The Farm At North 40 Hills

The Farm At North 40 Hills Christ following, homeschool, small farm, garden, farmhouse loving family sharing our adventures.

07/10/2026

The garden doesn’t care about my schedule… and honestly, I kind of love that. 🍅🌿

When it’s ready, it’s ready.

This weekend will be spent washing, chopping, preserving, and learning as I go. I’m still pretty new to canning, but every batch teaches me something, and there’s something really satisfying about filling a pantry with food we grew ourselves.

Follow along… I’ll show you how this countertop full of fresh vegetables becomes a pantry full of food. 🫙❤️

Some weekends are for relaxing… this one isn’t. 😅🌿The garden decided everything was ready at once.Tomatoes, peppers, cuc...
07/10/2026

Some weekends are for relaxing… this one isn’t. 😅🌿

The garden decided everything was ready at once.

Tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, squash, jalapeños… and that’s just what made it into the kitchen.

I’m still pretty new to canning, so this weekend will be full of learning, preserving, and probably making a few mistakes along the way. 😊

My goal is simple: waste as little of this harvest as possible and learn something with every batch.

Stay tuned… I think there are going to be quite a few canning videos coming your way. ❤️🏡

07/10/2026

One picture. One conversation over coffee. One family project. 💚

One Saturday morning, I showed my husband a picture of a garden idea I had been dreaming about.

His response?

“Order the beds.”

Five days later, the whole family had built the raised beds, planted two varieties of pole beans, and finished after dark.

Now, every morning with a cup of coffee in hand, I get to watch them climb a little higher.

Sometimes the best projects start with a simple conversation. 🌱

07/10/2026

Why do they want dinner… every. single. night? 😂

This is one of my favorite shortcuts for getting supper on the table without overthinking it.
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07/09/2026

You may know her as the sweet little donkey who jumped into our daughter’s lap… 🤍

But let me properly introduce you.

This is Millie.

She was born on one of the coldest mornings of the year while we were getting ready for church. Darrin walked down to the barn and came running back because Hazel had gone into labor.

Church had to wait.

A newborn baby donkey couldn’t be left outside on a freezing February morning.

After Millie was born, we moved her and her mama into a warm barn with heaters until the weather finally warmed up.

Over the last few months, we’ve watched her take her first wobbly steps, discover the joy of zoomies, and grow into the curious, sweet little donkey you’ve all fallen in love with.

We have a feeling she’s going to keep us smiling for a very long time. 🫏🤍

Welcome to The Farm at North 40 Hills, Millie.

07/08/2026

I stepped into the garden to pick a bouquet of zinnias for a friend… 🌸

Then this little butterfly landed on one of the flowers I’d just picked.

I grabbed my phone because I was sure it would fly away.

Instead, it stayed.

I stood there completely still, watching it sip nectar from the flower, and for almost a full minute I got to see details I’d never noticed before. Then, just as it finally fluttered away, a big bumblebee landed in its place. 🦋🐝

Sometimes the sweetest moments on the farm aren’t planned at all. They’re the ones that make you stop what you’re doing and simply pay attention.

Have you ever watched a butterfly this close before? 🌼

07/08/2026

I threw away my coffee maker almost two years ago… and I haven’t looked back. ☕🌿

What started as a simple switch to an electric percolator slowly became something much bigger.

These days, it isn’t really about the coffee.

It’s about slowing down before the day gets busy.

It’s putting on my muck boots, checking the garden to see what grew overnight, saying good morning to the donkeys, and soaking in a few quiet moments before the rest of the day begins.

Somewhere along the way, those quiet mornings became one of my favorite parts of living here at The Farm at North 40 Hills. 🤍

So many of you have asked which electric percolator I use over the past couple of years, so I’ve linked the exact one in my Amazon storefront if you’d like to take a look.

What’s one small part of your morning that you look forward to every day? ☕🌿

07/07/2026

Nobody warned us baby donkeys think they’re lap dogs. 🫏🤍

Millie had one plan that morning…

Become a lap donkey.

Caroline’s reaction gets me every single time. These are the moments I’ll never stop recording because I know one day we’ll look back and realize they were the days we’ll miss the most. 🤍

07/06/2026

Summer has a way of changing our routines… and I realized it had changed mine, too. 🤍

Back in January, I set a goal to spend more time in God’s Word.

At the beginning of the year, I wasn’t just reading my Bible. I was slowing down. I was meditating on Scripture, listening to commentaries, taking notes, and really sitting with what the Lord was teaching me.

Then summer came.

The routines changed. The days got busier. Before I knew it, I found myself reading just to stay on track with my Bible plan instead of slowing down long enough to truly listen.

Maybe you’ve been there too.

So this isn’t a guilt trip or a reminder to “catch up.”

It’s simply an invitation… for both of us.

Let’s slow down again.

Let’s spend a little less time worrying about checking the box and a little more time enjoying the One who gave us His Word.

If you’ve gotten behind on your Bible reading this year, please hear this…

God isn’t asking you to catch up. He’s simply inviting you to meet with Him today.

Read one chapter.

Read one Psalm.

Read one verse.

Start where you are.

His mercies are new every morning, and His invitation is still the same. 🤍

07/06/2026

I called to tell him my tomato cages were falling over, and a few minutes later he came driving up on the tractor with fence posts and a sledgehammer.

Around here, love doesn’t always look fancy. Sometimes it looks like showing up, fixing what’s broken, and then heading back to the barn like it was no big deal.

I’m pretty thankful for this guy. 🤍

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