----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rob Green" <[log in to unmask]>


> I was looking for specific cultivar suggestions... not all buckwheats are 
> equivalent, for example.


Buckwheat likes poor, acid soil. I suspect your soil is sweet and more 
fertile than buckwheat would prefer.

I would look at the herbs, if you have some serious acreage. You might also 
have some market for part of them, dried at your farmer's market.

Lavender makes very fine honey. If your soil tends to be droughty, the 
Mediterranean varieties would be excellent, otherwise the English varieties 
might be better.

Borage will grow anywhere, and makes very fine honey. You might be able to 
market the seed, which is used for oil.

Any of the mints will be great - spearmint, catnip, peppermint. They will 
reseed themselves freely (some think too freely), so your planting could be 
more or less permanent.

You can Google all kinds of cultural info on the herbs.

And of course there is the old standard honey maker - sweet clover.

Dave Green 

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