After years of sharing fractured pieces of my life with the pugs on social media, it’s time to tell the full story. In 2025, I’ll be documenting the entire process, sharing behind-the-scenes updates, and inviting you to join me as I bring this transformative project to life. I’d love for you to be a part of this journey with me!
Pugs, as a dog breed, are generally misunderstood to be lethargic, sedentary, overweight dogs that are incapable of anything except eating, sleeping, and dreaming of wanting a slice of pizza 24/7. Personally, I find this to be an exhausted & uninspiring trope that I see consistently reinforced in popular culture every single day on social media. It drives me freakin’ crazy!
I’m Jonie, Fern, and Ivy’s forever mummy and the girl behind most of what you read, watch, and listen to here at Grumble Farm. I find peace & inspiration in nature, freedom in defying the 9-5, and infinite joy in rolling around on the kitchen floor with my pugs.
You may or may not know this, but the idea or visualization for "Grumble Farm" first materialized ten years ago in the form of a made-up fantasy in my head. I dreamt it up when I was at one of the lowest points in my life, riddled with depression and anxiety shortly before my cancer diagnoses back in 2015. Because I was so unhappy, so unhealthy, and felt so incredibly "stuck" in that reality, the idea of "Grumble Farm" became a happy place that I would escape to in my mind during moments when I thought I was quite literally going to die…