No April Fool’s joke – the Earthview Environmental folks just contacted me and would like to burn our prairie remnant and two new locations tomorrow, starting around noon. We’ve hired […]

Want to learn how to build a maintenance-free edible forest garden?  Reserve your space now at a free, hands-on workshop Friday April 19. Arrive at 11:30 a.m. We’ll provide lunch and then get […]

Yesterday Paul and I went to the DNR’s Volunteer Wildlife Monitoring Program and learned how to identify raptors and colonial water birds, which we learned are things like egrets and […]

Earlier this week we attended the 30th Annual Prairie Preview in Iowa City. It’s an amazing gathering of hundreds of prairie enthusiasts and the experts who help them reclaim the […]

Yesterday Paul and I went to the land auction for 145 acres north of Iowa City. Just to prepare for what we thought was folly, we studied the flier that […]

This morning we woke to a magical sight – hoar frost across the river valley.   Just thought we’d share it with you.

Summer visitors and events at Draco Hill…so far The snow is falling and yet fingers are itching to get into our geodesic dome and plant some lettuce in those indoor […]

Big goings-on around here at Draco Hill. We’ve wanted to put some of our retirement funds into a farm land purchase that would allow a beginning farmer to get started. […]