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.

Wednesday, August 29, 2007

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Guess what we found in the barn today? 4 beautiful little baby kitties! all our pets are, of course, spayed or neutered, but this IS a farm,...
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We served these cookies at our "Herb Overload" class a week and a half ago. I love super-easy things that you can make in a hurry ...
Tuesday, August 21, 2007

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Maggie has an etsy store now! and is selling pretty, naturally dyed scarves and hankies...check it out! (PS for those of you that don'...
Thursday, August 16, 2007

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Look what we found just outside our shop yesterday!! The doggies treed it (we removed the dogs, and the critter toddled off, unharmed). Anyb...
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Saturday, August 11, 2007

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Sample Sunday News! John Whitson, or neighbor and organic farmer, has got a BUMPER crop of basil and tomatoes - all certified organic!!! He ...
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Monday, August 06, 2007

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oh. My. GOODNESS! Just back from our annual judging at the State fair - we host and judge a herbal cooking contest every year, and every yea...
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Wednesday, August 01, 2007

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Hey gang! We still have 3 spots open in our Soapmaking 101 Class this Saturday, August 4th - if you're interested, please do sign up !! ...
Sunday, July 29, 2007

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The good thing about having regular classes held in our classroom is that it regularly forces us to clean our classroom. Because otherwise i...
Thursday, July 26, 2007

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Also...you can now find a selection of our herbal wares at Morning Light Books , on 73rd St. in Windsor Heights. We're pleased and proud...

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DYEING WOOL WITH JACQUARD ACID DYES - this Saturday, July 29th! This is a pic of all the roving, yarn, fleece and fabric I dyed and took hom...
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Thursday, July 19, 2007

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We just pulled a few weeds, so our annual herbs are looking pretty good! Most of these are destined either for the still (lemongrass), hair ...
Wednesday, July 11, 2007

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These sunflowers were actually accidents...just spilled birdseed, really, but they're one of the most cheery things on the farm right no...
Tuesday, July 10, 2007

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SAMPLE SUNDAY!!! Sunday, July 15th, from 12-4 PM. And GUESS WHAT?!?! TEMPLETON RYE IS COMING! I could NOT be more excited. I have loved the...
Thursday, June 28, 2007

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Prairieland Herbs products now available at Chit and Chat coffeehouse in Waukee!!! :)

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Our (still unnamed) boy duck now has a girlfriend!!! She's very quiet and laid back, and REFUSES To get into the pond. Silly girl! But, ...
Thursday, June 21, 2007

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Happy Midsummer, everyone!! The wet spring has messed things up a little bit here at PLH. Normally, our St. John's Wort and our Lavender...
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Wednesday, June 20, 2007

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We certainly know who is in charge around here! (This little fella is *still* looking for a home, by the way!) Donna, weeding, in her famous...
Thursday, June 14, 2007

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Goose Update! Here is a picture of Beaker, our rescued-and-now-thinks-he's-people Canada Goose. He's probably about 6 weeks old now,...

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OMG, is there anything cute than a sleeping kitten? Yes! A kitten sleeping in a pile of roving. :) Isn't he adorable? We have 2 kittens...
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Prairieland Herbs Customer Service Department. :) (Aka Toby! Donna's grandson, Maggie's nephew, and all-around good kid).
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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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