WE'RE OPEN FOR VISITORS

We offer pre-scheduled tours from May 1st through October 31st. From 10:00 am to 8:00 pm by appointment only. We need at least one day advance notice to schedule a tour.

SPECIAL TOUR INFORMATION

Individual Tours -- Minimum of 5 people, Maximum of 40 people

$10.00 for Adults and $5.00 for children ages 5-12. Under age 5 tours are free.

School Tours -- Call us for special school tour fees and dates.

Group Tours and Motorcoach Tours -- 10 or more people -- Same rates as individual tours and same rules apply.

ON TOUR

Our 4th generation family farm consists of a series of grazing paddocks where we graze out Scottish Highland Cattle-- cow/calf pairs and finishing calves. We've seeded all of our former row crop ground back to grass and we manage those pastures intensively for fresh forage and good land and water stewardship, producing some of the sweetest tasting grass fed beef you can find!

On our tour, you will visit the unique Highland cattle up close and personal, visiting their pastures firsthand. You can walk in pioneer wagon trails across virgin prairie, pick wild flowers, enjoy breathtaking pasture vistas, take in a sunset or stargazing or learn more about grass management and grass finishing beef cattle.

PRODUCTS AVAILABLE

From our farm, we market sweet tasting, healthful grass-finished Scottish Highland beef. We sell our beef by quarters, halves or individual cuts. Our beef is all processed at a local USDA inspected processor. We also market cattle skulls and tanned hides.

OUR HERITAGE

Prairie Blossom Trails is located along a major wagon trail that once served as a main road for folks traveling to nearby Constance. In fact, on the high hill above our farm, you can see the steeple of historic St. Joeseph Catholic Church two miles away.

OUR FAMILY

Pat and his wife Julie head up the operation along with their four children.

PRAIRIE BLOSSOM TRAILS EVENTS

May 1st, 2005 -- We begin scheduling tours

October 31, 2005 -- Tour season closes

LODGING AND DINING OPTIONS

Rose Gate Inn Bed and Breakfast and the Get N Away Lodge in St. James, NE.
Bow Valley Bed and Breakfast in Bow Valley, NE

Camping -- Brooky Bottom County Recreation Area, 5 miles along Missouri River or, Westphalia Vineyard near Bow Valley.

Other lodging available in Ponca, Crofton, Hartington, Bloomfield, Niobrara, or Yankton, SD

Cafes and restaurants are available in Ponca, Newcastle, Wynot, Bow Valley, St. Helena, Hartington, Fordyce, Wausa, Bloomfield, and Crofton.

TAKE A LOOK AROUND

Heartland Experience farms nearby include Tim and Dave Nissen's Westphalia Vineyard north of Bow Valley, Marv and Ev's Farm northeast of Fordyce and St. James Marketplace at St. James.

Other nearby attractions include the Wiseman Monument and Brooky Bottom Park near the Missouri River. You can visit the Private Shannon Monument in Wynot -- honoring George Shannon, youngest member of the Lewis and Clark expedititon who became lost near the mouth of the Bow Creek in August 1804, and didn't rejoin the expedition until early September in present day South Dakota.

Iona Volcano Hill is three miles west of Newcastle -- another spot along the Lewis and Clark Trail where the expedition thought they were seeing a volcano, but were really experiencing smoking bluffs caused by shale being exposed to the elements.

Ponca State Park at Ponca, NE includes new cabins, a conference center and Missouri National Recreation River Education Center. North on Highway 81 is the Corps of Discovery Welcome Center on a high Bluff above the river.

North of Crofton on Highway 121 is Gavins Point Dam, Corps of Engineers Visitors Center and Lewis and Clark Lake with the Weigand-Burbach State Recreation areas. The Cedar County Historical Museum is in Hartington and the Hartington Public Library hosts an art gallery as well.

Several historic rural Catholic churches exist in northern Cedar County with many listed on the National Register of Historic Places. They include Immaculate Conception at St. Helena, Sts. Peter and Paul at Bow Valley, Sacred Heart at Wynot, St. Boniface in Menominee,St. John the Baptist at Fordyce and St. Joseph at Constance.