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  • Southwest Tour in Photos

    Southwest Tour in Photos

    The peaches and pears were freeze-dried, dehydrated and or baked and eaten. The apples were socked away in cold storage and Hipcamp was closed down for the season, our outhouses and campsites tucked in and ready for snow. So it was time to get on a plane and go to the Grand Canyon! We love…

  • SO Much Food!

    SO Much Food!

    The land is giving us much more than we expected with a summer drought.

  • Dragonfly Migration

    Dragonfly Migration

    Dragonflies migrate every fall and it’s always a sight to see. All the insects are loading up, including bees on thistle.

  • Freeze Drying Fruit and Veggies

    Freeze Drying Fruit and Veggies

    freeze drying fruit is the newest way to preserve it

  • A Peachy Year!

    A Peachy Year!

    It’s a peachy year in Iowa this year! The trees, suffering from drought, are bending and sometimes breaking, under the weight of the fruit.

  • Is Autumn Here?

    Is Autumn Here?

    A few scenes from today at Draco Hill. This place isn’t done strutting it’s stuff for the year just yet! Yesterday we hosted a group to help us determine what the future of this beautiful land will be for the short term. We’re considering renting it out for half-days, days or overnights for groups wishing…

  • The Heat Wave is Over!
  • Little Ticks
  • Chili Dog in the Fog
  • Where the Chicks are Free!

    Where the Chicks are Free!

    Chicks freed after lifetime of captivity (ok it was only a few weeks and for their own good…)