The Prairie Farm Podcast
Nicolas Lirio & Kent Boucher
All things conservation, prairie, gardening, permaculture, hunting, and agriculture. ”Conservation happens one mind at a time.”
Episodes
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May 28, 2025 • 27min
Ep. 257 (Coffee Time) Bush Honeysuckle and How to Bring Back the Prairie Like It Was In 1491
Join us for another awesome episode of The Prairie Farm Podcast. In this episode discuss how honey locust are affecting the flora and fauna of water ways. We also answer a fantastic question about establishing a prairie over 10 acres.
hokseynativeseeds.com (for Merch for Conservation)
hokseynativeseeds.com (for CRP and Backyard Pollinator Mixes)
May 23, 2025 • 1h 27min
Ep. 256 Forgotten Prairie Gems and How To Save Them with Kyle Lybarger
Join Nicolas and Kent for this fantastic conversation with Kyle Lybarger of The Native Habitat Project.
Check out our merch line that fights for conservation!
hokseynativeseeds.com (for CRP and Backyard Pollinator)
May 21, 2025 • 50min
Ep. 255 (Coffee Time) The Illinois Dust Storm, CRP Enrollment, and Public Land Sales
Another riveting episode of Coffee Time Wednesday! Join us for great topics and great people.
Check out our merch line that fights for conservation!
hokseynativeseeds.com (for CRP and Backyard Pollinator)
May 16, 2025 • 1h 29min
Ep. 254 Prairie Burns and the Future of Conservation with Ryan Kurtz
Ryan Kurtz is the Program Advisor for Natural Resources at Hawkeye Community College. He joined us to talk about what the future of conservation looks like, considering he is with the future generation regularly. We also discuss burning prairies and how to manage a high quality prairie.
Hokseynativeseeds.com (for more information on managing prairie and to buy native seed)
May 14, 2025 • 26min
Ep. 253 (Coffee Time) Farm Bureau and Vermeer Goes to the Moon
Welcome back to another riveting episode of Coffee Time Wednesday!
hokseynativeseeds.com (for backyard prairie and CRP mixes)
Vermeer Drills on the Moon Source
May 9, 2025 • 1h 16min
Ep. 252 Hunting, Conservation, and Near Death Experiences with Travis Frank
Travis Frank, host of The Flush, joins us to share haunting stories of fishing, hunting, and how he aims to make a difference in the hunting/conservation world.
hokseynativeseeds.com (for hunting habitat mixes and native perennial food plots)
May 7, 2025 • 22min
Ep. 251 (Coffee Time) Prairie Planting in Mulch and the Founder of Fortnite
Another riveting episode of Coffee Time Wednesday! We kept this one short and sweet due to the craziness of May prairie farm season.
hokseynativeseeds.com (for backyard pollinator and prairie mixes)
May 2, 2025 • 1h 11min
Ep. 250 Will Dire Wolves ACTUALLY Help Conservation?? with Dr. Julie Meachen
Dr. Julie Meach of Des Moines University joins us to talk in depth about the Pleistocene era, dire wolves, and conservation in science.
hokseynativeseeds.com (for native prairie and wildflower mixes)
Apr 30, 2025 • 27min
Ep. 249 (Coffee Time) How to Interseed Wildflowers into Prairie Grasses and the Future of Humanity
It's time for another riveting Coffee Time Wednesday!
hokseynativeseeds.com (for wildflowers to interseed into your prairie)
Apr 24, 2025 • 1h 3min
Ep. 248 The founding of Pella, IA and Tulip Time with Val Van Kooten
Enjoy this rerelease in celebration of Tulip Time in Pella, Iowa. Val Van Kooten goes through the history of Pella and its incredible founding in the mid 1800's.
hokseynativeseeds.com (for backyard prairie mixes)
