Devilsbliss Farm

10/05/2026

What a weekend at the 82nd Waterford Fair! I was so busy I never got to post that our items were at the Old Mill Shop!

09/26/2026

Came home last evening to a few somebodies being where they don’t belong. 🐑

09/12/2026

The VA Dept. of Forestry is accepting acorns and other tree nuts between now and October 11. Every nut you donate is potentially another tree in Virginia's future. In 2025, 13 tons of hickory nuts, walnuts, and chestnuts were donated - enough to grow a half million trees!

Details and nut collection guide are found at (PDF)>>
https://www.dof.virginia.gov/wp-content/uploads/Acorn-and-Nut-Collection-Sites.pdf

Here are the results from 2025 (video):
https://youtu.be/97cgucioExA?si=yK3xR_edlqWeUfAY

08/24/2026

Mine are signed up, are yours?

You might have noticed an interesting parade down our gravel roads in Western Loudoun today! Our Humane Law Enforcement team got the call that a bison was loose and creating his own version of a farm tour through the neighborhood.

Our HLE officers responded and formulated a plan while our dispatch team worked behind the scenes to identify an owner. Thanks to the Operation: Protect Livestock database and community members calling in, our dispatchers were able to connect with his owner. The HLEOs and owner along with deputies from Loudoun County Sheriff's Office worked to es**rt this wandering friend down the road and safely into a field.

Thank you to all the community members who called - we are happy to share that this bison is safe and out of the road!

Do you have livestock? Sign up for Operation: Protect Livestock to help keep them safe! Operation: Protect Livestock is a free program for livestock and horse owners offered by Loudoun County Animal Services and the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office. By registering, owners can be quickly notified if their animals break free from their fenced fields and wander into roadways.

Learn more about the program and register here: https://www.loudoun.gov/3182/OPERATION-Protect-Livestock

08/14/2026

Tree fruit growers in the Old Dominion were devastated by a late spring freeze event. Now we are getting some firm numbers from the USDA on the resulting impact.

We are also seeing some surprises in the numbers for corn and soybeans in Virginia.

A new report (August 12) from the National Agricultural Statistics Service shows the following stats for Virginia:

* Total apple production is expected to be down from 149 million lbs. in 2025 to only 77 million pounds this year

* Wheat yield is expected to be down from 66 bpa in 2025 to 48 bpa this year.

* Alfalfa hay yield is expected to be down from 3.2 tons per acre in 2025 to 2.8 tons per acre this year

* All other hay is expected to be down from 2.3 tons per acre in 2025 to 2.0 tons per acre this year

* Corn yield is expected to INCREASE from 168 bpa in 2025 to 169 bpa this year

* Soybean yield is expected to INCREASE from 38 bpa in 2025 to 42 bpa this year

* Peanut yield is expected to decrease from 4,400 lbs. per acre in 2025 to 4,300 lbs. this year

* Cotton yield is expected to decrease from 1,127 lbs. per acre in 2025 to 1,103 lbs. per acre this year

* To***co yield is expected to decrease from 2,150 lbs. per acre in 2025 to 1,900 lbs. per acre this year

NOTE: Peach and grape production for Virginia were not included in the new report.

Source: National Agricultural Statistics Service report on August 12, which can be found here>https://esmis.nal.usda.gov/sites/default/release-files/796015/crop0826.pdf

Image credit - Jeff Ishee

06/22/2026

Not native, but I do love when the cali lilies bloom!

05/15/2026

This has become a great event!

05/13/2026

05/13/2026

Wow and holy s**t

05/11/2026