2025 – A Homestead of Flowing Milk & Honey!

Our homestead adventures in Central, Vriginia

Hive in the Goochland Apiary — Two baby hives for the new Bee Year

First Honey Bee Nucs of the Year

Between a trip to Costa Rica, dance lessons in January/February and a slew of other things, the year has started off with a bang. But, all of this activity has left very little time for the bees, sadly. To my knowledge, I have never waited until the first few days of April for my first […]

By Jones Tyler

April 7, 2025April 7, 2025

Chicks

First batch of Chicks for 2025

The first batch of chicks have hatched for this year and things look good. We do not have a final tally yet, but we’ve picked up a good batch of Cream Legbar and Wellsummer chicks (there are some Salmon Favorelle crosses that we tossed in from a mix that we like.) The new incubator seems […]

By Jones Tyler

March 29, 2025March 29, 2025

Bull calf in cow catch — Secured to address issues!

Cows

Wire Wrapped around Cow Leg!

To remedy this, I purchased a used cow catch just north of Lynchburg, Va (about an hour and a half from home) and had installed it on some 4×6’s set in cement. I created an offshoot from my main chute but was never sure it would work. Today, it worked like a champ! Yesterday, I […]

By Jones Tyler

March 23, 2025March 23, 2025