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Groundhogs in the Garden
ByFive Feline Farm July 4, 2019July 4, 2019

Every garden has its pest and ours at this moment is groundhogs. If you don’t know what a groundhog is, think beaver with a short stubby furry tail. Groundhogs are a member of the rodent family. They get the hog part of their name honestly. They are hogs when it comes to munching on tender…

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Food | Gardening | Life on the Farm

It’s Tomato Time!
ByFive Feline Farm June 27, 2019

What will you do with that first ripe tomato? You know the one. The warm, juicy, full of tomato goodness one fresh from the garden. The one that holds all the promise of the season’s bounty just by changing from green to red or gold or purple or striped. Will it be a large slicing…

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Food | Life on the Farm

Healthy Eating
ByFive Feline Farm June 20, 2019June 20, 2019

Everyone is telling you how to choose your food these days. Diets abound, but this is a quick primer on a few of the terms involved in food choices and our take on each one. Non GMO (Genetically Modified Organism) Scientists have genetically modified some of our food crops to enhance production. The genes…

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Food | Gardening

Cilantro
ByFive Feline Farm June 13, 2019

Flavor Did you know that some people think it tastes like soap? Somewhere between 10% and 20% of people perceive the taste of cilantro as soapy and do not like it at all. The cause is a sensitivity to a compound called aldehydes. Thankfully, we are in the 80% to 90% of individuals who experience…

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