Jay and Athena's big goal is to open a pick-your-own berry and flower farm within the next 1-2 years! The farm will be built in several phases, including a house, berry bushes, flower fields, and eventually a studio for Jay to host pottery classes and a community cafe featuring farm fresh berries and other local farm-fresh foods! These funds will help us buy land and a home, and begin establishing roots--literally!

Sponsor a future raspberry bush on MudPuddle Berry and Flower Farm! Raspberries are both Athena and Jay's favorite berry!

Sponsor a future Strawberry Plant on MudPuddle Berry and Flower Farm! Strawberries are Este's favorite berry!

Sponsor a future blueberry bush on MudPuddle Berry and Flower Farm! Blueberries are Este's second favorite!

Sponsor a pack of flower seeds for MudPuddle Berry and Flower Farm. Athena and Jay plan to focus on mostly growing flowers native to Minnesota and the Upper Midwest region.

Sponsor a future fruit tree on MudPuddle Berry and Flower Farm! We hope to have start with apples and expand later to some stone fruits.

Our berries and flowers can't thrive without pollinators! Help us start a small apiary by sponsoring a future hive at MudPuddle Berry and Flower Farm!

Athena has wanted donkeys ever since they experienced feeding and singing to wild donkeys while living abroad in Cyprus! We hope to add a couple miniature long-ears to our family very soon!

Size 7.5 WIDE, the wide is necessary! These would be for Jay, they work 10 hour shifts and regularly get 10,000+ steps per shift. The Clifton style in the black/white color is their preferred, but they won't say no if there's a different color on sale.

The best kiln shelves money can buy! Helping us get Jay's pottery business off the ground! To be used in the community studio that Jay works out of now and a home studio once we get it built later down the road.

Did you know Athena is a certified apprentice-level beekeeper? They don't currently have hives of their own, but they do volunteer as a beekeeper for a local farm that predominantly employs individuals with disabilities. Athena would like to stay cool, calm, and protected going into the next beekeeping season. They will be the individual taking care of the apiary on MudPuddle Berry and Flower farm. Less time getting stung is more time collecting honey as a sweet treat for you!

We already have one of these shelves and we love it so much we hope to add another one! Plus, we definitely need the extra storage space.

We're always trying to be more environmentally friendly and we LOVE Stasher bags for packing our lunches and storing snacks!

We're always trying to be more environmentally friendly and we LOVE Stasher bags for packing our lunches and storing snacks! These stand-up bags are one of Jay's favorite kitchen items!

We're always trying to be more environmentally friendly and we LOVE Stasher bags for packing our lunches and storing snacks!

We're always trying to be more environmentally friendly and we LOVE Stasher bags for packing our lunches and storing snacks!

We have one East Fork tiny cup in our collection at home that we are constantly vying to use it. A second one would at least give us one bitty cup per person in our cup collection.

Athena will be starting school to become a Certified Professional Dog Trainer this summer. They are hoping these buttons will be a fun challenge project to work on with Este over the course of the 6-month program!