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Sweet BombDiggity Farms

Pull up a chair. Around here, we believe in second chances, simple joys, and the power of building a life that feels like home—wherever you are. The Country Living Connoisseur newsletter lands in your inbox every other Thursday with behind-the-scenes glimpses from Sweet Bombdiggity Farms, honest reflections on the wins and the mess, and the tools, prompts, and inspiration to help you get unstuck and start designing a life you love—one bloom, one bite, one bold step at a time.

Sweet BombDiggity Farms

Country Living Connoisseurs

Hi friends—We’re Lane and Jules Morris, the caretakers of Sweet Bombdiggity Farms in East Tennessee. Our #FarmingAfter50 journey is about living a life rich in creativity, community, and purpose. Sweet Bombdiggity Farms is where we nurture gardens, craft small-batch products, and provide a sanctuary for rescues—a dream come to life.

As country living connoisseurs, we believe that the essence of country living can be felt anywhere, whether on a farm or in the city. We focus on creating spaces, content, and experiences that uplift both people and animals.

Join us in this journey—where practical tips, inspiring stories, weekly devotionals, and tools to help you design your own dreams are part of the experience. Be part of a community that values creativity, purposeful living, and the joy of living the BombDiggity life, wherever you are.

Now that’s BombDiggity!

Recent Blog Posts

Farming After 50

Recipes & Preservation

Blackberry Jam from Frozen Berries

Every summer when our blackberry vines are heavy and staining my hands purple, I freeze gallon bags of fruit. I don’t rush to make jam in the heat of July.

Garden Resources

Winter Garden Prep: Killing Grass Without Killing the Soil

This doesn’t look like a flower bed yet. It’s just a patch of grass. But by next summer, it will be full of zinnias — tall, colorful, and buzzing with

Farm Sunday

#FarmSunday Devotional – Acts 16: Praise from Prison

Ever had a season in your life that felt terrible, horrible, no good, and very bad? No matter what you tried to do, things just seemed to go from bad

Recipes & Preservation

Rustic Chicken & White Bean Skillet

This is a back-pocket winter meal. Cozy, grounding, and flexible. Make it thicker and rustic in a skillet, or add more broth and call it soup. No rules. No perfection

Country Living

Seeds That Love the Cold (and Why Winter Sowing Works)

Winter can feel like a waiting season in the garden—but it’s actually one of the most important times to begin. For some seeds, winter sowing is easy! Some of our

Farm Sunday

#FarmSunday Devotional: More and Better Than You Dreamed

John 10:10b — “I came so they can have real and eternal life, more and better life than they ever dreamed of.” If you’ve followed along with us, you’ve heard

Farm Channel

🔗 https://sweetbombdiggityfarms.com/winter-garden-prep-killing-grass-without-killing-the-soil/

I’m not digging this bed — I’m letting it break down so the soil can do the work.

This patch of grass will be a zinnia garden next summer, and right now it’s quietly turning into living soil under this tarp.

Comment “flower bed” for tips and more on this no-till method, or just head over to SweetBombDiggityFarms.com to read the post.

#SweetBombDiggityFarms #CountryLivingConnoisseur #FarmingAfter50 #NoTillGarden #zinnias

Winter Garden Prep: Killing grass without killing the soil #notill #gardeningtips

Some seasons feel like you’re doing everything right… and still getting knocked flat.
You’re praying. You’re showing up. You’re trying to be faithful. And yet life feels like a maximum-security situation with no clear way out.

That’s why the story of Paul and Silas in Acts 16 matters so much. Beaten, chained, and locked away for doing the right thing — and yet they chose to pray. They chose to sing. And God shook the prison.

If you’re walking through something hard today, this one is for you.

Read the full devotional at the 🔗 below in the first comment. https://sweetbombdiggityfarms.com/farmsunday-devotional-acts-16-praise-from-prison/

#FarmSunday #christianliving #devotional #CountryLivingConnoisseur #FaithInRealLife #Acts16 #FlourishingLife

#FarmSunday Devotional - Praise from Prison #christianliving #devotional

I met my friend Liv on social media.
She lives almost 2,000 miles away — and it started with one simple message about setting up her first chicken coop.

We talked about chickens.
Then we talked about life.
Then health.
Then prayer.

And somewhere along the way, a friendship grew.

We often think of social media as a one-way tool — posting, scrolling, consuming — but it doesn’t have to be. It can be a conversation. A community. A place where people show up for each other in real, human ways.

I’m sending a little care package out to Liv today, filled with farm love and gratitude for a friendship that never would have happened without a screen and a little courage to reach out.

And that’s BombDiggity.

#countrylivingconnoisseur #farmingafter50 #sweetbombdiggityfarms #designalifeyoulove

Connecting, friendship, and the good of social media

🔗 https://countrylivingconnoisseur.com/ - I just wrapped up the newest edition of The Country Living Connoisseur and thought — why not let you take a peek.

