One of the things on my to do list for 2020 was to start brewing kombucha. I stocked up on kombucha supplies and reading material for...

I'm not one for New Years resolutions, but one New Years tradition that I do enjoy is looking back at my photos from the year and...

As 2019 comes to a close, I can't help but reflect on how fortunate I am. As I do my rounds during the peaceful mornings to bring out...

I'm thrilled to be featured in the current edition of Backyard Poultry Magazine! Pick up a copy at your local farm store, or read it here!

It's the end of an era at the farm as we bid goodbye to our flock matriarch, Raquel, the last of our original 5R Farm feathered ladies....

It was a bit of an unusual year in the garden, filled with trials and tribulations, but in the end it was a good year with plenty of...

It was six years ago that we started beekeeping and welcomed our first honeybees to the farm. After the first hive was successfully...

Oh winter, I’ll be glad to bid this one goodbye. It started out as a fairly uneventful winter, busy with work and the holidays, but still...

We’ve had so much going on at the farm that the end of summer and fall just flew by this year! A big project that has been ongoing for...

It’s been a whirlwind of a summer with lots of time spent watering, watering, and more watering due to our record setting heat waves and...

I’ve been so busy with the garden, chickens and turkeys, and my hobby soap making business that I’ve had a hard time keeping up with the...

We have new turkey babies (which are called poults) at the farm, and they are so very adorable! For those of you unfamiliar with turkey...

Now that warmer spring days are finally here, I’ve been spending more time gardening which is one thing that I really miss in the winter....

Ahhh spring, it’s finally here! Although we are still having lots of cool, rainy days, there are plenty of things to be excited about at...

Spring is an exciting time at the farm for many reasons, pretty spring flowers in the yard, starting seeds in the greenhouse, the...

After months of the chickens spending most of their time hunkered down in their coops from the cold and the wind and the rain, they are...

I’ve said it many times before, because it’s true. Every time there’s a sad day at the farm, I turn around and there’s something to make...

My special needs rooster, Reuben, finally crossed over the rainbow bridge. Of course I knew this day was coming, I’ve known it for a...