A Welcome from Jill and Randy

If we were to send a single shining beacon out to everyone with a message that encompasses how we feel about the farm, it would be

Be Healthy, be Happy!

At Merry Gardens Farm, we believe that healthy people are happier people. And people are healthy when they eat foods grown in soils rich with organic matter. Another way of putting it: we are only as healthy as the soils in which our food is grown. Poor soils, poor food, poor health. Think about it: the whole microcosmic universe sustaining us and the planet is the very ground (soil) under our feet! Can we afford for it to be in ill health?

We think not. And we are not alone. Collectively, we are re-awakening to the joy, and the need, for sustainable farming practices. We both grew up in farming communities, in the Red River Valley of North Dakota and northwest corner of Minnesota. We are old enough to remember when the heart of a farming discussion in the spring was a planting schedule according to soil management guidelines. It worked then, the world was fed, and it works now.

We grow good food here on the farm, and we love sharing it with others. Planting in the rich, nourishing dirt is not just a task but a labor of love. Every day on the land is a blessing. We invite you to join us.