Farm Life
Farm Life
Learning New Ground
This week’s learning happened partly in the field and partly behind a screen. A recent website transition has me building new skills in a different kind of soil.
Learning New Ground
This week’s learning happened partly in the field and partly behind a screen. A recent website transition has me building new skills in a different kind of soil.
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...
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.