The other things growing on the farm are our recent rescues, "The Bonanza Bunch"......
"Little Joe" <3 |
"Ms. Cartwright" aka "Baby Girl Squirrel" SERIOUS squirrelitude already! |
"Hoss" The big guy of the bunch...and the hardest to get a photo of him! |
Here are some photos of Spring time on The Old Five Notch Farm...I hope you enjoy.
The Chicken Inn II run....My Farmer Man working away clearing the muscadine vines |
The muscadine vines all trimmed and trained along the fence |
Getting all ready for Spring |
"Rudy" back down at the coop |
One of our Golden Laced Wyandottes |
"Baby Girl" and one of the male guineas getting a snack |
"Little W" He is hiding in the coop today. He is being bullied by the the other males. Breeding season...sigh. |
<3 Fluffy Butts <3 |
"Chip" our Chocolate Guinea <3 |
LOL "Roo" and a hen peeking out from behind....made me look twice!! |
Two Golden Laced Wyandotte eggs and one guinea egg |
Some of the geese rehabbed at Izzie's Pond that were release here last year at The Old Five Notch Farm |
A couple of wild Mallard that had been rehabbed at Izzie's Pond and released here at The Old Five Notch Farm |
"Cedar" <3 One of the rescued and rehabbed ducks from Izzie's Pond released last year here at The Old Five Notch Farm. "Cedar" has a mate who also comes up to feed although not as close as "Cedar". |
A nice trio of rescued and rehabbed Wild Mallards from Izzie's Pond that were released last year at The Old Five Notch Farm |
What's up? Duckie Butt!! |
Our Fruit Orchard with many trees in bloom! |
Peach Blossom with one of our honeybees hard at work |
All kinds of pollinators are at work at The Old Five Notch Farm and we do our best to protect them using organic and natural gardening techniques. |
Another pollinator on the plum trees |
A Bumblebee pollinating the plum trees |
Happy Pollinators = More fruit = A Happy Farmer Man! |
Beautiful pollinators helping here at The Old Five Notch Farm |
Beautiful swallowtail on the Plum tree....another great pollinator |
Peach Blossoms |
A little butterfly....every pollinator helps! |
Small, but so very important. |
Some people would call these weeds...here we call them medicine! Dandelions <3 |
The Old Five Notch Farm's "You Have Just Exceeded Your Maximum" aka "Max" Now venturing outside. |
Our bees are working hard already. Collecting pollen and bringing nectar back to the hive to make honey. |
Collards from the Fall Garden...notice little chunks taken out on the center plant....the guineas helped themselves! |
Kale....one of the BEST Fall or Spring crops for the garden. So hardy and so good for you. |
Broccoli Raab....given to us by Ann Barklow at the Greenwood City Greenhouse. It's doing great! |
Rainbow Swiss Chard...one of my favorite Fall or Spring plants. So pretty and so good too! |
Blueberry blossoms...promises of blueberries this summer! |
Our replacement blueberry bush...My Farmer Man broke off the other last year. This one is doing a great job! |
More Swiss Chard <3 |
Onions! |
My Favorite Photo for this Post. One of our Peach trees and our our neighbors old barns. I love living in the country <3 |