Ever dream of the Idaho yesteryears such as Simpsons cartoon cloud with blue skies on a local farm?…read moreTHIS IS IT. Opened in 2017, this blueberry, raspberry, blackberry, and elderberry farm is a slice of heaven or nirvana in Eagle. Jay and his wife started this as a passion project after retiring and using his engineering precision, he's created quite possibly the most precise and yet beautiful farm I've ever been to. Yes, Waterwheel Gardens and Peaceful Belly are gorgeous but there's something quiet, still, and somehow crazily clean on this blueberry farm. It's a relaxing way to pick high quality berries (much better than The Berry Farm) and way cleaner. You go to their family home, park your car, and they have sanitized buckets and plastic bags. They also use no sprays so you can literally eat the fruit off their bushes. I see families, restaurant owners, trad wives, little kids, and babies pick and eat the berries. No entrance fee, no parking fee. Just pay for what you pick and I still have no idea how they charge LESS money per pound than the Meridian Costco. Come support local, take some curated pictures, and enjoy this place. FYI: the earlier in the season is better. Watch for their open days and times on Facebook because it's heavily weather dependent. Thursdays tend to be better picking days as the berries have just replenished vs Saturdays. Prices are listed on their FB and they are very responsive to messaging.

Great berries and great prices. Very kind owners. ------------------------------…read more--------------

I've been a customer for 5 years. Excellent produce and seasonal items, it's our favorite place to…read moreget a Christmas tree.

This place was across the street originally, but now it is on the north side of State Street…read more Family run, and not only are delicious fruits and veggies offered, but also local honey, farm fresh eggs, raw milk, and plant starts for your garden. Morels and huckleberries in season. And they now have cold beverages on hand! I am always sad when they close for the winter, and look forward to late spring when they open again. Thom and his employees are really nice folks, and will even carry your stuff to your car if you want. If it is not growing in my garden, I buy it here!

Love Blue Barn! They are the nicest people. Their Amaize corn is definitely amazing! Their other…read morefruit and veggies are good too.

This local market reminds me of my days living overseas. If you could happily survive on fresh…read morefruits and veggies (like me), this local delight will be your haven of food porn. Just got 3 Hermiston watermelons (the best) for our wedding reception at 10 cents a pound less than our local stores.

Dazed am I, in the way of being impressed, by the multitude of things classically trained chef and…read morededicated farmer Christian Phernetton accomplishes. I am also confused on how to keep track of it all to purchase what my hubby and I need. For those who figure it out there are rewards in the way of accessing via The Chef's Farm wonderful local produce grown with sustainable and organic farming practices as well as, in 2020 at least, completed meals and finished food products that could be delivered to your door. PRODUCE FOR DAYS: This is the farmer Christian making it happen via his farm in Dry Creek Valley. As in the outstanding lettuces, really at the top of the list for best of our 40 years of cooking together at home, that we bought from The Chef's Farm for a couple of weeks via the Saturday morning Boise Farmers Market in Summer 2020 until Christian stopped selling via that market. But I think The Chef's Farm is set up to sell at a sometimes pop up Farmers Market in the Hyde Park neighborhood on Saturdays if one can find that outlet for this excellent produce of all kinds. For a while earlier on The Chef's Farm did a sort of CSA box too and may be doing it again (?). And in 2021 there is a subscription service for fresh microgreens for which the only downside may be they are packaged in greater quantity than can be consumed even by two devoted daily greens eaters. Still, a very good thing. Check the website to see what the plans might be for 2021 for any or all of these services. And as produce - farm aside, not only does Christian grow some of the most remarkably delicious carrots we have eaten, he creates some of the most incredibly delicious dishes with carrots as focal point...and we say this as people for whom carrots have never been a "thing" until Christian's dishes provided revelation. Which leads to the next point. MMMM...ARVELOUS FINISHED FOOD DISHES: At times it is chef Christian Phernetton at work via The Chef's Farm to create finished food dishes including complete meals ready to heat and plate and eat which we were able to order and savor in the last half of 2020. After the 2020 holiday season this service paused. If started again we will use it again as provided remarkable meals from this "Chef with Chops". Keep in mind Christian has impressive background as a chef in the DC and Bay Areas at fine restaurants in those locales and was the inaugural chef at Boise's acclaimed Camel's Crossing...where his Carrot Steak was a diner favorite and as aside I'll say his lamb cassoulet was the best dish even to now that I have been served in any Boise eatery. ( Camel's Crossing closed early in pandemic months.) You'll see my photos on this page for the great way in which The Chef's Farmmeals were delivered to homes on Fridays and Saturdays. (In Eagle where I live for a mere $7). My husband and I also appreciated that the weekly menus included options for omnivores and vegetarians alike. Also that in this service Christian remained true to the sustainability practices he embraces (we do too) and delivered the meals in reusable glass vessels which he also picked up as part of that minimal charge for delivery. It wasn't only our bodies that felt well fed by Christian's work but our consciences too. Every purchase we make reflects our values. GIFTS NO LESS: During the holiday season - and maybe at other times - The Chef's Farm website listed things like condiments and holiday boxes that one could order to give to friends and neighbors. It was a great way to delight food centric people and people who support small local food producers. We purchased these too in 2020. FIGURING IT OUT IN 2021: As we determine what is being sold by The Chef's Farm in 2021 that is in a venue and format that we can use for our home kitchen we will happily remain customers. This is an example of a business growing and creating unique and delicious things.

