An Interview with 5R Farm
5R Farm – A Rural Farm Story & FarmMade Shop (originally posted on FarmMade.com) It is with joy that we share urban, suburban, and rural...
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Dec 23, 2012
Veggie Garden 2013
We had a very successful veggie gardening season in 2012, but there’s always room for improvement so I am making plans for a bigger and...
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Dec 8, 2012
The Boys of 5R Farm, Part II
I introduced you to Rooster Cogburn (aka Reuben) and Ramon, the two highest ranking roosters in our flock, in the previous Boys of 5R...
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Nov 18, 2012
Fall Splendor at 5R Farm
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...
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Nov 16, 2012
The Boys of 5R Farm
I had to give up my first rooster two and a half years ago when our backyard chicken Ramona turned into Ramon, and ever since then I...
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Nov 8, 2012
Got Squash?
I have a confession to make. I love the idea of growing squash and storing it over the winter. There are so many beautiful colors,...
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Oct 25, 2012
Fall Gardening
One thing I’ve always wanted to do, but never quite gotten around to, is put in a fall vegetable garden. The problem I’ve always run into...
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Oct 14, 2012
Momma Wanna-be
Well it’s official, we have our first broody hen. For those uninitiated in the ways of all things chicken, a broody hen is one that has...
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Oct 5, 2012
Putting Food By
I’ve been getting into canning more and more over the last few years, and this year we put away more food for the winter than ever...
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Sep 23, 2012
Full (Hen) House
The chicken flock is 6 months old, and that means one thing: eggs! Most of the young ladies have started laying, and we are getting over...
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Sep 12, 2012
Sweet Pea
We’ve got another chicken recuperating in the kitchen – this time it’s little Sweet Pea, one of my favorites of the new girls. Actually...
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Sep 1, 2012
Fruit Harvest
Every gardener knows the joy of harvesting the fruits of your labor, and today was a great harvest day at 5R Farm. It’s a good thing too,...
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Aug 26, 2012
Paddling on Scappoose Bay
We’ve been working hard at the farm nearly every weekend since early spring, and this weekend it was finally time for some R&R so we took...
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Aug 9, 2012
The Odd Couple
You may recall that in addition to the 25 chicks we bought for the farm, we also bought five fancy breed chickens. These fancy chickens...
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Jul 27, 2012
R.I.P. Ruby
Today was a very sad day at 5R Farm. After a month of trying to nurse Ruby back to health, it was finally time to say goodbye and have...
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Jul 24, 2012
Doe, a Deer, a Female Deer
Well it finally happened, the deer have discovered our vegetable garden. You can’t really blame them – the garden is looking lush and...
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Jul 6, 2012
Oh Henry!
Henny Penny, one of the cute red cochin banty chickens we intended to keep in our backyard in Portland, started crowing at 5:30 in the...
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Jun 23, 2012
Slug Wars
As a long-time gardener and Oregon resident, the battle to prevent slugs from devouring the garden has become an annual ritual. The first...
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Jun 17, 2012
The Good (Chicken) Life
It’s been five weeks since we moved the chicks out to the farm, and I’m happy to report that all is well. The girls have settled in to...
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Jun 7, 2012
TIMBER!
There have been some tense days at 5R Farm recently as we waited to see how the nearby logging was going to affect our views of the...
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