Originally sent to subscribers on January 30th, 2026 Farm Update January has been a sucker punch for us.   I don't really like to share the unpleasant stuff, but when I started this business, one of my non-negotiables was that I wanted to be authentic and real, not hide behind perfectly curated photos and stories. But even after six years, it's still hard to share the hard stuff without feeling like I'm just complaining. So I try to pair it with all the good stuff that's happ

Originally sent to subscribers on December 29th, 2025 Farm Update “Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow.” — Albert Einstein   The last week of every year is always an odd one. It's almost as if people give up on the year in anticipation for the new one. Routines are disrupted, work schedules don't seem as rigid, and days just fly by.   I always like to take this time to reflect and analyze. To take a good look at the year, what we lost, what we gained, what

Originally sent to subscribers on November 27th, 2025 Farm Update Happy Thanksgiving!   I hope you have all enjoyed a food fueled holiday! Craig and I enjoyed a quiet day at home, just the two of us. A steak and potato dinner instead of the typical turkey - a first for us and it was nice not slaving away in the kitchen all day, even if I do enjoy the tradition of making our meal from scratch every year.   Wednesday we drove to Salt Lake and treated our son to lunch since he h

Originally sent to subscribers on October 31st, 2025 Farm Update Seems like just last week I was writing the email to recap September.   The ranch is ready for winter. It feels weird to be ready for winter and it not BE winter yet.   The beginning of October was spent making soaps, lotions, and lip balms for the Millcreek Commons Holiday Shoppes Market that runs from November 1st to December 24th. This is a consignment market, so I don't have to be there in person, which is n

Originally sent to subscribers on September 30th, 2025 Farm Update The last day of September and it's finally a fall feeling, rainy day.   The first weekend in September, we started pouring concrete for the sidewalk out back and finished the sidewalk a week and half later. After that we ordered some top soil to level out the ground around the sidewalk and now we are seeding the backyard with a mix of grass, yarrow, and clover.   I also went and picked up two maple trees and p

Originally sent to subscribers on August 31st, 2025 Farm Update August. What can I say about the month of August? It was a beautiful blur. So much happened this month that it's hard to believe it was all crammed into a month that sped by so quickly.   We opened the month with Daisy giving birth to two perfect babies. A boy and a girl. Both will be available to purchase once they are weaned. (Around Thanksgiving). We've given them their temporary barn names, Huckleberry and Ma

Originally sent to subscribers on July 31st, 2025 Farm Update "If I had my way, I’d remove January from the calendar altogether and have an extra July instead." — Roald Dahl   July was lovely. Despite the excessively warm June we had, July was perfect. We had a few mid 90's days that were hot, but for the most part July was a long a string of lovely upper 80's weather. And compared to last July, life was much easier around these parts.   Last year I had a 12 family CSA, weekl

Originally sent to subscribers on June 30th, 2025 Farm Update “What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.” ― John Steinbeck   June had me tempted to start complaining about the heat. But since the warm days don't last very long in this part of the world, I'm trying to choose to be grateful for every single one.   Afterall, it's because of the heat that I am no longer working outside from sunup to sundown and exhausting myself in the pr

Originally sent to subscribers on May 31st, 2025 Farm Update May is always one of our busiest months on the ranch. Getting the gardens prepped and planted, the beginning of yard work, burning yard waste, cleaning up a winter's worth of straw and waste from both goat and chicken pens, and getting irrigation up and running.   It's exhausting. Which is why I try not to commit to too many things in during May and why I didn't have any soap classes this month. (But they're coming

Originally sent to subscribers on April 30th, 2025 "The earth laughs in flowers." – Ralph Waldo Emerson   April passed way too quickly, but it was an enjoyable, fun, and memorable month. Craig and I purchased experiences for each other for our 12th anniversary. The first was a Utah Hockey Club game, the second was a glassblowing class at the Local Artisan Collective where we made marbles.   I also started cleaning up the gardens and planting a few things. I'm still giving thi

