Last year was a good year for The Old Five Notch Farm. We have learned a lot, added to the farm, gained some new members and lost a few too. I hope you enjoy a look back at 2014!
January
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| Down Right COLD! | |
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| Loading up the bucket to load up the wood rack. Love the wood stove! |
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| Beauty is everywhere..... |
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| Amazing... |
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| The ice was completely suspended.... |
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| Creation is awesome! |
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| My buddy "Mister" He WILL find somewhere to curl up close and catch a nap. |
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| The pond frozen over...a sheet of ice. The geese flew in and slid across it! |
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| Our Driveway |
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| View from the pond |
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| Have to keep everyone warm! |
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| All of that snow melted and then it rained...for days! |
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| Scott clearing the overflow and "Tommy" and the girls "supervising" |
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| Flooded the field |
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| The ducks enjoyed the new water level |
February
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| Chicken eggs and a turkey eggs. |
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| Snow and Ice Storm |
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| My snowman |
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| Feeding everyone |
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| "Addie" and "Twist" |
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| First Eggs of the Year! |
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| Strawberries |
March
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| Removing trees that uprooted with all the rain |
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| Log Cabin Style |
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| Gideon, our nephew, is always a big help. |
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| If you leave your doors open....someone will find the feed and hay! |
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| My "Tommy"..sporting purple in support of the Hydrick Boys |
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| A little squirrel Scott found cold, and lifeless in the middle of the road. We warmed him up and found another rehabber who had some other squirrels. He was rehabbed and released. |
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| "Woobie" and one of her new babies |
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| Guinea keets! |
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| Starting seeds for the garden |
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| Harvest! |
April
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| We hatched A LOT of guineas! |
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| "Woobie" taking the babies our for the first time |
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| Growing and growing. |
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| "Tommy", "Diva" and "Baby Girl" "helping" in the greenhouse |
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| Our "Tater" He was rescued from TSC. |
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| A "Tater" selfie |
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| More babies!! |
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| We are just hatching! |
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| Mushrooms!! |
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| Our stand at the Edgefield Farmer's Market |
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| Getting the garden started |
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| "Rudy"...you cannot be a weather vane for the beehive! |
May
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| Checking in to our cabin at Forrest Hills Mountain Resort. A weekend away and picking up bees. |
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| The gazebo where we were married <3 |
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| Bees.....in the backseat.....carefully heading home. |
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| Guineas alarmed and look what Scott found!!! |
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| "Tommy" and one of the girls |
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| Working on the raised beds...grow vertical! |
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| "Broodie" and some of her guinea keets she hatched. |
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| A Buff Dundotte guinea keet |
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| "Tater" is growing! His legs still aren't working well :-( |
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| The flock heading out to free range |
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| Markers for the garden |
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| The garden is coming along |
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| Now using TWO incubators! One for guineas and one for chicks |
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| Blackberries we foraged and strawberries we grew |
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| Squash plants...grown from seed right here at The Old Five Notch Farm |
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| Tomatoes!! |
June
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| So many requests for guineas we are running THREE incubators now! |
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| "Sparky" marigold |
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| "Pastel Dwarf Zinnia" |
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| "Waltham" Butternut squash |
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| "Black Beauty" Eggplant |
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| "California Wonder" Green Pepper |
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| Keeping our "Tater" comfortable in the hot weather |
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| "Broodie" takes the keets on an outing |
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| "Tommy" staying cool |
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| First of the harvest |
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| Added landscape fabric and mulch to the garden....next year...fence! |
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| The guinea keets exploring the big coop |
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| Scott trying out our new mower |
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| Making pickles |
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| Dill Pickles...now we have to wait |
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| First batch of green beans |
July
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| Love growing our own food! |
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| "Uncle Tommy" watching out for the babies <3 |
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| Dinnertime!! |
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| "Roma" tomatoes |
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| Canned tomatoes for chili and spaghetti |
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| Canned zucchini and yellow squash |
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| "Tater" keeping cool on an ice pack while snuggled under his "mommy feathers" |
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| A little hen and a little roo....hanging out |
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| Scott making a "broodie breaker" |
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| "Our" Canada geese |
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| Scott making a shelving unit for the laundry room |
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| "Tommy" wishing he had a larger pool. |
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| A very bare backed hen, cooling her toes in some cool water on a hot day. |
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| Home grown figs - "Brown Turkey" |
August
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| Scott installing the new canned good pantry in the laundry room |
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| Putting the new canning unit to good use! |
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| "Brown Turkey" Fig |
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| "Elberta" Peach |
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| Tomato sauce for chili and spaghetti |
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| One of our young roosters |
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| Everyone enjoying a snooze in the shade |
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| "Tommy" enjoying his "a/c" |
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| "Oliver" <3 |
September
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| The girls are keeping busy! |
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| "Ducky Dude" A young mallard who has a torn tendon in his leg. We rehabbed him and is is now back out on the pond with his family. |
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| The back of the Blazer if full of feed, hay, dog food, etc. Have to put the blackberries somewhere. |
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| Blackberries |
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| A maddox = A workout |
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| Breaking the ground to admend the soil before planting grapes |
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| Blackberry trellises....all planted! |
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| Our first Navel Orange |
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| Mandarin Orange tree...it is loaded. |
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| The zinnas bloomed all summer |
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| Jerusalem Artichokes |
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| Tennessee Apples - 2 bushels |
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| Homemade applesauce |
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| A whole bunch of applesauce! |
October
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| Our garden....still doing well. |
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| "Luffa" gourd and "Pastel Cutting" Zinnias |
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| Goose feeding in the field |
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| Water droplets on cabbage plants |
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| "Beauregard" Sweet potatoes....all of this grown in a 4 foot by 4 foot garden! |
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| My seed drying rack Scott made me <3 |
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| What do you see roo roo? |
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| Craig, Scott and "Tommy" checking the strawberries |
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| "Tommy" supervising |
November
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| SNOW? |
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| Just enough to cover the ground...and the garden |
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| Roo roo.....those are not for you! |
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| "Tuscan" kale |
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| My sweetie bought me this book! Relaxing with the critters and reading. |
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| First fire of the season |
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| Our little tent city! |
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| Warm oatmeal with dried mealworms and scratch |
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| Broom straw along the pond dam |
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| "Earl" the pearl <3 |
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| Scott digging a ditch to run power and water to the greenhouse. "Addie" supervising |
December
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| My son , Matt, along with help from Scott, made these for me for Christmas! |
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| One of the young Royal Purple guineas doing what she does best |
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| "Poppy" aka "Popcorn" The leader of the guineas |
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| "Earl"....our youngest male guinea. A handsome fellow! |
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| Strawberries in December? Yep! |
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| A rare treat! My son and I spent the day together. So grateful for these moments. |
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| Working on Christmas presents |
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| Our Christmas Tree <3 |
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| Our farm hand, Craig, and his present of homemade cookies! They were wonderful!! |
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| Doesn't get better than this! |
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| Working of more Christmas presents. Gourds were grown by our friends, Eydie and Stephen. |
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| Baby broccoli!! |
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| "Rainbow Lights" Swiss Chard, "Danver Half Long" Carrots, "Green Bunching" Onions,' Turnip Green |
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| Beautiful lettuce |
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| "Tuscan" kale |
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| "Danver Half Long" Carrots |
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| Our Christmas Spread....all that food! |
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| Chocolate Birthday Cake, Nut Kolachi, and Poppy Seed Kolachi |
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| All the Christmas excitement has worn "Twist" out |
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| So happy "Toes" comes to visit most days. |
Rest In Peace - "Tater", "Mister" and "Tommy" <3
