Welcome Debbiemg! You're going to have so much fun! If you're good at paper piecing, it helps a lot with the blocks with the small half-square triangles.
There is a Yahoo group that is doing the Farmer's Wife quilt. They started before we did. They have all the paper piecing patterns there. You have to join their group to access them. It's also nice to post your blocks and make some comments on their blocks. You still have to buy the book in any case.