5 Acres & A Dream
June 14, 2026

Baby Chick Update

›
 The count is now 5 baby chicks. Mama Sussex is still on the nest and we haven't seen any more for a couple of days now. Maybe this is ...
6 comments:
June 11, 2026

The Mama Team (Chicken Edition)

›
Sometime last month, this hen . . .   . . . went broody. A few weeks into it, she went out for food and water, and this hen . . .  . . . too...
16 comments:
May 28, 2026

Busy Days With Nothing To Write About

›
Nothing especially noteworthy is going on, just a bunch of events and circumstances piled on top of one another.  The garden. Food...
25 comments:
May 22, 2026

Garden Notes: Late Spring

›
 We're in that time of year where temps can swing quite a bit over the days and nights, with the trend gradually pushing toward war...
31 comments:
May 15, 2026

The Cheese Cave Is No More

›
The cheese cave is now gone. So what happened? It started to leak. After I'd had it about two weeks, I found a puddle of water se...
16 comments:
›
Home
View web version
My photo
Leigh
5 Acres & A Dream. The dream has always been to live close to the land. The five acres came in 2009, when my husband Dan and I bought a neglected 1920s-built bungalow on a piece of old farmland. The goal is simpler, sustainable, more self-reliant living, and a return to agrarian values.
View my complete profile
Powered by Blogger.