Bee Victorious
It’s been a few months since I last wrote about the bees, and since then we’ve had a very soggy cold start to the spring. I had been...
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Apr 27, 2017
Countdown to Cute
Spring is the time for chicks at the feed store and all manner of cute baby animals on the Instagram pages of my farm friends. I have...
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Apr 9, 2017
Garden Time
At long last, spring is here! It’s time to get my hands in the dirt and fight the good fight against slugs, rodents, cute little wild...
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Mar 26, 2017
Egg Vignette
Well, gosh, sorry I’ve taken a few weeks off from the blog. There’s not been too much going on at the farm recently except for a whole...
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Feb 19, 2017
Birds and the Bees
One of the things I really enjoy about living on the farm is the change in seasons. After a long cold winter, and many days of mucking...
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Feb 4, 2017
Rosie & Reuben
This winter was colder than usual, with several weeks of freezing or below freezing temperatures. Most of our feathered friends get along...
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Jan 14, 2017
Beauty all Around
Last summer was a good summer for the deer, and we had several that visited us regularly. There was a momma deer and her doe, a second...
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Jan 1, 2017
A Silkie New Year!
Now that winter has set in, it’s time to start making plans for next year on the farm. One of the things I’ve been wanting to do for a...
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Dec 10, 2016
Thankful
We’ve come full circle with our adventures in turkey raising this year, and what a ride it’s been! On May 25th, Eleanor hatched eight...
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Nov 20, 2016
Chicken Nurse
The answer to the question “Why is there a chicken in the greenhouse?” makes perfect sense to me. One of Ramon’s ladies, Henny, was...
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Nov 5, 2016
Fall at 5R Farm
At the end of summer, I always look forward to fall, thinking that it will be nice when things slow down and it’s not so busy at the...
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Oct 15, 2016
Fall in the Bee Yard
I am happy to report that our three beehives, Hive Rosalind, Hive Rosemary, and Hive Buttercup, all did well this year. We started our...
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Oct 1, 2016
So Long Summer
Summer is winding down here at the farm, and as I write this I am sitting by a cozy fire in the wood stove watching the rain clouds move...
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Sep 9, 2016
Apple Harvest
We had a bumper crop of apples this year, and everyone else we know did too. Of course the peak of the apple harvest was during a hot...
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Aug 21, 2016
Harvest Day
This weekend was the first big harvest in the garden. I’ve been so busy with my day job and keeping the pastures and gardens watered and...
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Jul 30, 2016
Chicken Math
At last count we have 26 hens, 3 roosters, and 11 turkeys here at the farm, and I think I recall saying a couple of months ago that we...
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Jul 17, 2016
Turkey Teens
Eleanor’s little ones are eight weeks old now, and they are not so little anymore. They have officially entered the teenage turkey phase....
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Jul 2, 2016
Year of the Rabbit
Every year there is a new battle to be waged in the vegetable garden. A few years ago it was slugs, last year it was flea beetles, but...
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Jun 11, 2016
Ode to Our Fair Rhoda
Our dearest Rhoda, one of the original founding members of 5R Farm, has gone up to the chicken farm in the sky. I want to take a few...
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May 31, 2016
First Day Out
Spring is always an exciting time at the farm, and this year even more so because Eleanor hatched eight adorable baby turkeys. She is...
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