Simple Roots Farm

Simple Roots Farm Growing healthy, delicious fruits and vegetables. Working with nature instead of fighting it.

The Cackle Car has been released! Congrats Wesley Smith!
03/26/2026

The Cackle Car has been released! Congrats Wesley Smith!

We talked her down from the yellow-orange school bus color. Whew!
03/22/2026

We talked her down from the yellow-orange school bus color. Whew!

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03/20/2026

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03/16/2026

OK. Full disclosure…I think Wesley Smith is over this project. 🤣 Let’s give him some words of encouragement to get through the final steps.

He has made it predator proof. We foraged for limbs he and Cora attached for the roosts. He has knocked out the gutters. Yes…it has skylights. ☺️ The dogs provided support as only dogs can.

But amazingly there is still some work left to be done.

Getting there! 👍🏽

Major progress, right? He finished the egg boxes and the roof. He’s working on the roosts. Needs the water catchment sy...
03/14/2026

Major progress, right? He finished the egg boxes and the roof. He’s working on the roosts. Needs the water catchment system still.

A few more final touches and then a coat of primer on the exterior. Cora is voting for orange paint. I hinted at maybe blending in with the landscape. Not for the cackle car! ☺️

03/11/2026

Could admittedly be user error, as there are a lot of adjustments to make, but here are the results so far… 

I did something brave this past weekend. Seasoned farmers would laugh at me for using that word. 🤣While I transplant lot...
03/04/2026

I did something brave this past weekend. Seasoned farmers would laugh at me for using that word. 🤣

While I transplant lots of crops, I direct sow some, like carrots. I finally got around to purchasing a very expensive single row Jang seeder.

What’s brave about using it? Switching from hand seeding to a seeder means I’m not in full control about where seed goes. 😳

Pros: it’s fast once you get it set up.

Cons: there is a lot to adjust for the setup. And at least with carrot seeds, I couldn’t really see them dropping out into the soil…you know, for that reassurance I desperately needed😬.

Stay tuned for the results! 🤞🏽And visit our Simple Roots Farm website to sign up for our newsletter. It’s full of stuff like this. ☺️

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Cuteness overload!
02/28/2026

Cuteness overload!

Yep! That’s Wes working on the door and you see he’s getting ready to do the egg boxes. Our friend Nick even helped with...
02/26/2026

Yep! That’s Wes working on the door and you see he’s getting ready to do the egg boxes. Our friend Nick even helped with welding the foundation it sits on.

It’s a beast and Cora is so excited! She has named the mobile chicken tractor coop ”The Cackle Car.” 🤣

02/24/2026

Watch out turkey vultures!

Progress on the tractor chicken coop. Yes, those are goat butts. They are helping Wes. 🤣
02/22/2026

Progress on the tractor chicken coop. Yes, those are goat butts. They are helping Wes. 🤣

Forgot to post this small collection of pictures Cora took of the yogurt party she gave the chickens. I found like 100 p...
02/21/2026

Forgot to post this small collection of pictures Cora took of the yogurt party she gave the chickens.

I found like 100 pictures on my phone.  And videos. I know you have been there…well probably not with chicken photos. 😜

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