Simple Life Farms

05/27/2026

05/22/2026

Gonna try my hand at clover jam. Garden is in and growing great. Flowers are in, we will have lots. Hoping for a bountiful year.

04/20/2026

Who's ready to book?! Offering 20% OFF of my remaining 2026 dates when paid in full and now booking for 2027!! I even have ONE remaining Saturday for October of this year due to a cancelation!! October 17th is NOW AVAILABLE!! If you know someone needing a photographer, claim this date now!📸🫶🏼

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04/15/2026

Some days I look at the garden and think I should have done more. Straighter rows. Better timing. Fewer weeds. But then I step back and see how much is already happening without my permission.
Food is growing anyway.
Pollinators are busy.
The soil keeps working beneath the surface.
This place doesn’t respond to pressure. It responds to presence. When I slow down, when I notice instead of fix, when I accept that not everything will thrive at the same pace. The garden isn’t asking me to be perfect, it’s asking me to pay attention.
It’s a quiet lesson, but a steady one: care compounds. Control exhausts. And growth happens whether I micromanage it or not.

04/14/2026

The white sap that oozes from a broken Mandevilla stem carries the same cardiac glycosides found in digitalis, the heart medication derived from foxglove. These compounds evolved as a defense mechanism, making the plant unpalatable to herbivores who learned to associate the bitter taste with danger. What makes this particularly fascinating is how pets seem to know instinctively. Dogs and cats will often sniff Mandevilla flowers but rarely attempt to eat them, unlike other garden plants they readily sample. The sap can cause contact dermatitis in humans within hours, creating red, itchy welts that can last for days. Gardeners who prune without gloves often discover this the hard way. Beauty and toxicity intertwined in every vine. [E6W4Q]

04/03/2026

Started my cold crops and this year I have critter barrier in the ground all the way around my garden. I also have sensor lights with sounds and will also have coyote p*e sprinkles. The deer and that big fat ground hog get nothing this year. NOTHING!!!!!

03/30/2026

That bright yellow “weed” in your yard? It’s actually one of the first lifelines for pollinators in early spring.

When little else is blooming, dandelions provide essential nectar and pollen for bees, helping them recover after winter and get their colonies going again.

Spraying herbicides on flowering plants doesn’t just remove weeds—it removes food. And in early spring, that loss can matter more than we realize.

If you can, consider letting dandelions bloom a little longer. Even a small patch can make a difference for local pollinators. 🌼🐝

Small choices. Big impact.