Shelly Elliott and her family purchased the 15 acres for Idle Thyme Farm in 2002. In two years, she turned it from fallow pasture into a diverse, organic operation. Today, Elliott produces over 150 varieties of vegetables, flowers and herbs, pastured poultry and laying hens and runs one of the first community-supported agriculture farms in Wyoming. Her farm, also the first organic vegetable farm in the state, features high and low tunnel systems, as well as a greenhouse. The poultry are raised in mobile "chicken tractor" units, moved daily to provide fresh pasture. She provides laying hens with a large pasture and a hay bale hen house. Each year, the hen house is torn down and rebuilt elsewhere with new hay. The old bales are used as mulch.

Working with the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, Elliott maintains native grass in two-foot sections between each bed, providing excellent erosion control. She also has permanently reserved five acres of her land as a wildlife habitat. Elliott collaborated with other farmers in the area to start a new farmers market for small-scale producers and regularly hosts on-farm workshops and university research trials.