A note from the Barnes family regarding the previous blog post sent via email.

You may have received an email from us with a blog post titled: “Is Honey Good for Weight Loss.” We did not write that blog post, nor did we see or approve of that post before it was posted to our website. We apologize if you found the content confusing and atypical of our blogs.

We recently started working with a professional web design company to help us optimize our website and improve search engine rankings. They posted that blog in an attempt to generate informative material about honey, and since we were not made aware that they were posting this information, we did not have a chance to review the material before it was sent out.

We would like to make a few things clear.

1. Although we do believe that honey has amazing qualities and benefits, we make no claim of our honey being medicinal. If we include information in our blogs regarding benefits seen from honey use we would be certain to also include reputable scientific source of that information.

2. It is never our intent to market our honey as a “miracle cure” to any sort of ailment. We have a commitment to providing the best quality products we can produce, and we do not resort to gimmicky advertising claims to sway our readers or customers to purchase our products.

Please accept our sincere apology that this sort of advertising was sent via email. The blog post has since been deleted. While it wasn’t entirely inaccurate advertising regarding honey in general, it is not representative of who Isaac and I are as business owners, beekeepers, community members, and entrepreneurs. Our style has always been to connect with customers in a more direct and meaningful way. We all get enough spam and “fluff” advertising in our lives, trying to convince us to latch on to the next best thing. We don’t want to contribute to that sort of environment or culture in regards to our farm, our family, and our customers. Thanks for your patience and understanding. We have discontinued our relationship with the web design company and I assure you, the blog will only contain content directly from our farm-Isaac and Jayne- in the future.

Honeyrun Farm Holiday Open House December 10th, 2022, 8 am-6 pm

Join us December 10th between the hours of 8 am and 6 pm. The entrance will be in the rear, in our new addition.

We're opening up our Honey House to shoppers! We're setting up a "pop up shop" in the honey house so you can browse all our items in person. Although you can still find our items in our roadside farmstand and pay using the honor system, our Holiday Open House will give you a chance to see many of the beeswax candles and gift boxes that are not always available in the farmstand.

In lieu of cookies and cider, this year we are offering raffle prizes and guessing contests with the opportunity to take home Honeyrun products, t-shirts, hats, and more. Our honey house is the red building at the back of our property. Follow the signs to the new addition and entrance in the rear.

Candles can also be pre-ordered online and picked up at the open house, to ensure you receive the selection you desire.

Four Month Catch Up

Our blogs are becoming more infrequent, however we’re still here doing our thing in Pickaway County Ohio. Our county fair is next week, so this week is full of all the final details like clipping and leading animals, securing costumes for the alpaca costume contest, scrambling to fill out 4H project books, and creating arts and crafts projects for competition.

We are once again participating in the Save Ohio Bees™ initiative. and now through June 26, 50% net proceeds of our products on the Marketplace help restore pollinator habitat and fund conservation programs with a matching gift from The Buzz Maker® on the first $1,000 raised. We have just 12 days left, and are half way to our goal. Some of the products in the marketplace to support this initiative would make great Father’s Day gifts. This initiave supports two beneficiaries: The Pollinator Partnership (P2), the world's largest nonprofit dedicated to protecting pollinators, and The Wilderness Center, which connects the community to conservation through education. It protects 3,380 acres in seven Ohio counties including 500 acres of wetland, and 13 miles of freshwater streams. I was lucky to grow up near the Wilderness Center and visited many times on school field trips and Girl Scout hiking adventures as a child.

We are still visiting the Worthington Farmer’s Market each Saturday, 8 am - 12, our booth located near House Wine in Worthington. Our employees Petyn and Becca typically staff the booth each week, giving us time to be with our kids on the weekend. It has been wonderful to have them help out, so we can enjoy family time and traveling. We’ll try to continue updating you on events as they arise, and as always, THANK YOU for the continued support of our farm.

Worthington Farmers Market Resumes this Saturday

The Worthington Farmer’s Market will resume this Saturday, February 5th, from 9-12, in our traditional spot inside the Shops at Worthington place, 7227 N High St, Worthington, OH 43085.

Thanks to the virus the samples will now be safely located behind the table. Feel free to ask for one if you’d like to try some of our honey.

We also have a wide variety of gift boxes for Valentines Day available here on our website. Check them out here: https://www.honeyrunfarm.com/gift-packages

And just to keep things fun and exciting around here, we’re giving away FIVE of the above pictured gift boxes, including a soap, lip balm, heart candle, and 2 oz honey bear to 5 randomly selected commenters on this blog post. Just leave a random comment below and your name will be entered into the drawing! We’ll notify you here on the blog, so check back by Friday at 5 p.m. to see if you’ve won (after being notified through the blog post you will email us your address, so you don’t have to give out any personal info publicly). We’ll send the winners their prize in the mail- must be within the United States to enter. Please use the “honor system” and only enter one time. Good luck!

More barns on the move

A little less than a year ago Isaac shared the story of how his brother Justin and his wife Adrienne moved a neighbor’s old barn through the fields about a mile away to rest in a field next to their house. That blog post with videos can be found here. They plan to restore it and turn it into an airbnb vacation getaway. They had moved another old barn in a similar fashion in 2011, about 3/4 of a mile through a field and over dry run creek, and spent the next decade restoring it and turning it into an airbnb. You can view the airbnb listing here. While Williamsport, Ohio has never been a hot spot for vacationers, many people from out of town love the peaceful scenery and pastoral landscape. There is a herd of friendly belted galloway cattle in the neighboring pasture, a hot tub and swimming pool, and spacious rooms to gather with family and friends.

Here we are, less than a year later, and they’ve managed to move yet another, bigger barn 3.3 miles down the road, across fields and 3 different roads. They will begin restoring it to give it a new life, potentially as a location for small weddings or family gatherings. Watch their Facebook page for updates on progress and to find out when it will be available to rent.  

While Justin and Adrienne are busy being industrious and moving barns, we’ve enjoyed a few winter getaways to ski and snowboard on the weekends. For the month of January, the Worthington Farmer’s Market is closed due to lack of an indoor location willing to host the market. We are awaiting news of a new venue for the indoor location from February-April, and as soon as we find out where it will be, we’ll share it here. Our next Worthington Market will be February 5th. Until then- we’re going to spend as much time as possible on the slopes! 

As always, our farmstand is open year round during daylight hours. Cash or check accepted in the drop box at the farmstead, and larger orders can be preordered by emailing us (click the little envelope button at the top right of this page.)