Happy Birthday, Rhoda & Raquel
Rhoda and Raquel turned four years old this month, which has gotten me to thinking about all we’ve learned and how far we’ve come in our...
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Mar 8, 2014
Bunker Hill Trail
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...
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Feb 22, 2014
Signs of Spring
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...
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Feb 11, 2014
A Year in the Life at 5R Farm
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...
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Feb 7, 2014
Snow Day!
Last weekend I was planting seeds in the greenhouse, weeding the garden in just a T-shirt, and thinking spring was right around the...
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Jan 25, 2014
Lap Chicken
We had some sad news at 5R Farm recently which is that I lost two of my best lap chickens in December, the remaining two Sweet Peas. They...
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Jan 11, 2014
Chick Dreams
Usually around this time of year, when it’s cold and rainy out, I’m hard at work looking through the endless pile of gardening catalogues...
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Jan 1, 2014
Walkabout
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...
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Dec 21, 2013
Back Door Rooster Man
I never get tired of watching the antics of Brown Rooster from the back door. When it’s not raining I usually put him outside of the...
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Dec 12, 2013
Winter Wonderland
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...
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Dec 2, 2013
Cyber Monday – 5R Farm
(Originally posted on UndercoverCaterer.com) You may or may not have noticed a little box on the sidebar of this here blog advertising 5R...
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Dec 1, 2013
Green Eggs & Ham
Now that it’s getting dark so early and the number of daylight hours is almost at its annual low, the ladies’ egg production has dropped...
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Nov 24, 2013
Baby, it’s Cold Outside!
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...
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Nov 11, 2013
The Little Things
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...
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Nov 2, 2013
Coq au Vin
Last weekend we took a big step in our journey toward self-sufficiency at 5R Farm. You may recall from The Rooster Dilemma post that...
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Oct 24, 2013
Guess What…?
It’s that time of year when many chickens go through the annual process of molting and grow a new set of feathers. It’s easy to tell when...
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Oct 15, 2013
King of the Castle
It’s been several months since I removed the roosters from the chicken flock, and I’ve been juggling rooster housing ever since. Things...
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Sep 29, 2013
Rainy Garden Wrap-up
After last weekend’s mad dash to harvest and preserve as much of the tomato and basil crop as possible, this weekend it was time to...
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Sep 22, 2013
Whole Lotta Canning Going On
I had been feeling pretty good about keeping up with the garden’s bounty this year and was trying to get an early start on canning and...
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Sep 5, 2013
Good Girl, Grace!
There’s exciting news today at 5R Farm. Grace has joined the ranks of the laying hens, and even more exciting is that she’s a member of...
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