Spring in the Garden! There never seems to be enough time to get everything accomplished when getting the garden ready for planting season. To-do lists grow as quickly as weeds; when you think you are ahead of the game, a week full of rainy days can wash those feelings away. Though big plans may […]
Roughly five years ago, Jason Nies and I discussed the idea of creating a garden on The Inn at Honey Run grounds where fresh produce would be grown for use in Tarragon’s creative cuisine. Spring forward to today – that idea has materialized into a two-acre plot of land with fruit trees, raised beds, and […]
Ingredients: 1 ½# Heirloom Tomatoes 1 ½# Roma Tomatoes ½ C Extra Virgin Olive Oil 2 T Salt Method: This recipe is incredibly simple to cook but creates an unbelievably delicious tomato sauce. Oftentimes tomato sauces taste more like garlic, meat, or basil. This recipe focuses on a very simple yet intense tomato flavor. Bring […]
When thinking of ‘Garlic Mustard’, a Controlling Non-Native Invasive Plant is probably the last thing coming to mind. Well, this cool-season, biennial herbaceous plant, is now taking over the forests and woodlands of Ohio and its surrounding states. Garlic Mustard was first observed in the US in the mid 1800s and introduced – either accidentally […]
Most of you are probably familiar with the stream that cuts through the back side of our property. You may have enjoyed crossing our footbridge, walking along the creek or garden trail or even tromping through the stream itself. With weather patterns changing and increasing in intensity, we’ve seen dramatic and rapid alterations to the […]
Written by Rome Marinelli, Naturalist at The Inn at Honey Run As the temperatures drop and snow begins to fly (it’s only a matter of time), we begin seeing various colorful birds decorate tree limbs like ornaments on a Christmas tree. Below we’ll cover ways to entice closer viewing of those birds, how to care […]
