Spring at The Old Five Notch Farm

It is once again Spring time at The Old Five Notch Farm!  This is my favorite time of the year.  New life with hatching keets and chicks, new life with the buds on the trees and flowers and new growth in the garden. I may not be up and about, but there is still plenty happening on the farm!

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!

These little ones are doing great and growing well.  My farmer man will be making them a nest box to sleep in now that everyone's eye are open and they are climbing around the cage.  If the weather continues to be so nice, their cage will be moved out to the screened porch so they can start getting used to the changes in temperatures and all the outside noises.  Our babies are growing up!  We estimate their ages to be approx 6 weeks old now.


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