Farm Life
Farm Life
Peony Season Is Starting to Come Into View
Spring moves quickly on the farm this time of year — tulips, bees, and now peonies beginning to rise. This week, the peony field changed almost overnight, and the season...
Peony Season Is Starting to Come Into View
Spring moves quickly on the farm this time of year — tulips, bees, and now peonies beginning to rise. This week, the peony field changed almost overnight, and the season...
A Week of Arranging Flowers
Last week gave me the chance to spend time arranging flowers — combining farm-grown tulips and anemone with a few purchased stems to build one arrangement I especially loved...
A Week of Arranging Flowers
Last week gave me the chance to spend time arranging flowers — combining farm-grown tulips and anemone with a few purchased stems to build one arrangement I especially loved...
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...
Winter Work: The First Tulips
Winter has been asking a lot lately. When temperatures dropped to –15°F, the kind of cold that seeps into everything, the farm shifted into survival mode. Chores were shorter. Doors stayed...
Winter Work: The First Tulips
Winter has been asking a lot lately. When temperatures dropped to –15°F, the kind of cold that seeps into everything, the farm shifted into survival mode. Chores were shorter. Doors stayed...
Early Tulips and a Fresh Start to the Season
I’m just back from the Association of Specialty Cut Flower Growers conference in New Mexico, and coming home...
Early Tulips and a Fresh Start to the Season
I’m just back from the Association of Specialty Cut Flower Growers conference in New Mexico, and coming home...
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.