After a short and mild winter, spring has arrived at 5R Farm and gardening season is underway! The garden beds have all been spread with...

It’s been a year since we moved to the farm full-time, and what better way to celebrate than by counting down the reasons I love living...

Those of you who have been reading my blog for a while know that an abundance of roosters goes hand in hand with raising chickens. We...

Raquel was our alpha hen in our first flock of chickens that we got in 2010. As we added new chickens to the flock over the years, she...

One of the things I love about living at the farm is the frequent wildlife sightings. No matter whether the farm visitors are large...

One of our hens, Virtuous Violet has been setting on a clutch of 12 eggs for two weeks now. Every afternoon I go to check on her, make...

These last few months at the farm have been great. Now that we live here full time, we have been checking things off the to do list like...

The trail is the thing, not the end of the trail. Travel too fast, and you miss all you are traveling for. –Louis L’Amour We hike the...

I may be a bit early in saying this, but it looks like spring has sprung at 5R Farm. It’s been just over a week since the last of the 18...

We’ve been snowed in at the farm for five days due to 18 inches of snow that just won’t melt, so what better way to spend the time than...

Last weekend I was planting seeds in the greenhouse, weeding the garden in just a T-shirt, and thinking spring was right around the...

Now that we’ve gotten settled in at the farm, we’re trying to make time to take the occasional break from the chores and get out and...

It’s been beautiful at the farm for the last week after the first snow of the season. The temperature didn’t get above freezing for over...

(Originally posted on UndercoverCaterer.com) You may or may not have noticed a little box on the sidebar of this here blog advertising 5R...

We’ve had several frosty mornings here at 5R Farm lately, but the ladies and gents are taking it all in stride. They can easily manage in...

It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important. – Arthur Conan Doyle It’s been a month since...

Sometimes I take a break from the farm chores and the never ending to do list and take a walk around the farm and enjoy the beauty that...

Today was a typical Friday, which for me usually means spending time with the chickens and gardening. After taking care of my morning...

5R Farm – A Rural Farm Story & FarmMade Shop (originally posted on FarmMade.com) It is with joy that we share urban, suburban, and rural...

After the flurry of vegetable and fruit harvesting, canning, and fall garden clean-up, it’s been nice to slow down and just enjoy the...