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08/22/2024

The summer after I bought the farm, I spent a summer in Italy working on small farms. I would wander into the the local towns to pick up snacks such as cheese, or a coffee and pastry. Did you know we have that same resource in Wheat Ridge? Today I picked up some cheese, humanely- raised calabrase and prosciutto,olives, and a mini Sfogliatelle! And you can get to-go items like subs and sausage rolls AND hard-to-find “OO” flour for the best homemade pizza crust! Support local!

08/18/2024

WHEAT RIDGE RESIDENTS
Do you have large animals ( horses, goats, llamas, sheep, etc.) in Wheat Ridge? Or are you interested in helping your neighbors in a fire, flood, or other disaster?

Please come to Farm/Ag Animal Emergency Preparedness Event at 5 Fridges Farm!

RSVP to the FB event or [email protected]

Sponsored by Wheat Ridge City Council District III and Rocky Mountain Farmers Union

08/15/2024

Homemade sauce from 5 Fridges apples. Happy apple season! 🍎

07/27/2024

So thankful to the family and friends who came from all over the country (and world) join me at this year’s Donor Dash to celebrate my brother’s gift of life. Please- check the box on your driver’s license. It is (literally) one the most life changing choices you can make.

07/01/2024

Sour Cherries and Service Berries were ripe this week at the farm. Can’t wait to make jams and pies!

06/29/2024

A huge Thank You to the Herd Nerd Krewe! These folks volunteered to lead a goat in today’s Goat Parade to Lewis Meadows. Thanks also and everyone who joined from the community to help herd the goats!

06/23/2024

Join and on Sat, June 29th for a Goat Parade to Lewis Meadows!

The Goat Parade kicks off the 2024 tour of the four-legged mowing crew to public city spaces! We will help bring the goats to Lewis Meadows where they will graze on weeds before moving to other parks and open space areas later in the season.

Meet us at the west side of Prospect Valley
Elementary - at the end of Quail street to begin the parade at 9am. From there, we will walk the goats about 1 mile down 32nd to Lewis Meadows.

Children under 16 should be accompanied by an adult. Please leave dogs and other animals at home.

06/14/2024

My form of meditation: looking up under a tree in the early am while waiting for the first “go- ahead” buzzer to chime at Water World. My season pass is the best mental health investment I have ever made.🤣

06/11/2024

Happy first day old!!!

06/09/2024

So much going on at the farm in June!!! The baby turkeys are moving outside! There’s a mama turkey babysitter in the background who will slowly introduce herself over the next few days.

06/08/2024

Standoff with invasive thistle is over! The goats were avoiding this large stand and then in a few hours they demolished it.

05/21/2024

To revert some irrigated vegetable acres to grazing, I will seed and water native grasses/ legumes this summer. I found the best advice on this process at Pawnee Butte Seeds! They made a special mix for 5 Fridges based on my geography, soil, and grazing plan. Thanks Tanner!

04/18/2024

Post 50 and almost 15 years into this farm, I have finally slipped over an edge I swore I would never go near…

04/14/2024

These two cuties are the first members of Quiche Club! (My effort for using extra farm products and making sure my mother has a well stocked fridge). My mom, without missing a beat, asked me about the other benefits of membership (beyond the obvious) and then commented that there should also be “quiche-shirts.” 🤣 While Quiche Club and associated bad jokes will probably remain within the family, there are still chicken and turkey egg shares available: 5fridgesfarm.com

04/08/2024

Old School eclipse viewing at 5 Fridges. Thanks Mom and for joining me.

04/01/2024

Chicken and Turkey eggs shares available for bi- weekly pickup at the farm! Yes, each doz of chicken eggs has a least 3 different colors of eggs. Interested? 5fridgesfarm.com

02/24/2024

Big day! Moved goats to a new pasture and this little guy (Lenny) on the left was introduced to his new job of grazing with the big boys. Then Eva and I took a break on the porch in the winter sun.

