Continuous Improvement

We always want to do better.  We run a complex enterprise with many moving parts; I’ve often joked that maybe we should have named this place “Complicated Gifts Farm.”  There is always somewhere we could tweak our system to make our lives easier and...

Getting ready for the Snow

Every year, in mid-October or early November, we start developing a list of things that need to get done before it snows.  It’s usually a familiar list that we could probably just pick up from the year before, and includes getting all the carrots harvested,...

Farmer Jeremy Goes to Boston

I had the pleasure to participate in a “Farmer Drive-in,” organized by NOFA/Mass and hosted by our fabulous state senator Jo Comerford, this week .  A number of farmers came in to speak in support of the Healthy Soils Bill that is currently bottled up in...

Upcoming plans for 2020

We are in full planning mode for 2020 Happy New Year from all of us at Simple Gifts Farm!  We are excited for the year to come! January is time to make the plan for the coming growing season.  As usual, every year is a chance to revisit our vegetable planting plans:...

Highlights of the 2019 Farm Season

Happy New Year from all of us at Simple Gifts Farm.  We are proud of all that we accomplished in 2019.  We would like to celebrate another season of the accomplishments that keep us on a daily, weekly and monthly schedule of guiding the everyday magic that turns...