This is what I love about Green Hill Farm: It’s 5:30–late afternoon; the sun is streaming across the field, all of the sheep are grazing in the paddock on the hill, and the chickens are venturing out of the aviary to free range. The chickens like this time of day, too. The sun is starting to lay lower in the […]
It seems just like yesterday that we sheared our sheep; however, it was actually May. These photographs were taken right after Clover and the other nine sheep were sheared last spring. Now, they’re all woolly and ready to be sheared, again!
I love old vintage photos, and let me just say….these are vintage. Pictured are Mom and me at a petting zoo near Lexington, Virginia. Have a wonderful weekend!
This is one of my favorite memories and photographs from childhood. I must have been about 4-years-old. I remember taking turns with my cousins to bottle-feed this little, injured piglet. It was good practice for the future! It’s never too early to learn compassion. 🙂 Happy Friday!
It is my pleasure to share the lovely artwork of a good friend and talented artist, Donna Whitmore Tuten. The first group of paintings features the beloved animals of Green Hill Farm–past and present, and the second group is a small sampling of Donna’s work. I hope you enjoy it. *NOTE: You may click on individual paintings to view a […]
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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