Prairieland Herbs Blog - Adventures from the Farm

Randomness about our life, work, and stuff that happens on our herb farm. Our business is prairielandherbs.com, a mother-daughter team with a 2 acre farm and shop in Central Iowa.

Friday, January 05, 2007

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When you buy essential oils in bigger quantities (this is 5 kg, or approx 11 lbs), you get them in these KICK-ASS sexy aluminum containers. ...
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Friday, December 29, 2006

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So, the other day, I got to make some catnip toys. Get out dried catnip, place in bowl. Place bowl on counter. Go to kitchen to get muslin b...
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Saturday, December 23, 2006

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here's a delicious white chili recipe given to us by some of our favorite friends! :) enjoy! Lora's White Chili 2 size #4 cans great...
Wednesday, December 20, 2006

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BEESWAX! We get our beeswax from a local fellow - he's super nice, and has GREAT beeswax. And we love to support our local farmers. Here...
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This is what our shop looks like about 4PM, just before we head to the post office. :) And this is what our shop looked like Tuesday mornign...
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Monday, December 04, 2006

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Here's a little post about our birdie (and human) friends at Iowa Parrot Rescue. Mike, who runs the rescue with his wife Abi, says this:...
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Wednesday, November 29, 2006

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Last week, I spent most of one day just ordering stuff - stuff to make stuff with. :) Like tins, jars, bottles, shea butter, oils, essential...
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Tuesday, November 21, 2006

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Howdy all! I've been really bad about posting this past week, sorry! We had a CRAZY weekend. We had a blast at the downtown farmer's...
Monday, November 06, 2006

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WOW! The fiber classes this past weekend were AWESOME! We had SUCH a good time. This pictures shows what John dyed during the Sunday "...
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And this kitty lives at our neighbors, at P icket Fence Creamery . I don't know her name, but we just happened to see he cuddled up in t...
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Sorry, guys, I've been really bad about posting lately. Ill try to make up for it! This is "Go", which is Japanese for "f...

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So - it's that time of year when the garden is put to bed, so, we spend time now (october and early Nov.) really stocking up for the hol...
Thursday, November 02, 2006

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Here's a lovely recipe to warm up your November day! Thank you to Betty, who let me post it! Betty's Chocolate Chai Betty says ...
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Monday, October 16, 2006

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I am experimenting and playing with natural dyes, and, have saved the leftover "tea" from our last few batches of hydrosol. The wa...
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FROST! We had our official hard freeze on Wednesday night. *sigh* I had some lemongrass, lemon verbena, and a bit of lemon eucalyptus that h...
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Friday, October 06, 2006

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Here's a lovely recipe from our website - perfect for fall. :) ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Recipe courtesy of Kristine Farley of herb...
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It's soo quiet out there - what's everyone doing?? To get things moving, we're doing a $5 flat-rate shipping sale over the weeke...
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Thursday, October 05, 2006

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I love it when so many things intersect so beautifully! Since I'm starting to learn about natural dyeing, I'm extra-glad that my sti...
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Sunday, October 01, 2006

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Anyone interested in natural dyeing? (It's herb-related, right?) :) That's what I'm doing at home today, for fun. :) I posted mo...
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Friday, September 29, 2006

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This is Moe, doing what he does best. Relaxing. And guarding his precious catnip stash! (I mean, we only have dozens of catnip plants....th...
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Dallas County, Iowa, United States
Donna (the mom), and Maggie, (the daughter) co-own Prairieland Herbs. We have 2 acres of land in central Iowa, and grow our own herbs and flowers, which we use to make herbal bath and body products. We both run our retail store and website full-time.
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