“This year, the farm jam is on Saturday, August 3rd. Come camp and enjoy music. Directions can be found https://smallprairiefarm.com/contact-location/ or Google: Malcolm Rice’s farm. Hope to see you there.” We usually have a lot of fun! We have chickens busting their butts making eggs. We provide supper for the night (burgers and hotdogs). BRING Read more about FARM JAM 2024- A message from Malcolm[…]
The 2023 summer season again was filled with grasshoppers. We started building above-ground planters so that we could cover them and keep them higher up. So here are pictures of the cactus garden and strawberry garden. We also put in 100 or more trees from Shand Greenhouse. Every year we get some for our shelter Read more about Small Farm Pictures 2023[…]
Farm Fam Jam had a great turnout this year! Dave, Brenda, Megan, Paul and the boys (Joe and Sam), Bruce, and Mira were the first brave souls out on Friday night. Just in time for Jeff to roll up with his 7/11 on wheels. Lime Slushies, cold iced tea, and water with a mini-ice machine. Read more about Farm Fam Jam 2022[…]
Farm jam is Saturday, July 30th this year. We will supply burgers and hotdogs for supper. Also outhouse and water. Power will be on a first-come-first service. Bring your tents or camper. Join us for the on-stage jam.
The year after COVID. We didn’t get many pictures. It’s like we wanted to see people with our eyes instead of through a camera lens for once! It was a great FARM/ FAM Jam. WE HAD BABIES! You know we are close to the end of the COVID epidemic when babies can leave the house! Read more about Farm Jam 2021- The Year After COVID[…]
Sunflowers everywhere in the garden- 2021 We planted ornamental sunflowers one year to attract bees and now they are an invasive weed. This year we tried to use them as a wind block to the garden. They soaked up more water than prevented water evaporation. Now they are a pretty weed in our garden. Kelly Read more about Garden 2021- The Sunflower take-over[…]
CRITTERS, CRITTERS, EVERYWHERE! WE HAVE THEM ON CAMERA. We’ve had several Critters families stop in to try and figure out the cameras. We’ve also had a few who didn’t notice the cameras at all. Birds, raccoons, deer, coyotes, fox, MOOSE, Owls, house cat, bald eagle, hawk, cougar, rabbit, white weasle, and more. We’ve had Read more about Wildlife on the Critter Camera[…]
Winter 2021 Lots of snow. Let’s hope some ends up in the dugout.
Summer 2020- Social Distancing! Summer 2020 was my (Kelly’s) first full season living primarily at the farm. What better place to social distance is the farm. That’s a LIE! The Rice farm has been a haven for people looking for outdoor retreat! Bon fires, hiking, biking, sledding. We even showed up for Christmas. Garden Our Read more about Garden 2020[…]
WINDMILL AND SOLAR TRAIL CAMERA The Windmill turns on a windy day and charges the battery. On a sunny day the solar panels send a charge over to the battery. The battery then sends power over to the inverter. The plug you see in the inverter runs the camera, Nest cam. This way we can Read more about Windmill Project[…]