees.blogspot.com/2009/06/10-things-you-can-do-to-help-save-bees.html

Honey's Antiseptic and Antibacterial Qualities

There's been a lot in the press recently about honey being used in wound and ulcer dressings. Here's an article about the growing evidence for the effectiveness of honey in treating wounds and its acceptance by the medical profession. (You need a pdf reader to see this article.)

There is anecdotal evidence for the effectiveness of honey in treating other skin conditions - Karen, for instance, has used thyme honey on her eczema. It cleared up within a day of the honey application. All our honey is raw.