Valley Maple LLC

Give your daughter a garden.

To grow, to tend, to tame. To make it her own.

We planted this garden years ago, not long after we bought this house. We expanded it over time with a dry creek bed, paths made of rock or wood, a little bridge, the driftwood archway now covered with hops, the tree fort built from the stump and new growth of an ash tree. The goal of it has always been a little magical play space for our kids. That goal has definitely been accomplished.

But as our attention turned to other things - in the yard and in life - tending it fell low on the priority list. It's still magical in its own way, and also wild and overgrown. One clump of flowers blends into the next, tangles of weeds, paths completely overgrown, and no signs of where the yard ends and the garden begins.

In comes a 9 year old who decided this year that it was HER garden. Why would we ever say no to that? In between the day-to-day play, I'll randomly find her out there clearing weeds, thinning overgrown flowers, planting marigolds, and filling it with her love.

I don't have any "before" pictures and the "after" is still (and probably always will be), a work in progress. But, slowly, this overgrown play space is getting tamed by my sweet girl. I can see her marks in it everywhere I look and it is pure magic.

Who's in the mood for sourdough? Send us a message today to place your order for Sunday pickup at our home in Apple Valley. $10 gets you a small sandwich loaf and $16 for a large. Cash or Venmo accepted. We'd love to bake for you!

It's getting to be that time of year where the "empties" are starting to take over! There's not much to can yet until the garden really starts to take off...but I do have the canning itch! It's already just way too hot out to run the canner though. What to do?? 🤣

We're baking this weekend so if you're in the mood for some sourdough sandwich bread, we'll get you taken care of! Message by Friday evening for Sunday pick-up. $10 for small loaves and $16 for large, cash or Venmo.

Been a little quiet on our page recently, as we are just back from our latest family adventure, a 10 day road-trip to Utah! This experience was a bit bumpier than the last few (to say the least 🫣), but we still came home with some incredible experiences and memories (and lots of learnings) from our time in the desert.

We're back to our regular sourdough baking schedule this weekend - if you'd liked to place an order for a large sandwich loaf ($16) or small sandwich loaf ($10) send us a message by Friday. We'd love bake for you! Pickup at our home in Apple Valley on Sunday, cash or Venmo accepted!

The winter / spring rollercoaster continues, but these garden "babies" are thriving!! We are already daydreaming of fresh slices of tomatoes stacked on BLTs (with sourdough bread, obviously!) and burgers, home canned salsa and spaghetti sauce, fresh pesto, green beans, carrots...YUM!! 🍅🌶🫑🥕

Accepting bread orders for this weekend - send us a message by Friday evening, we'll have it ready for Sunday pickup!

We're definitely not fancy photographers here, but I couldn't resist when seeing these little breads all cozy together 😍

These all went to their new homes last weekend but we can bake a fresh one just for YOU! Send us a message by Friday evening to place an order for Sunday pickup at our home in Apple Valley! Small sandwich loaves are $10 and large sandwich loaves are $16.

Anyone else eating a lot of post-Easter ham leftovers this week? 🙋‍♀️ Nothing like a grilled ham and swiss sandwich on some sourdough sandwich bread! 🤤

We're taking bread orders for this weekend, send us a message by tonight to order a small sandwich loaf ($10) or large sandwich loaf ($16). We bake to order and will have your freshly baked bread available to pick-up at our home in Apple Valley on Sunday. We accept cash or Venmo.

Also - if you'd like to place a weekly or bi-weekly recurring order, you can! Flexible to pause or cancel anytime, but one less thing for you to remember to place an order each week. We'll just have your bread ready and message you for pickup!

Believe it or not, we do eat more than just sourdough in this house...although it does find a way into many of our meals...🤔 We went through a phase of making sourdough tortillas last year. It's a pretty tedious process but with delicious results. Imagine my surprise when I found we still had a package of tortillas in the freezer!

So, I made these delicious Poblano Enchildas last weekend: https://www.girlgonegourmet.com/poblano-chicken-enchiladas/

With a few tweaks, of course. I added black beans and shredded cheddar to the enchilada filling, and a scoop of greek yogurt to the sauce to thicken & make it creamer. Last year was the first time we grew poblano peppers and I roasted and froze them - this recipe sold me on growing them again for sure! Only the oldest kid complained about the spice (but she hates enchiladas anyway 😂)

We're still baking our delicious sourdough sandwich bread this weekend if you'd like to get a bread order in - message us by Friday evening. Pickup at our home on Sunday before 11, or later in the evening (when we're back from celebrating Easter with family)!

Wishing everyone a Happy Easter!

Creamy Poblano Chicken Enchiladas These enchiladas are all about the creamy poblano sauce. The rich sauce flavored with peppers and cilantro is so delicious. A rotisserie chicken makes these enchiladas so easy to make.

Minnesota has had some wild weather swings the last few weeks - 14" of snow one weekend and 78 degrees the next...what?? We're really hoping spring has sprung and will STAY!

We're still baking sourdough each weekend - if you'd like to place a one-time or recurring order, send us a message! We offer large sandwich loaves for $16 and regular sized sandwich loaves for $10, baked to order. Venmo or cash accepted, and pickup at our home in Apple Valley on Sundays.

Who's in the mood for some delicious organic sourdough sandwich bread?? 🙋‍♀️

We're baking this weekend, message us to order by tomorrow (Friday) night! Pickup on Sunday at our home in Apple Valley, $10 for small loaves and $16 for large. Cash for Venmo accepted.