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8th Annual Sunflower Giveaway

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SUNFLOWER GIVEAWAY: April 15 is our historic last frost here in Tennessee, and that means it’s time for Half Hill Farm‘s 8th Annual Sunflower Giveaway! They are small now, but these organic Mammoth Sunflowers can get up to 12 feet tall! We love seeing pictures of them in everyone’s gardens. Each flower can produce up to 1,000 seeds and are inoculated with beneficial fungi that will help network your garden’s plant roots. They’re good for your soil, birds, and bees. And the best thing: they are FREE to all our customers! Stop by the Wellness Emporium – Woodbury next to DTC this Saturday April 15 STARTING AT 10AM and grab one while they last!

Special harvest of Basswood honey now available!

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BASSWOOD HONEY: Scot Smotherman is obsessed with bees. He’s also one of our owners, so we get to share some rare treats like this batch of Basswood Honey from his North Carolina hives.

Basswood (Linden) honey is prized for its unique mint and herbal flavor and gut-healthy therapeutic properties. Basswood’s nectar flow usually lasts only 2-3 weeks, but when conditions are right, these trees produce significant amounts of nectar that bees love. Most Basswood honey comes from northern climates, but the Appalachians provide the best source of this honey in the South.

This batch of Basswood honey comes from our hives located near the NC/TN border at 4000ft elevation. This is the first year of 3 years at this location that we have harvested Basswood honey, so grab it while it lasts, and check out our local honey selection, at Wellness Emporium Woodbury!

Stock up on functional honey at Wellness Emporium

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FUNCTIONAL HONEY: Did you know there are all kinds of honey with different health benefits based on location and which flowers and plants the bees foraged? We love honey bees and the sweet honey they make. We’re collecting just enough special honey from around the world made with extra bee magic for better health & well being – get stocked at our farm’s store: the Wellness Emporium!

NEEM HONEY – Made by wild bees and responsibly harvested in India and used as a digestive aid. Add to oatmeal or pancakes!

HEMP HONEY – Hemp flower extract infused honey used to help reduce inflammation and anxiety. Add a teaspoon to your favorite tea and get 15mg of full spectrum CBD.

MANUKA HONEY – Made by bees from the Manuka flower in New Zealand and used around the world for gut health. Take by the teaspoon to soothe an upset stomach.

ACACIA HONEY – Made by bees foraging Black Locust tree flowers and used for skin health and immune boosting. Try using on acne or minor scrapes.

WHITE HONEY – Made by bees foraging Himalayan wildflowers. Try on baked bread or Brie cheese and then tell me why not!

LOCAL HONEY – Made by Mr. George Martin’s bees with Manchester area pollen for seasonal allergies. Grandmas would know exactly what to do with this because they buy the quart jars.

Full spectrum CBD hemp salve for topical use

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We are so happy to introduce our farm’s first full spectrum extract CBD hemp topical salve! Each 1 oz ultraviolet glass jar contains all organic sweet almond oil, calendula infused extra virgin olive oil, jojoba oil, vitamin E oil extracted from sunflower seeds, frankincense and sweet orange essential oils in natural beeswax and 1000 mg full spectrum extract CBD hemp oil.

Most of what we make starts as a natural remedy for ourselves. When our farm started growing hemp organically in 2014, this is one of the products I couldn’t wait to make. As someone who suffers from life-long psoriasis, I understand the desire for a natural healing that works following misdiagnosis and failed recommendations.

I use our 1000mg full spectrum CBD topical salve almost everyday. After months of formulating and testing, we now make it for you with love in our FDA registered and state permitted manufacturing facility in Woodbury.

Here are some links on topical uses of CBD:

Where to find our full spectrum CBD salve: You can purchase our farm’s CBD hemp salve through our online store or at our retail stores listed below and other stores listed here. If you would like to carry our CBD products in your store, sign up for a wholesale account here.

Please consult your doctor before taking any of our products for health reasons. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.

Our farm’s first honey bee hive

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Thursday was a life-long dream come true as we brought our first honey bee hive onto the farm. That’s Vince carefully placing them with Scot Smotherman, a new partner with our farm. Scot’s great-uncle is bee keeper Dr. Ed Perryman of Shelbyville who taught him and countless people across the state how to keep and care for these amazing insects. We are so grateful for Scot sharing his knowledge and getting us this path.

This first colony is a hive of Carniolan bees. With all the rain and cold snaps, we wondered if they’d make it. A day or two later the sun came out, and they got oriented and went to work!

We know it’s a lot of work and commitment, but our goal is to collect as an inspected honey house to make our farm’s first organic hemp-infused CBD honey and share some extra healing love from Woodbury!