Website!

We have a new website up and running. You can see it at www.simplegiftsfarm.net
I am still getting it just right so its not quite "perfect" yet.

Puddle Ducks

With spring coming and snow melting comes mud and mud puddles. Our ducks have been loving the puddles. They are quite cute as they run around to all the puddles!

Our Hoophouse

We are so excited to have a hoophouse this year for growing vegetables in! We put it up about ten days ago. As you can see from the pictures there was still quite a bit of snow left then, now it is mostly gone. We have some lettuce plants and Chinese cabbage plants growing in there now. Later in the spring we will be putting in tomatoes and cucumbers. We think having the hoophouse will be a big advantage to us this year.

Putting up the hoops

All up and ready to go

Preparing the ground

About a week later, most of the snow is gone now

Lettuce

Chinese cabbage

Grateful For...

… a life to live, my husband to share it with, a little boy who makes me laugh, loving families, friends that care, a supportive and wonderful community, all our needs provided, our daily bread, a cozy home, a warm fireplace, a productive farm, a beautiful valley…
… and most of all an awesome God who love, guides, provides, and protects.

Wishing you all a Happy Thanksgiving!

Fall on the Farm

Ready for Winter

Slowly things are starting to get back to normal around here. Andrew is recovering quite well.
It is funny how things turn out sometimes. We planned to be at the farmer’s markets the whole season but then Andrew got sick. I thought I might still make it to some of the markets, but then it turned out Andrew needed surgery. So the whole process ended up being longer than we expected. Plans changed, some things never got done, but that is okay. The important things did. Friends came over and dug all our potatoes, neighbors brought over firewood, the garden got cleaned up and a neighbor tilled it for us. We are prepared for winter now.
So many have helped us out through this time. Prayers, encouraging words, generosity, meals, an amazing benefit dinner by the Chewelah Farmer’s market.
We live in an amazing community and have wonderful friends! We just want to say thank you to everyone who has been there for us. We are so grateful!

Feeding the Chickens