It’s a cozy little mix of life on the farm, time in the garden, something from the kitchen, and a few reflections on designing a flourishing life.

If you’d like to browse this week’s edition, comment newsletter and I’ll send you the link.
If it feels like home, I’d love for you to pull up a chair and join us.

#countrylivingconnoisseur #farmingafter50 #designingalifeyoulove

Take a peek at the CLC newsletter and pull up a chair 🪑 🔗 https://countrylivingconnoisseur.com/

Sweet peas don’t need perfect conditions — they just need a good, cool start.

I’m planting mine in the greenhouse, but you can absolutely plant yours a few different ways:

• Direct sow in raised beds
• Tuck them into a protected garden bed
• Plant in deep pots or large containers
• Add a trellis or simple net right away
• Soak tough seeds 8–12 hours if you want a faster start
• Keep soil lightly moist (not soggy)
• Cover only if a hard freeze rolls in

Plant them about an inch deep, give them something to climb, and keep things on the cooler side.
They’ll take their time — then one day, they just take off.

More blooms come from patience, not perfection. And if you decide to try sweet peas this year… I’m cheering you on.

#sweetpeas #coolflowers #greenhousegrowing #gardentips #countrylivingconnoisseur

Plant Sweet Peas - they don’t need perfection, just get them started! #coolseasonflowers #sweetpeas

This is the in-between season. The greenhouse is quiet… but the work isn’t.

We’re raking, feeding the soil, and working all that organic goodness in. So much planning, dreaming, and preparing happens right here, long before the first bloom.

It’s the reminder we all need: flourishing takes time. Quiet seasons matter — for plants and for people. Something beautiful is growing, even when you can’t see it yet.

Spring is coming.
And it’s going to be BombDiggity.

So much happens in the quiet season… #gardeningtips

We often talk about a flourishing and abundant life here on the farm, but Jesus gives us so much more than the world’s version of “success.” In John 10:10, He tells us He came so we could have real and eternal life — more and better than we ever dreamed. 🌾✨

Not a life of stuff that fades, but a life that overflows with faith, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, and more — even in tough seasons. This week, take time to reflect on what abundant life in Christ really looks like.

Read the full #FarmSunday devotional here: 🔗 https://sweetbombdiggityfarms.com/farmsunday-devotional-more-and-better-than-you-dreamed/

#FarmSunday #AbundantLife #FlourishingLife #John1010 #DailyWalk #FaithFilledLife #SweetBombdiggityFarms

#FarmSunday devotional. - More and better than you could ever dream of! #john1010 #christianliving

Part 2 of our little project — and it feels like such a good win.

We cut the 2x10 boards, used salvaged 4x4 posts from around the farm for the corners, measured, drilled, hauled, and built four new raised beds in the greenhouse. It wasn’t fast, but it was satisfying.

Now, instead of six beds, we have ten.
More varieties. More planting. More beauty to tend.

I’m reminded that designing a flourishing life isn’t always about big leaps.
Sometimes it’s simply choosing to do more of the things you love — and making space for them.

What small projects are you working on that make your days feel a little richer?

#SweetBombdiggityFarms #CountryLivingConnoisseur #FarmingAfter50 #GreenhouseProject #DesignALifeYouLove

Part 2: Small Project with a big payoff! #farmingafter50 #countrylivingconnoisseur

We started a little project on the farm today — nothing big, but something that will be really useful.

We recycled old fence posts and cut them into 8” blocks. New lumber would’ve been faster… but cleaning these up meant slow work, talking, and time together — and I kind of love that.

This is step one. Any guesses what we’re putting together?

Any small projects on your list right now?

#SweetBombdiggityFarms #CountryLivingConnoisseur #FarmingAfter50 #diyprojects #GreenhouseProject

We started a little project on the farm today (Part 1)

Hey y'all, give us a holler!

That's southern for "Reach out anytime." We love hearing from you!

Our Why

Let's start with "BombDiggity"

BombDiggity [bäm-dig-it-ee] (adj.) 1) Awesomeness in its purest form. 2) Incredible, beyond anything you could imagine. awesome, wonderful and way cool. 3) Complete awesomeness to its fullest extent.

Our farm name says it all and our WHY starts here — We want to build the sweetest of BombDiggity lives wrapped around 5 simple C’s.

Commitment

Deepening dedication to faith, family, friends, fields, and farm animals

Creativity

Cultivating success for others, inspiring change, crafting solutions.

Community

Forging bonds that inspire, encourage and uplift each other on a shared journey.

Compassion

Extending care and offering refuge and rescue that heals both body and spirit

Celebration

Celebrating agriculture, animals, community and the adventures of "Farming After 50"