Sweetgrass Farm

Sweetgrass Farm We are a homestead farm that values diversity in life and diet. Our products are all chemical and GMO free.

Our ultimate goal is establishment of an ecological wonderland that supplies fruits, nuts, art, beauty, herbs and community.

First picture is 12 hours after burning. Second picture is 48 hours after burning. Not a complete burn but it’s opened u...
05/31/2026

First picture is 12 hours after burning. Second picture is 48 hours after burning.

Not a complete burn but it’s opened up enough to get some seeds and plugs planted.

This invasive brome grass monoculture will soon have native prairie plants that feed the birds, the bees and me!

05/31/2026

As the fire grows, I love watching the blades of green grass slowly laying down.

05/30/2026

It’s a great time for a late season burn to knock back the brome grass.

Usually we burn against the wind and downhill to slow the fire down but we had to break both of these rules just to keep the fire lit.

I can only post one video at a time so stay tuned for the aftermath.

05/24/2026

Look at this grumpy little dingus. I have never heard an opossum growl like this but then again, I’ve never picked up an opossum by the tail and carried him a couple hundred yards.

Anyways, he’s probably back in the barn by now but we’re big fans of deterrence over death.

Studies have shown with coyotes that providing an unwelcome farm is much more effective than killing animals. Killing problem animals just creates an opening for more to come in.

If we can teach the predators we have, their existence alone helps keep others of their species away.

Even in drought, there’s always something amazing to see if you look close enough. This tiny blooming cactus (Escobaria ...
05/10/2026

Even in drought, there’s always something amazing to see if you look close enough.

This tiny blooming cactus (Escobaria missouriensis) is only about 2.5” at its widest but the flowers are gorgeous. There’s another that’s just about to bloom. With some luck, we will have pollination and get some seeds this year.

The second picture is a serious close up. These little pits are the work of ant lions who love the dry, sandy soil of the cactus garden.

At the bottom lies a ferocious predator. When an unlucky ant stumbles into the hole, the ant lion kicks sand up until the ant reaches the bottom and becomes a meal.

Fun fact: the ant lion will spend two years in this larval stage before emerging as an adult that looks kind of like a damselfly.

Super fun fact: ant lion larvae have no a**s. All of their waste is stored and expelled to make their pupal cocoon.

Passenger pigeons were a mostly eastern species but it’s possible they could have been spotted above Sweetgrass Farm 200...
05/08/2026

Passenger pigeons were a mostly eastern species but it’s possible they could have been spotted above Sweetgrass Farm 200 years ago.

Market hunting and habitat destruction caused the last known bird to die in 1914.

Another senseless atrocity of American colonization.

04/30/2026

Two weeks ago I had two chorus frogs calling from this little pond. When they suddenly stopped I worried.

Were they eaten? Did it get too hot? Too dry?

As it turns out, they did what needed to be done and moved on.

And now we have tadpoles!!!!

A little colder today but I’m still confident that spring has sprung. The tulips I planted last year came up. The grape ...
04/17/2026

A little colder today but I’m still confident that spring has sprung.

The tulips I planted last year came up.

The grape hyacinth I didn’t plant gave me a nice surprise.

And the sage is expanding at a crazy pace. Coming up right through the boardwalk!

04/15/2026

The new pond isn’t much to look at yet but how it sounds amazing!

All that noise is coming from just two tiny chorus frogs.

They’re only an inch long but loud enough that your head rattles just a little bit when you’re next to the water.

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Viborg, SD
57070

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Monday 6am - 8pm
Tuesday 6am - 8pm
Wednesday 6am - 8pm
Thursday 6am - 8pm
Friday 6am - 8pm
Saturday 6am - 8pm
Sunday 6am - 6pm

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+16053217461

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