From the moment Linda saw the farm, she knew the place needed to be shared with her community. The 1916 farm, with its milking barn came with Romeo and Juliet, two guard geese, a chicken coop and many out buildings. It quickly became the perfect canvas for her to start fulfilling all her homesteading dreams.
In 2004, after growing her menagerie to include sheep, pigs, horses, mule, chickens, rabbits, goats and turkeys, she opened the gates to the community offering a U-Pick pumpkin patch with a petting zoo for fun. She offered all the specialty and heirloom pumpkins and other fall decorations, like gourds, cornstalks and straw bales. Through the years, she’s added bins and bins of resale pumpkins and Doma coffee and pastries sold by Cuppa Columbia, our neighborhood’s coffee shop. Feed bags for sale to the public and are included in the field trip package. With 20+ years running and plans in place for 20 more; Prairie Home Farm with hopefully continue to influence families in the area and encourage them to get outside and celebrate our farm history and everything Fall
Owner and Operator
When Linda first saw her farm, she knew it was what she had looked for her entire life. Her gardening, baking, and antique collecting had found a perfect canvas to show off all her passions.
She did not know farm animals or growing on a large scale, but took it slow and learned as she went. As an RN by trade, she knew how to learn and caretake and after her first experience gardening with a rented pea patch while in college, her eyes and heart had been opened to gardening.
Baking was in her blood from the beginning. Her grandfather owned a bakery in her home town, her dad followed in his footsteps and she was the child who took on the family craft. She was in a club in highschool called Busy Bakers and won large rosettes competing at county fairs throughout the years, with baked good from breads to pies. The concept of “do what you love and you won’t work a day in your life” is not an easy one, but she proved it can be done. After 23 years as a registered nurse, and adding the Lil’ Pumpkin Pie Co. in 2016, she did just that, “do what you love”, and retired early from nursing to run these two together but different businesses. And then with the popularity of her fruit pies and all the talk about how tender and flakey her pie crust is, Linda decided to add Farm Pie School, a lesson in making fruit pies to her little business with most of the class focusing on her famous pie crust. So dotted in between pie orders, farmers market and pumpkin patch, Linda shares all she’s learned about a good ‘ol Betty Crocker recipe pie crust. It brings her and her baking knowledge into your homes, offices, or them to the farm for an afternoon in aprons connecting her even more to her community and them to the art of pie making.
They Love Us
“Great little pumpkin patch! There were lots of pumpkins to choose from and the baby pigs were so cute…what fun!” – Katie K.
“Best blackberry pie I ever had. Thank you.” – Randy N.
“Cute little farm with a few animals you can feed. We found some massive pumpkins in the you-pick. Didn’t try the pie this time but that’s available also!” – Chelsie
“This is my most favorite farm! Linda has done a beautiful job making this a truly old fashioned farm experience. Pick out your pumpkin, feed her animals and listen to her talk about the amount of work and love it takes to open her farm to the public!”– Sheri A.