Joe Herron of Marydowns Honey

I’m an old fella who’s lived at Conondale all my life and love it. Originally a dairy and pig farmer, I wasn’t prepared to continue after the dairy marketing arrangements were deregulated.

I tried growing flowers and didn’t like it. Tried growing red claw crayfish but found it more demanding than dairying. Then my son bought a hive of bees and I helped him with them. As time went by it seemed that I had to do the work because he had too much other stuff to do. Somehow or another one hive grew to forty and now I seem to have lots of honey.

I grow more than we can eat. I find the

Co-op an excellent avenue to shed my excess, such as pumpkins and watermelons

I love growing my own food.

Joe’s Marydowns Honey is available in bulk behind the counter as well as jars, honeycomb and creamed honey when in season.

2024