Bramble Hollow Farm

05/18/2023

All the chicken pens in the back pasture. Spring 2023.

04/28/2023

04/27/2023

Hubba Hubba.

09/01/2022

This morning we caught up the last chicks to be moved out of the brooder and put them on pasture. Such a good feeling to be done with the brooder for the year!
Special thanks to for loaning us an eager farmhand. These two kids caught all 140 3-week old Freedom Rangers by themselves and tended to a few that needed special attention.

08/25/2022

I made ratatouille twice this week. I made it the easy way, chopping and sautéing as I went.

Then I made a pretty layered one for my daughter who expected ratatouille to look like the dish in the movie. 😀

Find both recipes in today’s Virginia Association for Biological Farming newsletter. Sign up at VABF.org

08/11/2022

Hey y'all! My talented friend Lexi does it all! She grows the dye plants, then harvests and forages them to make her own natural dyes. Want to know more? Join her later this month for Natural Dyes: From the Wild to Wearable

Saturday, August 27th from 10 am to 4 pm, Lexi will be teaching a workshop walking participants through the dye process of 3 or 4 native dyes! From plant identification to processing, then preparing your fabric/yarn, to dyeing. Participants will take home 2 dyed items that may include wool yarn, a cotton towel or bandana, or a silk scarf. Dye availability will depend on Mother Nature, but may include goldenrod, river birch, walnut, pokeberry, Maximillian sunflower, or bur marigold. Bring a bag lunch and wear or bring clothes, shoes, bug repellant, and sun block appropriate for collecting dye material in the wetland and other areas of the farm.
$65 for EGC members, $75 non-members. Contact Lexi at [email protected] or (540)947 0147 to sign up before 8/22!

08/11/2022

We sell yarn and textiles hand-dyed with farm-grown plants and fungi. Other products include log-grown shiitake, cold process soap, salves made with our bee's wax and farm-grown botanicals, and seasonal wreaths.

07/20/2022

These adorable little Black Copper Maran and Olive Eggers are looking for a good home! Hatched on-farm three weeks ago these chicks are about two weeks away from being ready to hit the pasture or backyard coop. Reserve yours now.

Here are the chicks, their parents and the haul of eggs I got from their breeding family yesterday.

Contact for more information.

04/23/2022

So many violets, so little time.

Goose Creek Gardens has preserved the violet harvest and spring vitality for you!

Rice vinegar infused with fresh hand-harvested violet blossoms available at

https://ediblegoosecreek.com

at the A La carte link.

While you're at ediblegoosecreek.com check out our Farm CSA Shares.

Eggs, Veggies and Greens, Flowers, Pork and Chicken CSA's with flexible delivery options.

04/01/2022

Chick cam!

03/31/2022

It's so wonderful having pigs back on the farm. They bring a fun energy to our daily chores. Right now we're training them to a single strand of electric fence inside this pen. This weekend they'll head out onto pasture and into the woods!

03/22/2022

The spring sun was so beautiful reflecting off these Black Copper Maran eggs as I checked on them this afternoon. If good spring vibes continue to bless these eggs well have BCM chicks next week.

If you are interested in adding these dark brown egg layers to your flock, get in touch now to reserve your straight run chicks.