Farm Life
Farm Life
Prairie Fire and New Beginnings
This week I burned the prairie as part of a conservation project on the farm. Fire clears the way for native grasses and wildflowers, and the next step will be...
Prairie Fire and New Beginnings
This week I burned the prairie as part of a conservation project on the farm. Fire clears the way for native grasses and wildflowers, and the next step will be...
Caring for Bees, Season by Season
January doesn’t slow things down for us. If anything, this is when everything overlaps — flowers, seed trays, greenhouse checks — and somehow the bees are always part of the...
Caring for Bees, Season by Season
January doesn’t slow things down for us. If anything, this is when everything overlaps — flowers, seed trays, greenhouse checks — and somehow the bees are always part of the...
About the Author
I’m Catherine, the heart behind Hive & Petal—a boutique flower farm and apiary in Prairie City, Iowa. When I’m not harvesting blooms or tending honeybees, I’m often crafting something beautiful, cooking something delicious, or watching hens explore the field. I believe in wide open skies, good books, and sharing farm life—one story (or bouquet) at a time.