Affordable dinner (kit) planned and prepared remotely by a professional chef for me to heat, serve…read moreand eat in the safety of my own home? Yes!!! The meal was delicious, and the prep for me was minimal. They deliver but I chose to pick up at their pop-up tent in Hyde Park neighborhood. And, the fresh veggies are beautiful and yes, very fresh - lovely alternative to the farmer's market. Bravo! So happy to find The Chef's Farm. I will definitely be a regular.

We came here right when they opened and it was honestly the highlight of our trip. Not that many…read morepeople at the time but loved how big it was and so much to do that it wasn't overwhelming. The price was a bit hefty but totally worth it to be honest. All the activities from the Slide, Feeding the Animals, the Cows and Animals, the chicken coop, the photo Ops, all the activities basketball hoops, the corn maze was our favorite & so much more there is to do you can easily spend a whole day here. Loved how clean and organized the place was there were different handwashing stations if you fed the animals and the Potty's they had outside were clean and didn't have a bad smell appreciated that. The food options we wanted we didn't get to try but that's ok. It was a bit windy that day that made some activities hard to do or for the corn to get roasted and so fourth, we grabbed some of their donuts and warm apple cider that was so good and perfect for the chilly weather. There was also pumpkin picking and loved that you can go out to the field and grab a wagon and such a fun activity to do with the family. They also had a lot of fun picture ops with the pumpkins as well & the little barn area that was decorated with pumpkins. Their sunflower field was so amazing I had never been to one but it was magical. Wear shoes you don't care for cause it was muddy in the fields and you can take the ones you like and just pay for them at the little shack. They also had tons of Zinnias that were beautiful and those were up for purchase as well. All in all it was def a fun place to visit, I mean their corn maze was shaped like a Jet & not to mention the Pig Races! Grab your family & friends and stop on by..

I'm not a sucker for fall activities like most "basic girls" but I will drag my husband here every…read moreyear. Nice variety u-pick pumpkins, great activities for kids, and I'm a sucker for a petting zoo, I matter how grown up I am. Even if it's expensive- I can't resist.

Within the last week, I lost a very important member of my family. My fur Baby Lulu. I had her for…read more17 years and 2 months until I had to say goodbye. I am so sad, and know that I will be for quite a long time , so to ease the pain a bit and help me to stay busy and keep my mind off of losing her, my very beautiful friend decided we should go to Peaceful Belly Farm and relax, have some delicious food, be in nature and around positive people with a beautiful ambience. Of course Peaceful Belly delivered as always. We decided to have a gorgeous glass of Viogner, and thought it would be nice to split a few of the dishes to share. We started with the spinach dip bread bowl, with farm, fresh spinach mixed with a three cheese blend served in a Acme sourdough loaf. The dip was so yummy, creamy and heartwarming, and there were so many layers of flavor. It was just the right amount of salty and the texture was wonderful. It was served in an Acme sourdough loaf which is always delicious. They cut up the top portion of the bowl into small pieces so that we could easily dunk the bread into the dip. It was the perfect way to start the meal. I don't think there was much left of that when all was said and done. The second dish that we decided on together was the deviled eggs. They were beautiful, fresh, farm eggs that were nice and cold and the yolks were whipped beautifully with dill and garlic filling. Garnished on top of the eggs they served this insane, brown sugar, caramelized McIntyre bacon. There were some gorgeous, delicate, yellow, edible flower petals on top which took it over the top aesthetically. They were perfect. It was a serving of four and it was just enough for my friend and I. Last but not least, we had a dish made from homemade chorizo from the James Beard nominated Chef, Dan Ansot of Ansot's Basque restaurant in downtown Boise. It was phenomenal. Made with warm saffron stew that had carrots and sweet pepper, onion and garlic on a creamy polenta base topped with his Basque chorizo and grilling cheese (which is one of my favorite cheeses ever!) It was spicy and so complex. We really enjoyed this dish tremendously. Our server Kayla was wonderful. She checked up on us often, but not too often to make sure that we were enjoying everything and asked if we wanted more wine. The dishes came out in a timely manner and we enjoyed ourselves tremendously. The atmosphere is gorgeous set in an open space full of greenery and flowers and food growing all about the property, not to mention all of the gorgeous black and white sheep that are grazing peacefully around the restaurant outside. It was a perfect day with a perfect friend with perfect weather and really helped me to set aside the sadness I felt from losing my sweet little fur baby, even if just for a little while. The inside is impeccably clean and a bright open space with plenty of tables. They have a ton of gorgeous dry flowers from all over the property hanging gracefully from the ceiling and they always have fun artwork hanging on the walls. I will always return. They do a good thing for the community and they have a gorgeous space with beautiful food and people. Thank you for helping me through my grief. See you soon!

Pro's - Farm to table…read more- Delicious food - Great space and decor - Service was friendly and great Con's - Not enough cheese on the grilled cheese sandwhich (had to say something :-P ) Hummus appetizer was unique, but full of flavor. The bread appetizer and bread on the grilled cheese was excellent. Overall great food.

Terrific corn......just doesn't get ant better, and you support local farmers on yop of it!!!read more

Me and my family met a nice gentleman named rob and he gave us some of their sweet corn, what a…read morenice surprise it was. We will be buying corn from them soon!

Just bought a 2 pound container of fresh cherries at Costco. The box says Symms Fruits. Caldwell…read moreID. They are so fresh, firm and full of flavor. If I lived closer I would drive there myself. Buy 5 more pounds and tip the cherry pickers and the cashiers. These cherries are perfection. Thanks Symms!

Great opportunity for anyone who does bulk canning. Very helpful employees. Symms does sell locally…read moreat Walmarts and at great prices. Will go back in June for their cherries!