The horse boarding facilities at Farmcolony “are not safe for horses or humans,” according to Farmcolony Vice President Becky Lorenzo who raised her concerns over the safety of our horse boarding facilities in a January Board meeting. She is speaking from experience with 30+ years owning and managing boarding facilities. In response, the Board of […]
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Justice. Order. Kindness. Generosity. Can parliamentary procedure deliver these results? Homeowners’ Associations are notorious breeding grounds for hostility and disagreement. Comedians make jokes about it. Advice columnists offer tips on how to manage it. Lawyers make big bucks trying to resolve it. Why are HOAs so ripe for conflict and adversity? Simply put, HOAs are made
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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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