Pull Up a Chair

Right now at Sweet Bombdiggity Farms, it doesn’t look like much is happening. The beds are mostly bare. The greenhouse feels still. If you didn’t know better, you might think we’re in a pause.

But this is one of my favorite parts of the year.

This is when the real work is tucked out of sight. Seed packets are opened. Rows are measured. Notes are scribbled in the margins of old notebooks. We’re walking the beds, deciding what goes where, and quietly setting the stage for everything that will come later. None of it makes for very dramatic photos, but all of it matters.

Life feels a lot like this season. The most meaningful things often happen beneath the surface, long before anyone else can see the results. You’re showing up, tending what’s been planted, trusting what’s still hidden.

With love,
Lane + Jules

From the Farm Kitchen

Sourdough Quick Reference Guide + My Easy Go-To Recipe

Sourdough and store-bought bread may look similar, but they are not even close to the same thing. One is built slowly by wild yeast and fermentation, making it easier to digest and better for your gut. The other is designed to be fast and shelf-stable, full of fillers and preservatives to force a quick result.

ust like the garden, everything that makes sourdough good happens quietly, below the surface. Time does the work. The culture strengthens. Flavor and nutrition develop without nany artificial ingredients added

If you’ve been curious about sourdough but felt intimidated, I put together a simple, printable quick-reference guide you can keep right on your counter. It's one page front and back, and it shows how I feed my starter, what “warm” really means, how much to keep, and how to use the discard without turning it into a whole production.

Download Guide & Recipe

Out in the Garden

Spring Garden Planting Guide

Out in the greenhouse and beds right now, things look quiet, but there’s a lot already underway. Sweet peas and larkspur are planted. Ranunculus is up next. Tulips are tucked in, letting winter do the slow work it always does best.

This is the part I love. Everything important is happening where you can’t see it yet, and at the same time, this is when you get to dream. You’re choosing what will fill the beds, what will climb, what will bloom, long before any of it shows up.

I made a Spring Garden Planning Guide for this exact stage. It walks you through finding your zone, choosing what to grow, figuring out when to plant, and thinking about spacing and bloom times, so the planning feels just as good as the planting.

Spring Garden Planting Guide

The Curated Corner

A Wall of Horse Brasses

One of my favorite corners in our office is a small wall of horse brasses that we have collected over the years. There are more than fifty now, and most of them came home with us from London — but we are always looking, wherever we travel. If I see one tucked into a market stall or antique shop, I almost always stop.

Horse brasses have a long, practical history. They were originally worn on the harnesses of working horses, partly decorative, partly a way to show pride, craftsmanship, and sometimes even good luck. Over time, they became keepsakes — small, sturdy objects meant to last. That’s what I love about them.

Each one on this wall represents a place we walked, a market we wandered, a moment when we slowed down and decided to bring something home that didn’t need to be useful — just meaningful. Together, they hold years of travel, shared stories, and the quiet joy of collecting something slowly, one piece at a time.

Designing a Flourishing Life

So much of what makes a life feel steady and rich never announces itself. It happens in the early mornings, the quiet routines, the showing up when no one is watching. It’s the slow, faithful work of tending what’s been placed in your care.

A flourishing life isn’t built in big dramatic moments. It’s built in seasons like this one. In the planning, the planting, the patience. In the trust that what you’ve put into the ground will rise when it’s ready.

And that kind of work is always worth doing.

Tuck it in Your Pocket

“Some seasons don’t look like much from the outside, but they’re busy building what will last.” — Jules

Have a question you'd love me to answer? A project you're proud of? Something inspiring you've seen? I’d love to hear it—and it might just show up in a future newsletter.

We’re building something beautiful here, together. Now that's BombDiggity!

Here’s to simple joys and big dreams,