I’d like to start with the fact that I don’t normally get emotionally involved or gush over dessert. Yes. I enjoy decadent treats in moderation: a piece of Victoria sponge or chocolate cake on occasion. I don’t, however, just lose my mind over sweet things…….until last week. It started out innocently enough. My dad is a fine gardener and always has […]
I love days like this one. After having coffee, Farmguy and I spent the morning taking care of farm chores: cleaning out the barn, drenching the sheep (de-worming), trimming hooves, and feeding the chickens–Farmgirl bliss! Happy Friday!
“Many of us live with the inability to live each day to the full, to take every day for what it really was, namely unique, unrepeatable and precious……” ~Nina George The Little Paris Bookshop
I’m not much of a mixed drink connoisseur. I usually find that I enjoy wine more: sparkling, white Burgundy, and Bordeaux styles. However, a few years ago, while visiting with friends in Yorkshire, England, I discovered a cocktail that even I realized was pretty good. I liked it enough to ask the bartender for the recipe. It’s called a Hendrick’s […]
“Where did you go, Farmgirl?” We’ve been looking EVERYWHERE for you!”
A while ago, my husband and I spent a little time in Montana. And, I have to say that it’s one of the most peaceful and serene places I’ve visited in the United States. As soon as I stepped out of the airport in Missoula, I knew this was the place for me: big sky, lots of green, and so […]
Sex is good but not as good as fresh, sweet corn. ~Garrison Keillor Fresh, sweet corn is one of those treats you look forward to in the summertime, especially if you’re a gardener. There’s nothing quite like it! And, at the risk of sounding like “fifty shades of farmgirl,” I just had to include Garrison Keillor’s quote emphasizing how spectacularly […]
Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott, is one of my all-time favorite books. I especially love these inspirational and moving lines spoken by Marmee, matriarch of the family: “If you feel your value lies in being merely decorative, I fear that someday you might find yourself believing that’s all that you really are. Time erodes all such beauty, but what it […]
A few months ago, I planned and coordinated a spring client event for my husband’s business. My idea combined four of our interests: historic homes, locally sourced food, wine, and farm animals. The farm animals featured were Scottish Blackface sheep, hence the “Baaah” in the title of the event. The affair was held at Pharsalia, an historic home near Charlottesville, […]
The wonderful and creative Judy, of Edwina’s Episodes has challenged me to take part in this new challenge. I am happy to participate as it’s a look back at my very first post. I started this blog to share my journey of restoring my family’s ancestral home and the daily happenings on Green Hill Farm. This includes lots of memories of growing up on my family’s 100-year-old farm as well as the antics of my menagerie of sheep, chickens, cats, and dogs. I first began this blog by sharing three retrospectives. The first retrospective reflected on my reasons and inspiration for moving back to the place of my youth. It’s a bit of background history about my family as well as special memories I have of my grandmother. All in all, I think it was a good starting place. Here are the rules: Copy-paste, link, pingback, etc. your first post. Identify the post: introduction, story, poem. Explain why it was your first post. Nominate five other bloggers. Here’s my first post: https://fourthgenerationfarmgirl.com/2014/09/22/green-hill-farm-a-retrospective/ My nominees: Beckys Bubbles Blog Joeyfullystated Random Writings on the Bathroom Wall The Wicked Chicken Full Circle Farm
My name is Tonya, and I grew up on a 300-acre farm in rural Virginia that has been in my family for over 100 years. After graduating from college, receiving my master’s degree in speech and language pathology, and living and working in a small city for six years, I decided to return to the place of my childhood. Here, in this rural area, on this patch of green, where for four generations my family has farmed, gardened, and lived, I, too wanted to be a part of this continuity. As a fourth generation farmgirl, I have many interests that not only include, but also go beyond the basics of farming, gardening, sheep and chicken-keeping. It is all of this and more that I plan on sharing in this blog.
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