Peasantworks

09/10/2026

Old Settler's Day is this coming weekend! See schedule below. The parade begins @ 10! . Also, on September 26-27 is Agriculture Days (Jordbrukdagarna) This is a harvest festival celebrating our agrarian past. Hope to see you soon!

A weekend of Celebrating 180 years.

09/10/2026

Coffee scoops! Created in Bishop Hill by BarnStorm Forge. Hand hammered copper with hand forged handles. As a finishing touch, they are coated with hot beeswax. Made the old world way.🔥🔥🔥

07/27/2026

It's Sunday night in Galva! Wish you were here! Check out the first band Three on the Tree. They were great! Young Dubliners up next!

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07/11/2026

Good Saturday morning friends! We will be open from Noon-4 both today & tomorrow!

06/30/2026

I found this friendly little kitty in the Village Park across from the post office around 9:00 last night. He was really sad and meowing pitifully. Not feral. Hope he belongs to someone in town. Please reach out if you know . Approx. 8 weeks old.. Please share if you are in Bishop Hill. Thanks! Also, he may be looking for a home if we can't find his owner.😉

06/26/2026

Lost history......what a shame.

THIS DAY IN BISHOP HILL HISTORY

June 25, 1961
Bakery-Brewery is demolished. The building was in poor condition, a 20-foot section of the west wall having collapsed “some time ago.” The demolition was ordered by the village board, after title had been transferred. “’A few years ago the state would have taken it over when they added the church to the state parks system,’ Mr. [Charles] Johnson explained, adding that the state would have accepted any building donated to the park system. The picture now is changed by budget problems.” Swank complains that “Rockefeller millions were poured into Williamsburg, but so far no one with even half a million has come to Bishop Hill’s aid.”

[Galvaland, July 1961 (9)]

1946 Photograph of Bakery/Brewery Building from BHHA Archives

06/19/2026

Magical Midsomer is upon us⭐💛⭐ Come celebrate with us! The barn will be open Saturday, 11-5...🩵💛🩵💛🩵💛🩵💛🩵💛🩵

06/10/2026

Friends, It's been a busy & productive Spring full of change! I retired from my job after working in the 'green industry' for the last 20 years. I spent 14 years working at Meyer Landscape & Design in Moline and 6 years at Sunnyfield Greenhouse & Garden Center in Galva. I was lucky to have jobs that I really loved! 💚 Actually though, I've been working with plants since I was 17 years old so that would be over 50 years! The ability to fully focus on the shop in Bishop Hill is quite exciting! First we'll finish planting 80+ flats of flowers and lots of seeds! Next, we plan to develop more gardens/display space in the barnyard. We will have more consistent shop hours soon. I'll be posting an update! 🌼🙂🌼

06/07/2026

Hello friends, it's planting season at the barn and our home, Blooming Earth farm. The broom corn has been planted and the willow is thriving. Now to plant all of the seedlings that have been growing in our little greenhouse! Not to mention the zinnias, sunflowers,etc.Here we go! 🌷🍃🌼🌻🪴🥀🌸🌱🪻🌻

06/04/2026

For all of you Earthfaeries Soap fans (now known as Flying Faery Soap Co.) in the quad cities area! Rachel will be selling direct in the qca Saturday!