Shiitake and Firewood Harvesting
This last week we enjoyed two unusual harvests – one was an abundance of shiitake mushrooms from the logs we innoculated two summers ago. It was a great surprise after two […]
Month: April 2014
Dawn at Draco Hill
Winter mornings can be the most striking as the sun comes up over the Cedar River. This shot was taken just as more snow clouds were moving in. Within minutes, […]
Orchard site prep continues
We’re racing against time now to drop all the box elders, black cherries, ashes and mulberries before the prairie grows back for the summer. Once that happens we’ll have a […]
Prairie and woodland burn 2014
When things are this dry, controlled burns can escape, but we had good fortune combined with expertise from the folks at Earthview Environmental for a successful prairie remnant and first-time […]
Still waiting on Spring
Tornado warnings yesterday. Snow today. 78 degrees three days ago. 28 degrees today. Must be spring in Iowa! Despite the wicked weather, things are greening up. Better than that, we […]
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