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Sunday, March 23, 2008
Spring has sprung, the grass has riz, I wonder
where the birdies is: anonymous
Yes spring is here and the ducks have started laying for those who have ben inquiring.
W just ordered a new batch of chicks as ths snow coverd winter has led the hawks to killing our chickens because they
cant spot any rodents under the snow.. Our new vertical growing hydroponics setup has arrive aand we are trying 75 day neeutral
strawberry plants in it among other plants. Have to protect it from the deer and woodchucks even so.
6:21 pm edt
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Five Springs Farm is a small diversified farm-now growing strawberries, barley(for straw and chicken
feed, tomatoes, peppers, shiitake mushrooms and wine cap mushrooms. Judie is a gourd crafter and displays the finished gourds
on this site. We also maintain a number of bee hives and offer the honey, as well as hand crafted honey soap,bee pollen ,comb
and liquid honey for sale on this site. We also keep a small flock of free range chickens , and the eggs are available on
site daily This year, we will be growing some crops hydroponically in a protected area away from the troublesome critters
that love the things we grow and manage to take more than there fair share.All of our crops are grown on balanced soil and
we never spray or use any sort of insecticide or herbicides all.the crops are foliage fed with Growers mineral solutions which
is non toxic and grows superior plants.this product is available on site for either bulk pickup or in small containers of
your own choice)you supply the container and is very economical.
