Update!

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Many of you out there that have followed us on this blog know that the last year has brought many changes!  It is often very hard, if not impossible to explain how it is that changes come about in life.  Priorities shift. Opportunities arise, and our values are constantly being challenged and re-formed […]

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Home Made Raft: A No Python Adventure

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With all the rain and wet weather, we decided we needed a little fun to go with it.  We figured if we had a lake, why not build a boat?

We took some black plastic barrels we had and set them under an old pallet.  This provided a great base.

Next we needed a […]

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Memorial Day At The Lake

Hello Everyone.  It seems like It has been a long time since we have put up a new post.  The last two weeks have been running non stop trying to get the crops in.  But the weather has put a stop to all that.  We just finished planting soybeans on the creek bottom Friday night. […]

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Growing Things For Your Grandchildren

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As a child, coming to the farm, many games were played outside in the yard and the barn.  We would jump the hay bales in the barn, snatch a few strawberries out of the patch in the garden, and endless rounds of hide and seek.  One of the most favorite spots was the apple tree. […]

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Cleaning The Strawberry Patch

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Have a look at this patch of grass.  

Let me tell you a secret.  This ‘patch of grass’ is supposed to be our strawberry patch.  

It is easy to feel overwhelmed when every day as we look out on what needs done we see things like this.  While the good Iowa soil […]

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