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Wednesday, April 2, 2008
Nicer weather Tues was rain most of the day, then about 4:00 the sun came out and the temperature went
to 68 deg. Saw som bees flying and took a look. After having given up on losing all my bees to the winter weathr, was pleasantly
surprised all hives had actually survived.checked the food stores, and they are fine.. maybe we will have a honey crop after
all. Just got a commercial brooder for the baby chicks and ducks soon to be arrivingto keep up with the demand for eggs. checked
the wood chips that were innoculated with mushroom spawn last year and it is colonized with mycellium, so maybe the mushrooms
will do well also. have to get to work now as everything seems to come down on me all at once.
8:00 am 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.
