Bit O’ Honey
Our first year bee hive is thriving, and today we inspected the hive to see how much honey the bees have stored for winter. A general...
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Aug 17, 2013
Where’s Brown Rooster?
I felt the worst had happened to Brown Rooster. For those of you that haven’t been introduced to Brown Rooster yet, he is one of the two...
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Aug 3, 2013
Sweet Summer
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...
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Jul 22, 2013
The Rooster Dilemma
It’s been three months since we spontaneously agreed to provide a home for six chicks that were hatched out in a friend’s grade school...
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Jul 12, 2013
Locovore Dinner
Eating fresh local produce is one of the best things about summer, and it’s especially rewarding when it comes straight from your own...
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Jun 29, 2013
Bachelor Pad #2
As much as I love my roosters, and as much as they love the ladies, it was time to move Reuben and Ramon into their own bachelor pad....
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Jun 19, 2013
Goodbye Sweet Sussex
I’ve known for a couple of months that one of our four Speckled Sussex hens was not doing well, and she finally left us this week. I’m...
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Jun 13, 2013
Bee Hive Inspection
I’ve come to find out that there is a steep learning curve with beekeeping. Although there are a few rules that most beekeepers agree on,...
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May 31, 2013
Friday at the Farm
Today was a typical Friday, which for me usually means spending time with the chickens and gardening. After taking care of my morning...
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May 25, 2013
The Broody Girls
Now that we’ve gotten Millie through her broody phase by letting her hatch out a few chicks, we’ve got a couple more broody girls at the...
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May 10, 2013
The Veggie Garden is Planted!
By April I am usually too impatient to wait any longer for night temperatures to warm up to 50 degrees, so I usually just go ahead and...
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May 1, 2013
Chicken Farm in the Sky
That’s where my little Sweet Pea is now. She left us this evening after a few weeks of us trying our best to nurse her back to health. I...
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Apr 19, 2013
Poor Little Sweet Pea
I had thought about calling this post “Crazy Chicken Lady” because I’m about to divulge the lengths I will go to for one of my favorite...
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Apr 6, 2013
The Bees are Here!
This weekend was by far the most exciting weekend at the farm! On Saturday morning the bees I had ordered arrived at the bee store, and...
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Mar 21, 2013
Momma Millie
I have exciting news to report – our very own Millie hatched out some baby chicks! You may recall I had written about Millie wanting to...
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Mar 6, 2013
Rooster Love
I’ve learned a lot about rooster love in the last year, a bit too much perhaps, and one thing I can say is that love hurts! We currently...
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Feb 21, 2013
Garden Season is Underway!
The star of this year’s garden is of course the new greenhouse. The framing is nearly complete so let’s hope the weather cooperates...
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Feb 9, 2013
R.I.P. Henry
We lost one of the good ones this week. Henry was the pint-sized ambassador of 5R Farm. He was one of our two banty roosters, the...
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Feb 2, 2013
So Long, Ringo
It’s been a long time coming, but I finally decided to rehome one of our roosters – Ringo, our silver gray dorking. Now that the roosters...
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Jan 19, 2013
Winter Chickens at 5R Farm
We’ve had several weeks of freezing temperatures in the mornings at 5R Farm this winter. When I look out the window in the morning and...
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