01/21/2024

1)Cowboys (in the rodeo) playing a round of cards before the sold out semi-finals. 2)Misses Rodeo Virginia & Georgia! 3) Doing what I was born to do— but I don’t have a barrel to jump in at the farm:)

01/11/2024

Gotta love American Royalty!

01/07/2024

So honored to help out with the Best 16 days in Jan!! Day 1

12/13/2023

The perfect foods for another holiday and end of semester grading! Thanks again to my neighbors and tamale mentors!

11/25/2023

More projects! While thankful for our Thursday dinner, I want to continue to show gratitude by not wasting any of the 5 Fridges turkey (or other food). I made these Thanksgiving pot pies, cooked down the dark meat into tamale filling for use in a couple weeks, and freezing leftover bones for green chili broth.

11/24/2023

Holiday week project! My grandfather (Mom’s dad)was a USFS tree scientist and I have been storing his many Colorado topographic maps for years. Mom and I decided to mod podge them to the walls in our garage up in Fraser, CO where my grandfather started his career at the Experimental Forest in the late 1930’s. https://www.fs.usda.gov/main/fraser/home

11/23/2023

Mom and I enjoyed a great farm to table meal today. 1st course: Farm Foie Gras with a fig balsamic glaze and fresh goat cheese. 2nd course: Smoked turkey slices with Delicata squash boats of corn bread stuffiing and fresh cranberry relish. Greens by and wine by Recipes: https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/foie-gras-recipe-2013019 Stuffing: https://www.texasmonthly.com/wprm_print/784723/

11/17/2023

Moving the boys to Happiness (community) Gardens from Lewis Meadows. Thank you

11/06/2023

This amazing one celebrates 82 years this week. After a morning at the we landed at the where she told me of taking the train into 60ish years before. Happy Birthday Mom!

10/29/2023

If you’re from the Midwest, you will understand: I asked my Mom over to have a marg by the fire with me in a snowstorm. We talked about nothing and yet, we said everything. I love you, Ruthanne.

10/21/2023

All the green tomatoes harvested last week are reddening up nicely — though I recently had some amazing fried greens at a friend’s house!

10/15/2023

Thanks Mom and Eva for helping me me get everything in before the freeze!

10/14/2023

Just love the Chile Festival!

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11100 W 38th Avenue
Wheat Ridge, CO
80033

Telephone

+17204329437

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http://www.5fridgesfarm.com/

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Thanksgiving Turkeys fresh from the farm— deposits being taken in the online market for fresh turkeys to be picked up Nov 20! Also lots of other great things in the market - fresh chips and salsa, dairy products, bison burritos, microgreens, lotions, soaps,etc! 5FridgesFarm.com @picklesandpotables @mama.bee.well @bisonrockriver @cosmicgreens1 @chai.five.organics @roundhereranch @backyardgrdn

As I was having my coffee and doing farm chores, someone else was having a varmint breakfast! So regal— also why we don’t use poisons on varmints at 5Fridges!

The baby turkeys are here!

Each day the Guineas come around to the back door and ask Eva (the bull terrier) to come out and play. Sometimes she chases them, sometimes they chase her. Eventually, it may end badly.

The Guineas have recently begun to patrol the front of the farm for varmints… I just love these guys!

They’re so busy and yet watching them makes me feel so calm…

Good Morning Baby Goats!

Chicks in the mail! Thanks Wheat Ridge Post Office for always calling me early in the am when they arrive so I can get them back to the farm as soon as possible!

I had to get 45 turkey chicks out of the barn... turns out my hen is a much better babysitter 🐥

Hi World! There’s still time to shop the Online Mother’s Day Farmers Market! Shop now , pick up May 8. All locally produced soaps, treats for Mom (and you and doggie), plant starts, honey, foodstuffs, micro greens, cheese, eggs, cider, and more... 5fridgesfarm.com. @biscottihound @rubyjeanpatisserie @roundhereranch @clearforkcider @pfzfarms @treslechestreats