From Egg to Lap Turkey
It's an annual tradition that I look forward to every year - waiting for a turkey hen to go broody in the spring so she can raise up a...
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Jul 1, 2020
Full Coop, Happy Heart
It had been a while since we added a big group of chickens to the farm. In 2012, we moved the founding members of 5R Farm – Rhoda,...
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May 22, 2020
Green Goodness
Now that spring has finally arrived it's nice to be seeing more green than brown in the garden! My chive patch gets bigger each year, and...
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Mar 26, 2020
Grow your Own!
Now more than ever I am grateful for the space to grow a large garden and for the skills to preserve our harvest
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Feb 7, 2020
Winter Done Right
Winter is almost behind us, and I give thanks to the universe that it has been good to us, unlike like the heartbreak of last winter
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Dec 29, 2019
Cheers to 2020!
I'm not one for New Years resolutions, but one New Years tradition that I do enjoy is looking back at my photos from the year and...
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Dec 1, 2019
Thankful, Grateful
As 2019 comes to a close, I can't help but reflect on how fortunate I am. As I do my rounds during the peaceful mornings to bring out...
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Sep 15, 2019
Little Garden Victories
It was a bit of an unusual year in the garden, filled with trials and tribulations, but in the end it was a good year with plenty of...
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Mar 1, 2019
Welcome Home, Honeys
It was six years ago that we started beekeeping and welcomed our first honeybees to the farm. After the first hive was successfully...
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Feb 10, 2019
Wishing away Winter
Oh winter, I’ll be glad to bid this one goodbye. It started out as a fairly uneventful winter, busy with work and the holidays, but still...
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Dec 9, 2018
Thankful
We’ve had so much going on at the farm that the end of summer and fall just flew by this year! A big project that has been ongoing for...
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Sep 2, 2018
Blue Ribbon Summer
It’s been a whirlwind of a summer with lots of time spent watering, watering, and more watering due to our record setting heat waves and...
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Jul 16, 2018
Garden Goodness
I’ve been so busy with the garden, chickens and turkeys, and my hobby soap making business that I’ve had a hard time keeping up with the...
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Jun 19, 2018
Snoody Cuties
We have new turkey babies (which are called poults) at the farm, and they are so very adorable! For those of you unfamiliar with turkey...
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May 7, 2018
My Happy Place
Now that warmer spring days are finally here, I’ve been spending more time gardening which is one thing that I really miss in the winter....
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Apr 15, 2018
Spring Happenings
Ahhh spring, it’s finally here! Although we are still having lots of cool, rainy days, there are plenty of things to be excited about at...
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Mar 22, 2018
Chick Season
Spring is an exciting time at the farm for many reasons, pretty spring flowers in the yard, starting seeds in the greenhouse, the...
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Feb 18, 2018
February on the Farm
After months of the chickens spending most of their time hunkered down in their coops from the cold and the wind and the rain, they are...
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Dec 27, 2017
A Very Good Year
This was our fourth year living at the farm full time, and every year it gets better and better. One of my favorite things about living...
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Nov 25, 2017
Fall Harvest
Despite a few setbacks in the garden this year, we did have a pretty good harvest by the time late summer and fall rolled around. A few...
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