Originally sent to subscribers on March 31st, 2025 "Spring is the time of plans and projects." - Leo Tolstoy   I'm not used being able to work in the garden before May and I've been swinging between wanting to get all the things done RIGHT NOW, and it's still early in the season, I have time. I've also been having a hard time deciding how to prioritize what to do and as a result, have not done much more than think about what can be done.   But Craig and I have been working on

Originally sent to subscribers on March 2nd, 2025 Farm Update It's been a weird February. 50 degree days and a lot of mud. But this week we're supposed to have a return of snow. I still think we're going to end up having an early spring this year. And I'm perfectly okay with that.   If you're thinking about starting a garden this year, I have some seeds available. Bloomsdale Spinach, Waltham Broccoli, and Snow peas. There is a link to purchase these at the bottom of this news

Originally sent to subscribers on February 1st, 2025 Farm Update I've never been one to complain about how long January feels and with the exception of last 11 days of January, this year is no different. Those first 20 days sped by like any other month. But those last 11 felt like an eternity. Probably because I didn't have a whole lot to do and instead of enjoying the respite, I about drove myself mad thinking up a bunch of new projects to do around the ranch!   I thought of

Originally sent to subscribers on January 1st, 2025 Farm Update Well, we did it! Another year in the books.   We started the year off with the following goals/projects: Finish the irrigation line in our field that extends beyond the pond where the rock piles used to be. Seed the field that had been disturbed by the pond build, the moving of dirt/rock piles, and other construction. Build a second chicken tractor and use the chickens in the field to improve soil quality. Get mo

Originally sent to subscribers on November 30th, 2024 Farm Update I hope you all had a lovely Thanksgiving. Craig and I traveled to Washington DC to visit my mom for the week of Thanksgiving and explored our nations capital.   But now that we're back home I have a lot to do in the next couple of weeks! The Millcreek Public Market is still going strong and I'll be restocking once or twice more before it ends on December 24th.   This week I have to prep and stock up for the Cra

Originally sent to subscribers on October 31st, 2024 Farm Update I don't know about you, but it feels like October zoomed by.   I wrapped up my outdoor markets for year, the last one being the Spirit of the Monks festival at the Historic Monastery Farm.   Shortly after that I heard back on two holiday markets and the rest of the month was spent making more product so I would have enough for the Craft Fair at the Methodist church in Ogden, which was last weekend, and the Millc

Originally sent to subscribers on September 30th, 2024 Farm Update September/October Crisp mornings, warm afternoons, leaves changing colors... it must be autumn!   I don't know about you, but I am enjoying the cooler temps. I'm definitely not ready for snow yet, that can take it's sweet time getting here, but I love the beauty that autumn brings. I drink tea all year long, but I find right now that I'm enjoying my warm cuppa just a little more with a sweater on or blanket ov

Originally sent to subscribers on August 31st, 2024 Farm Update August/September Similar to July, August has been steadily busy with markets, CSA, and birthdays. We celebrated my birthday with a BBQ with friends.   This last weekend of August marks a big change though. We're about to enter our last week of CSA for the season and I also had my last market at the Historic Monastery Farmer's Market.   August has been a terrible month for wasps. Craig was stung 5 times, 4 of whic

Originally sent to subscribers on July 31st, 2024 Farm Update July/August July has been steadily busy with markets, CSA, and birthdays. We celebrated Craig's birthday with cherry pie and kayaking at Causey. In addition our goat, Finnick, celebrated his 1st birthday on July 12th and our mouser cat turned one on July 5th.   This past weekend marked the halfway point in our CSA and it was also the first weekend of the Monastery Farmer's Market which will be happening every Satur

Originally sent to subscribers on July 1st, 2024 Farm Update June/July June was a much better month to us than May was. Even though we did have a random freeze mid-way through June that caused some damage to a few garden plants. Thankfully we didn't have to replace any plants and everything is recovering nicely.    The CSA season is underway, we are in our third week already and even though the garden is still having to catchup to our harvesting needs, we are managing with a