It's inevitable, really. The longer you have chickens, the more of them you'll end up with. It all starts innocently enough. Just a...

After being cooped up for a year, I'm sure we were all anxious to make this a summer to remember. I spent a lot of time in the greenhouse...

Raising chickens is a heartwarming experience, that is until the first time you add new members to your flock and you realize they really...

I fall in love with the farm all over again at this time of year. The new life and promise of what is to come during the spring and...

In my 11 years of chicken keeping, I had never ordered chicks in the mail from a hatchery until this year. Most of the time I buy chicks...

It's the time of year when little pops of green are starting to appear in the flower beds, and it gets me anxious for all the good things...

I can't believe that Christmas is only a week away! It feels like the last month has absolutely flown by. Between working my non-farm...

Taking care of the farm is the best part of my day, but it's not the only thing I do all day. 5R Farm is a hobby farm, and it doesn't pay...

It feels like an understatement to say it's been an unusual summer. There were some fun things we had planned that just didn't happen. I...

Summer is here, and we are enjoying beautiful rainbow harvests and garden fresh meals. It's been good eating except for one thing - the...

It's an annual tradition that I look forward to every year - waiting for a turkey hen to go broody in the spring so she can raise up a...

I've been wanting to hatch silkie chicks for a long time. I had my first silkie hen, Millie, for many years. She was constantly going...

It had been a while since we added a big group of chickens to the farm. In 2012, we moved the founding members of 5R Farm – Rhoda,...

Now that spring has finally arrived it's nice to be seeing more green than brown in the garden! My chive patch gets bigger each year, and...

Now more than ever I am grateful for the space to grow a large garden and for the skills to preserve our harvest

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...

Winter is almost behind us, and I give thanks to the universe that it has been good to us, unlike like the heartbreak of last winter

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 was thrilled to be featured in Backyard Poultry Magazine! You can read my article right here.