Prairieland Herbs Blog - Adventures from the Farm

It's been ages since we posted!

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Thanks, Sue D, for the reminder! Here's some pics from around the farm recently.

Gooseprints in snow

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Nekkid buns

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Chloe and Zoey had their first haircuts :)

Funny bunnies

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Goose love

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August in July?

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A photo of Donna's ditch, taken 3 days ago. It's blooming like it's august!

Donna's deck is about to be goosed....they're figuring out how to climb steps :)

Spoiled rotten

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How many geese in this world get to spend their days lounging in wool-mulched flowerbeds???

100 degrees

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The geese have discovered their own creative ventilation system :)

Friday fun

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"We didn't do it!"

Blooms and a dog bone....doggie yard art?

Redneck mulching operation!

Buns continue to proclaim their innocence....

Delilah says "Hey Baron! This water tasted like goose sh*t!!"

Gooses

2012-06-16T09:05:00.001-06:00

Yo Mom! Out here looking in at you. Making the hole in the screen bigger so we can see each other better! You're welcome!!!!

Abby

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Sample Sundays really wear Abby out. It's a lot of work to get petted by people all afternoon, apparently.

Sunny Friday

2012-06-09T08:17:00.001-06:00

ANOTHER fork casualty! Medic! Mayday!

Lavender from Pleasant Aerie Garden (thank you Thea!), destined for the still.

120 bales of hay to be stacked in the barn.

*sigh*

Hay is really heavy.

This is what it looks like to pull weeds with goose "help".

Broken?

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Donna thinks she's finally killer her favorite digging fork :(

Beautiful and delicious

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MINE

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Pinky would like us all to know that this is HER food and water.

HERS.

And we can't have any.

Bee update

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So Monday we drove to Iowa city to pick up three bee nucs. Nucs are little started colonies of bees, 5 frames in a box. It ended up being a wild 2+ hour return hour journey, as the new boxes didn't actually seal well, and, as it turns out, Donna's car trunk is not bee proof! We stopped once to use cloth grocery bags to stuff up the tiny bee-sized gaps around the back seat, and once to beg trash bags from a gas station attendant to try to wrap up the leaky boxes. Neither attempt worked too well, so mostly we drove home with a lot of bees in the car. Fortunately, there were very calm and mellow bees and we actually had no problems. The picture shows what the trunk looked like when we got to the farm!

The first nuc we installed at a friend's farm outside Woodward. These lucky bees have acres of woodland and natural prairie to feed on.

The second hive now lives at Twin Girls Garden in Madrid, Iowa, where they will pollenate Paula's organic vegetables :)

The third went to Raccoon Forks Farm in Redfield, also to pollenate organic veggies :)

We then inspected our three hives at Plh. Our two overwintered hives look very healthy!

The swarm we caught two weeks ago is also robust, but is building some unusual comb. Hmm, what to do?

Hot and busy Saturday

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Despite the 90+ degree heat, John went all chainsaw whup-ass on two trees that were recently taken down by high winds.

This will be left to encourage wildlife habitat.

Lexi napped.

Donna weeded.

Gooses..err...goosed. Look at their curly feathers coming in!!

Goose chateau

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Farm pics

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Lavender is blooming already! A full month earlier than normal.

All three beehives are doing well!

We harvested a few precious and delicious berries :)

Our broccoli and broccoli raab is ready too.

We found a little bird nest, blown out of a tree. It's made entirely of mini-horse hairs :)

The buns love each other :)

Bunny bathing!

Keepin the post office busy!

Goosi

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Mom? Hey! Mom! Can we come up on the deck with you? Mom??

May? Really?

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Broccoli!

Broccoli raab

Chive blossoms are nearly done

Donna's roses look amazing!

Goose caboose

2012-05-17T07:47:00.001-06:00

This is our new view, every time we turn around :)

Garden progress

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Donna has been weeding the woodland plant area and it looks amazing!

This hosta is huge!

Perennial herb bed and veggie garden area is doing well.

Brassicas, onions, lettuce

Green beans, eggplant, peppers

Maggie's raspberry bed, half weeded. :)

Geese on duty

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Just another day on the job...havin' a little chat around the water cooler. You know how it is.

Farm livestock (and strawberries)

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Strawberry time is nigh....

Harry and Lexi got their summer haircuts!

The bunnies are enjoying exploring the great outdoors.

The bees are going bonkers! Donna's high bush cranberry is a current favorite food source.

We love the geese!!!!!!

Love love love love the geese :)

The bunnies love each other :)

Free range bunnies are kind of hilarious :)