Shenandoah
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I like the idea of bees for honey instead of sugar. Much healthier- and honey is also good for aiding in wound healing.
We have a bee-fellow who asked to place several of his hives on our property, down by the river. He pays us in quarts of honey each year....superb trade off!! I can several things with honey as the sweetener, as well as make jelly and jam with honey. It changes the color a bit but otherwise its stellar! I grow peppermint for tea. My father, in Virginia grows tobacoo. Here in Colorado, the growing season isn't long enough to pull off a tobacco crop. My barter-stash of items consists of coffee and tea as I don't care how tough the economy gets, folks are going to want their coffee!!
Blessings,
Shenandoah