Despite a few setbacks in the garden this year, we did have a pretty good harvest by the time late summer and fall rolled around. A few...

I’ve had a few gardening challenges this year, but thankfully garden season is in full swing now and the harvest is looking promising. I...

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...

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...

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...

Spring has finally arrived at the farm after several rainy and muddy winter months, and I can’t wait to get back to gardening! I’ve...

I feel like all I ever do is write about vegetables these days, which I suppose is fitting since they have been dominating my time and my...

These last few weeks I had been feeling pretty satisfied with my progress in putting away the garden goodness for the winter. But there...

It’s been a fabulous summer in the garden this year, thanks to an early spring and record setting warm temperatures this summer. We had...

We’ve been having record setting high temperatures the last couple of weeks, and while its been a bit tough on us and the chickens, it...

I love to garden, and I have grown a vegetable garden almost every year since I was in college. Since moving to the farm, getting a flock...

It’s been a great summer at the farm this year, and I’ve been in a bit of relaxation mode the last few weeks. It’s that point in the...

It’s been a great year for berries at the farm, and I think I’ve put about 15 quarts of strawberries, blueberries, and raspberries in the...

You know the gardening season is underway when you get to pick a whole bowl of strawberries for dessert! The garden at 5R Farm is off to...

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...

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...

Eating fresh local produce is one of the best things about summer, and it’s especially rewarding when it comes straight from your own...

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...

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...

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...