Three New Chickens Join the Coop Meet Eenie, Meanie and Mighty Three new chickens have joined the Farmcolony Chicken Coop. Meet Eenie, Meanie and Mighty, Mighty because she is mighty hard headed. You’ve heard of the strong-willed child. Well, Mighty is the strong-willed chicken. When the time would come to put the hens into the […]
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Stiltgrass A pernicious, non-native, invasive plant that is spreading like wildfire across our landscape. It’s time to treat stiltgrass, a pernicious, non-native, invasive plant that is spreading like wildfire across our landscape. Vigorous patches of this invasive plant have been spotted growing along our roadsides, particularly along Farmview Road, creeping into our yards and lawns
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Farewell, Pickles Live Long and Prosper! Farmcolony bids farewell to Pickles, a most delightful duck that members of the chicken committee came to know and love as they cared for her in the chicken coop. Why is there a duck living in the chicken coop, you might wonder? Two ducks came to live in the
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In 2020 immediately following a new board election, a member of the Farmcolony Board of Directors abruptly resigned from the board. His reason for resigning, as he stated at the time, is to comply with our Declaration of Trust which set the initial number of board directors at five. The resignation from the board raised
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The board sets a new plan for maintenance and upkeep of the community, and how we’re going to pay for it. What do you do when the bill comes due, but you don’t have enough money in the bank to pay it? If you’re like most families, you turn to savings. That’s what the Farmcolony
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“A camel is a horse designed by a committee,” or so the joke goes. “A committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours” is another knee slapper. People love to poke fun at committees — they are the brunt of many punchlines. If committees are such a joke, why do we have them?
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Farmcolony Bids Farewell to Bill and Ann Bohn With gratitude for their twenty-five years of hard work and service to our family farm! On any given day you could spot Bill Bohn’s Kabota somewhere on the farm. It was easy to spot. Bill’s Kabota is the orange one with every tool imaginable hanging from its
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Our Carol Carol Martin Fletcher 1944-2022 Farmcolony mourns the loss of Carol Fletcher who went to her eternal rest at her home on July 7, 2022 surrounded by family. We join Russ, Theresa, Matt and Lydia in mourning her passing and will continue to keep the family in our thoughts and prayers. Carol’s presence on
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Farmcolony welcomes seven new families to the neighborhood. We hope you love it here! Gwenn and Jim Zimmerman (389 Farmview Road) Jeffrey Zulli (Lot 40) Kathy and Mike Foley (30 Farmview Road) Darla and Dennis Wattier (548 Colony Drive) Suzanne and Sandy Culotta (12 Farmview) Lilly and Adam Register (Lot 39) Becky and Gene Lorenzo
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Happy National Invasive Species Awareness Week (NISAW), the week we celebrate our native plants and their importance in our landscape. Native plants are the plants that grow naturally in our area. They are best adapted to our local soil and climate conditions and provide the best food and habitat to support native insects and wildlife. By
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