Mandarin, Honey, Rosemary

Manuka honey is a mono-floral honey (predominately from one kind of flower) from New Zealand. It is prized for its antibacterial properties. When I returned home, in 2005, to the old Awakau Road farm where I grew up I was amazed to see the manuka scrub covering the steep hillsides. I remember my father was constantly battling it, clearing it for pasture, only for it to grow back in a blink. I asked our friend Donald Cox, who now owns the farm, about why the scrub was so ram