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Inside This Month's Issue

February/March 2025

Inside This Month's Issue

February/March 2025

He Beat Iowa's Heat and Humidity!

The bike traffic wasn't bad either during this Dubuque resident's unique midwinter ride.

Prettiest Farm in Iowa

A little of the old and a lot of new has shaped the look of this Floyd County farm as it recovers from a 2021 tornado.

Io-Ways...Backroads and Byways

Featuring a springtime photo tour off the beaten path. You'll see a striking indigo bunting...a rabbit nibbling on spring dandelions...and much more!

Amish Farm Wife's Diary

Tending a dairy goat herd has been a good life for the family. Our diarist shares it was sad to see this chapter end. 

Also In This Issue
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Reader Reminders

Featured Contributors

Cristen Clark

My name is Cristen, and I’m an Iowa farmer. In my family we raise corn, soybeans and pigs. I love cooking, writing and sharing contest winning recipes with people I know. Memories made in the kitchen are some of the most treasured memories I have. I am a mom of two—a daughter who loves pigs and sports, and a son who loves pigs, tractors and…tractors. He gets that nowhere strange as I, too, love big tractors.

Steve Gottschalk

Steve is a self-taught weather observer and student of weather folklore from Lowden. His observations come from his decades-long hobby of keeping meteorological logs and studying old weather records and almanacs. He teaches readers about weather trends, planet movements and what the forecast means for our crops!

Mary Helmuth

Mary writes our Amish Diary, cataloguing a week in her life for each issue. You won’t see her picture, because Amish adults don’t wish to have close-up photos taken of themselves, but what you will get is a peek inside the daily life of our Amish neighbors. Mary, along with her husband and children, raise dairy goats and have a flock of 2,000 laying hens.

Sharon Hasler

Sharon is our Feb/Mar featured cook from Monticello. Sharon comes from a long line of Swiss ancestors, and she is sharing her traditional Swiss recipe for Fasnachtskuchlein, or "Knee Patches", in English. "These thin, wafer-like cookies were traditionally served during Carnival, the 3 days preceding Lent," Sharon explains. They're best made with fresh cream from the farm!

Cristen Clark

My name is Cristen, and I’m an Iowa farmer. In my family we raise corn, soybeans and pigs. I love cooking, writing and sharing contest winning recipes with people I know. Memories made in the kitchen are some of the most treasured memories I have. I am a mom of two—a daughter who loves pigs and sports, and a son who loves pigs, tractors and…tractors. He gets that nowhere strange as I, too, love big tractors.

Steve Gottschalk

Steve is a self-taught weather observer and student of weather folklore from Lowden. His observations come from his decades-long hobby of keeping meteorological logs and studying old weather records and almanacs. He teaches readers about weather trends, planet movements and what the forecast means for our crops!

Mary Helmuth

Mary writes our Amish Diary, cataloguing a week in her life for each issue. You won’t see her picture, because Amish adults don’t wish to have close-up photos taken of themselves, but what you will get is a peek inside the daily life of our Amish neighbors. Mary, along with her husband and children, raise dairy goats and have a flock of 2,000 laying hens.

Sharon Hasler

Sharon is our Feb/Mar featured cook from Monticello. Sharon comes from a long line of Swiss ancestors, and she is sharing her traditional Swiss recipe for Fasnachtskuchlein, or "Knee Patches", in English. "These thin, wafer-like cookies were traditionally served during Carnival, the 3 days preceding Lent," Sharon explains. They're best made with fresh cream from the farm!

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