Patti Wandover has an eclectic mixture of merchandise that Marblehead Cleaning soap Firm ships all around the U.S. The downtown Marblehead retailer is open year-round. (Photograph by Sheri Trusty)BY SHERI TRUSTY
When Patti Wandover was three years outdated, her father tried his hand at beekeeping. At the moment, the household’s bee enterprise, Lake Erie Honey Firm, is tended by 4 generations and is unfold throughout northern Ohio and encompasses about 100 hives, 12 of that are on Gill Rd. in Port Clinton. Wandover sells her honey by the jar and in merchandise at her store, Marblehead Cleaning soap Firm at 210 W Important St. in downtown Marblehead.
“I used to be born right into a beekeeping household,” Wandover mentioned. “We pulled honey on Sunday. Between my dad and us, we pulled somewhat over 200 supers. That offers us about two and a half tons of honey.”
This autumn has been particularly productive for the honey enterprise.
“As unhealthy because it’s been with all of the rain and wetness, this fall has been good. Plenty of purple aster and goldenrod are blooming. The wildflowers are prevalent this yr,” Wandover mentioned. “As a result of the fields had been so moist, the crops bought in later, so the bees are working later. We have now good, sturdy hives and good, sturdy honey stream.”
Marblehead Cleaning soap Firm sells dozens of types of handcrafted bar cleaning soap.Marblehead Cleaning soap Firm sells dozens of types of handcrafted bar cleaning soap. (Photograph by Sheri Trusty)Marblehead Cleaning soap Firm sells many gallons of honey every fall to prospects making Christmas mead, a honey and spice fermented drink.
“It’s a drink that dates again to the Romans. Folks combine apples and different fruit from this time of yr with honey and let it ferment,” Wandover mentioned.
The store sells honey in smaller jars, in addition to flavored honey sticks. Wandover additionally incorporates her honey or beeswax into a number of of the shop’s merchandise, together with cleaning soap, lip balm, deodorant and Boo Boo Ointment, a well-liked antibacterial cream. She imports Manuka honey from New Zealand, which is utilized for its therapeutic properties.
“It’s the purest honey on the market. Folks use it so much for therapeutic,” Wandover mentioned. “When your pores and skin begins to interrupt down, put Manuka honey on it to create a pure peroxide that heals the wound. Plenty of hospitals use it.”
Along with Wandover’s many honey merchandise, the store additionally sells a wide range of meals, house and present merchandise, together with candles, locally-based Bob Adamov novels and pantry objects primarily based on Wandover’s personal recipes.
Patti Wandover stands inside Marblehead Cleaning soap Firm with honey produced on her household’s farm, Lake Erie Honey Firm. This time of yr, many shoppers buy honey by the gallon to make use of within the manufacturing of Christmas mead. (Photograph by Sheri Trusty)“Dips are new to the store. We have now dip mixes and dessert dips,” Wandover mentioned. “We promote merchandise from Briarwood Farms in Michigan. Their Maple Bacon Onion Unfold is absolutely in style. Folks eat it on perogies, hamburgers and every thing. Once I ran out of it, there was a ready checklist.”
The store sells film and tv product strains, together with “Hocus Pocus,” “A Christmas Story” and “Yellowstone” themed merchandise.
“We have now a giant, eclectic combine, and we’re open year-round,” Wandover mentioned.
