@ the Farm: 2026 Season Started

I truly love the honey-berries for their flavor & early season crop. I think they taste like a mix of blueberries, blackberries & clover, and I ate a lot of clover as a kid, weeding the grass via hula-hoop. We had some NICE grass, NO roundup involved. But - the berries - one of their best qualities, are early pollinator support. I love seeing the first Bumbles crawl out & be so happy for something fresh. I popped in unannounced to the park yesterday; because, the sunshine

At the park - had to pop in for May Day. the road forward, aka: "Don't Quit"

Season #2 what will we grow together?! Nursery License arrived, looking at May Day & weekend weather. See you in town @ the park likely this weekend. No cut to call yet - but feel free to reach out about perennials. 😁

The sparrows are back, warblers arriving, Sora on south side 2 days in a row… And yesterday, the first Spring babies: Welcome to Heartland Acres little fluffers! What will May bring? 😀

What a beautiful morning after the rain. So many ways to get dirty outside today.

What lovely spring rain. Ducked out earlier to use the break-down bin & tree limb pile to fill up my big tall round planter I used for wind protection last year. Yay future broccoli space! Tossed in some lettuce to start ; ) French drain work next droplet stop. Happy Monday!

Hopefully this wind blows in some moisture. Perennials crawling out on all sides. I haven’t done the spring dig out yet - as rains haven’t settled in here yet & some dips ahead - but, beautiful new growth coming to brighten the days. Momma Lucy-Goose is on it - but no little fluffers… yet.

The Mailing List folks should be getting fun mail this week. Gift Certificates available - plants or cuts, with 20% off coupon for any purchases at use ~ because Spring Support really matters. Especially these last 527 days before… the BIG plant of the orchards. 5 Sweatshirts / Hoody’s sold = the first order of Monarch caterpillars in for June…. Help us change the world: https://kristinsflowers.threadless.com/designs/2026-hatch-help/mens/pullover-hoody/classic-fleece?variatio

The lovely afternoon sunshine helped me get a holdover bed flipped over & seeded. Everyone’s coming out of dormancy nicely so far. Happy Sunday!

I’m so excited about watching the Queen of Prairie grow out. One of the reasons I love perennials - their ability to thrive in the Spring weather cycles. In the midst of the 70’s / snowflakes, the Larkspur & Columbine are pushing up & fluffing out, the honeyberries are just smiling, who cares about the temperature, 11 hours of light?! We’re growing! So are the bunnies though - and they are hungry, so get that Mole Max / Castor oil granuals out & watered in to protect the gro

It’s such an exciting moment @ Heartland Acres Conservation Farm This morning - I got to watch the river otter play in the sunshine - on land for the first time - pintails were getting future duckling rowdy on the pond, and payment cleared on my nursery license fee for 2026 - so I will be available in town soon, possibly well before mother’s day. I often say - it takes what it takes, and it’s true. You work, you believe, you wait to see… and every now & then, the milestone m

Nerd out time, too many non-believers, check what I alreasy believed & YUP, well on our way. 😎 time, get dirty in a bigger way than chemistry break Woohoo!!

A cause close to my heart, after our family was devastatingly affected, 5 years ago this July, and from so many I have seen hurt: don’t forget, DEA drug take back day is April 25th. It’s a great time to turn in any unused prescriptions / prescription medications (legally prescribed or not) so they don’t end up in the water, or landing YOU in hot water. It is Spring - time for new growth. No questions asked, drop them in, the professionals dispose. Of course Yellow Med isn’t

Today was a hug from mother nature, like only she can give. One of the benefits of believing in your American Dream so much (to be the generation that puts the family back into the greatest profession of all after only one generation out, farming and being a part of the local food chain) means living in the barn I’m growing out of, or it wouldn’t be possible. So, I get to live by the light, I hear the birdies through the... ventilation : ) - and the outstanding results fro

The plants are coming out of dormancy while I try to re-join 2026 with more videos. Like Grandpa Sarge said: "Always keep learning. If you keep learning, you keep your mind young, and if your mind is young, you will stay young."

Well, I did not yet figure out how to get the little ‘insta’ button on my website, but managed to get the supposedly social media going & linked to the website - AND SOMEONE CLICKED!! Thank you for the hope! #Believe Catch-22 of rain / rest the poor arm days (hasn’t fallen off yet) = have to computer. 😂🫣😂 Fresh Spaghetti Sauce coming up for reward. Can't wait for Canby Farmers Market 2026 Season to load up on that great Circle K local beef. Local, fresh, from scratch (

What a beautiful Friday! Signs of Spring all around, Lucy-Goose already on the next additions at Heartland, front side flagging under way for future pasture fence, & the Columbines, Yarrow, Sedum, Shrubs, Fruits, & Allium all growing for it. Plus - go Cam go (my guy doing well at golf for break time check ins). Managed to get the canoe in sans-swim Rewarded with a nest sighting ❤️ This lil Columbine had a cheerful face after watering, smiling with little water drop eyes Peppe

There's not enough time in the day, for all my feathered friends.

It figures I started Wednesday, SAR training day, tipping the canoe & going for a refreshing dip in the pond 😂🤣😁 Been awhile since I have walked up to the farmhouse, slosh, slosh, boots full of water & nice to give mom such a good giggle in her morning. Fingers crossed the camera does ok with its unscheduled cleaning Happy Wednesday!

Ducky here, ducky there, ALL the ducky’s, everywhere! What a beautiful day to be a conservational farmer in America. Plus - the Honeyberries are Happy 😎