Valholler Farm Life

05/24/2026

Blackberries are in! Since the hurricane, we have volunteer bushes all over the property. We don't hate it, and neither do the birds. Cobbler time!!

05/22/2026

Support Farmers everywhere! 🫛🥦🥬🥒🫑🌶🌽🥕🥔🍆🥑🫝🍋‍🟩🥥🍅

05/17/2026

Traveling is great, but there is no place like home! We got a late start on the garden this year with all the medical things, but here comes the harvest!!! Thank you today, sweet Jesus, for giving us so much beauty, so much green, a long growing season, and humidity!

05/06/2026

So far, every batch of chicks I've got, I took great care in coming up with cute and clever names for them. The way this year has been going, I do not have the umph. So I am naming them like my ancestors would. (At least my granny and mama)

Meet Blackie, Brownie, Wh**ey, and Spot. 🐓🐓🐓🐓

04/24/2026

This is the time of year for renewal… the earth wakes up and blooms beautifully, the days grow brighter, and even sweet new chicks remind us that life keeps beginning again. Fresh starts are everywhere. Be sure to slow down enough to notice them. 🌿🐥✨

03/14/2026

I wanted to share this wonderfully refreshing cold bean salad that I have made three times already. Recipe in the comments. It's versatile. If Gary liked them I would add olives. The social media version called for raw onion and celery, but I left them out because I didnt want them to overpower the other stuff. So, do it your way!! Delicious and nutritious!! Gary Elore Valerie Lisenby-Elore

02/21/2026

I see you Florida. 👀 All sunshiny and blooming and stuff....love you with my whole heart!! 💛💚🫶

02/19/2026

02/13/2026

Shout out to our Winnie girl. We got Winifred and the other Sanderson Sisters in April of 2021, and they were already laying, which would put them at least 6 months old then as Easter Eggers typically lay. We lost Mary and Sarah to predators, so Winnie is our only EE now. We hadn't gotten an egg from her since mid summer. We thought she had stopped laying due to her age, but this week she surprised us with three beautiful eggs. Sweet girl. We love our girls, they work really hard for us. And Mr. Don John is no slouch, either.

Gary Elore Valerie Lisenby-Elore

02/08/2026

Valholler Views.....

In my herbal Era.......it went like this.

1 - Interest in Essential Oils, make soaps, salves, scrubs, etc.
2 - Learn more of the healing properties of herbs and interest in making healing salves, balms, and medicinal teas. Take an internet certification course in herbalism, which sparks more interest.
3 - Read ALL the books, order the seeds, and plan an herbal garden for making my own blended teas and oils.
4 - Presently talking myself in and out of taking a six month course which dives deeper into Herbs.
Valerie Lisenby-Elore