Hoksey Native Seeds

Hoksey Native Seeds Family owned and operated Native Grass and Wild Flower farm.

It’s seed cleaning time!!Most all agriculture harvesting needs to be cleaned, but large commercial agriculture has the l...
09/18/2023

It’s seed cleaning time!!
Most all agriculture harvesting needs to be cleaned, but large commercial agriculture has the luxury of a combine that cleans while it harvests the crops. Native prairie producers have no such fortune. After harvest season we have 6 straight months of cleaning the various seeds we’ve cleaned.
Thankfully .gen.hunter gets it done for us.

This little guy right here is why we go out every other day for a month and hand collect Butterfly Weed…That and the flo...
09/11/2023

This little guy right here is why we go out every other day for a month and hand collect Butterfly Weed…
That and the flower is beautiful. One of the only bright orange native flowers. We love it! Though at times it proves to be a pain in the butt… so much so that its nickname on our farm is “Butt milk”— a shortened version of “butterfly milkweed” for anyone who was wondering.
We get a lot of people ask if the can sell us common milkweed seeds. Sometimes we wish more people were out picking butterfly milkweed.

What’s up with Big Bluestem getting so tall??We like to say, it’s the “apex” prairie species. It’s only regulators we’re...
08/29/2023

What’s up with Big Bluestem getting so tall??

We like to say, it’s the “apex” prairie species. It’s only regulators we’re moisture levels, fire, and Buffalo.
Without those, it is very hard to control in a field.
Mixed with Switchgrass it’s an incredible winter cover for pheasants, but beware of adding too much to your prairie mix… it can and will take over.

How do we keep it from spreading on our farm?
Tune into tomorrow Prairie Farm Podcast (link in the bio) to find out.

Had a great time interviewing for our upcoming docuseries on Iowa Water. We’re really excited for this one!
08/28/2023

Had a great time interviewing for our upcoming docuseries on Iowa Water. We’re really excited for this one!

What. A. Day.For starters, we joined and had four of the best gentlemen we’ve met come out and help us with hard manual...
08/23/2023

What. A. Day.
For starters, we joined and had four of the best gentlemen we’ve met come out and help us with hard manual labor… in over 90 degree weather.

Sharing The Land founder, , joined us as well, and he and our founder, Carroll, had a grand ol’ time connecting as two pioneers in conservation.

also joined in on the fun to film our crewfor a day. They were an amazing production team.

More updates on the project to come.

It’s almost that time!Please register if you plan to join so we know how much food to provide. It’s all FREE! But we wil...
08/16/2023

It’s almost that time!
Please register if you plan to join so we know how much food to provide.
It’s all FREE! But we will be taking donations for

That’s a clean Sideoats Grama field…Much cleaner than our socks after walking through and shoveling out all the Big Blue...
08/14/2023

That’s a clean Sideoats Grama field…
Much cleaner than our socks after walking through and shoveling out all the Big Bluestem… yet it shows up in the field every year, and so will we.

Just a few quick finds this week. Wildflowers are looking real scrumptious to the bees…
08/02/2023

Just a few quick finds this week. Wildflowers are looking real scrumptious to the bees…

Wild Bergamot is looking good this morning.It’s a perfectly cool morning for weeding our fields. It took a team of 5 hal...
07/07/2023

Wild Bergamot is looking good this morning.

It’s a perfectly cool morning for weeding our fields. It took a team of 5 half a day to finish the field. All in a day’s work for conservation.

Butterfly Milkweed is in bloom!! A Hoksey favorite!Did you know Native Americans used to dry it out and strip it to weav...
06/22/2023

Butterfly Milkweed is in bloom!! A Hoksey favorite!
Did you know Native Americans used to dry it out and strip it to weave into cloth??

Check out our most recent YouTube video to learn more. Link in the bio👆👆

Just over here saving the world in our pollinator gardens…
06/19/2023

Just over here saving the world in our pollinator gardens…

A few of the many rooms we’ve recorded podcasts in. It might not be as glamorous as you think.From unfinished bedrooms t...
06/15/2023

A few of the many rooms we’ve recorded podcasts in. It might not be as glamorous as you think.
From unfinished bedrooms to fossil study rooms… and .gen.hunter have sat in some pretty unorthodox “studios”

Address

12547 Highway T38 South
Lynnville, IA

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 4:30am
Tuesday 8am - 4:30pm
Wednesday 8am - 4:30pm
Thursday 8:30am - 4:30pm
Friday 8am - 4:30pm
Saturday 10am - 2pm

Telephone

+16415943305

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