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My Mom, a true Wonder Woman

By Iron Butterfly Flower Farm / 03/12/2024

My birthday falls on International Women’s Day every year, March 8. I had the best gift ever this year, the opportunity to come together with the intelligent, progressive women of…

Grandma Rosie

By Iron Butterfly Flower Farm / 03/04/2024

For Women’s History Month I am remembering the women who shaped my life. My grandma, Rosalie (Gage) Majerus, was the oldest of eight children. She is pictured here with my…

WWI Poppies in No Man’s Land

By Iron Butterfly Flower Farm / 01/07/2024

The 2023 season was so hectic, but we got a LOT done! The wildfire smoke and drought didn’t make it any easier. We did more planting and putting in infrastructure…

Integrated Pest Management and Beneficial Insects

By Iron Butterfly Flower Farm / 08/01/2023

It has been a while since my last post. What an incredibly busy summer it has been, and challenging trying to expand our little micro-farm during this drought. Every time…

Seeds of Hope

By Iron Butterfly Flower Farm / 04/29/2023

After the fire at our house, we were put up in a hotel room and then small rental house with two teenage boys and three dogs. It became clear very…

Fire and Rebirth: Easter Reflections

By Iron Butterfly Flower Farm / 04/08/2023

I didn’t set out to be a flower farmer. I was perfectly happy living in my “Beautiful Little Oasis” I called it, with pretty gardens and a natural spring in the…

A Cat in Water

By Iron Butterfly Flower Farm / 03/26/2023

Minnesotans grow up on the water. Lakes, rivers, streams. I however, am a bit like a cat in water. My dad almost drowned as a child, and so we did not…

Brave Little Seeds

By Iron Butterfly Flower Farm / 03/21/2023

The Spring Equinox seemed like the perfect time to start anew with newsletters about the farm, and your farmers, Deb and Joel. Equinox comes from Latin meaning equal night. Day…