Littleton Acres

Littleton Acres A small farmstead located in the unincorporated area of Littleton, in Sussex County, VA.

01/26/2026

A small pocket of fast-moving snow on our very cold little farm.

01/15/2026

Thinking of sunnier days and this Great Blue Heron from last summer walking around our pond.

12/23/2025

Not sure what's fuzzy in front of the camera, but enjoy some happy chickens with delicious treats 💗

11/14/2025

Happy Friday from an insanely jealous, Tate. She cannot stand it when anyone else gets love 🤣

07/12/2025

I was cleaning jars to sterilize and found a surprise! Always, always, always check for cracks, holes, or abnormalities in jars no matter how many times you have used them.
I've never found a crack or hole in the body of the jar until today and I've been pressure canning for nearly 15 years. I still check every single time. All it takes is one jar to ruin a whole batch of whatever goodness you're making! In this case, chicken broth from meat birds we raised and processed ourselves.

It's been about two months since I first posted about taking cuttings from a volunteer Amish paste tomato plant to see i...
01/15/2025

It's been about two months since I first posted about taking cuttings from a volunteer Amish paste tomato plant to see if I could root cuttings and overwinter them. Well, for not much attention other than watering and opening the blinds daily, they are doing really well!
has talked about not babying plants to get them to grow. They either will or they won't. I'm clearly learning that with the original volunteer mother plant and these cuttings!
Here's hoping they last until April and I can put them in my garden. Who knows, if I ignore them enough, I might have fruits before then? 😂

Our ladies (and gent) go through cycles every year in parallel with the seasons. Molting and feather replacement, reduct...
12/26/2024

Our ladies (and gent) go through cycles every year in parallel with the seasons. Molting and feather replacement, reductions in egg laying and eating lots of feed happen in the late fall into early winter. We've had many days in late fall where our 15 ladies haven't given us a single egg! It's expected and I try to plan for it by freezing blended eggs that are great to use in quiches and casseroles until egg production picks back up in early Spring.
What I never expect is the loss of birds due to predators or our lack of foresight. I know we live in the country and we have plenty of aerial and ground predators around, but I still don't expect it. And I like to think we're diligent chicken owners.
However, we had a ridiculous solar battery failure earlier this year caused by a worm. Seriously. During a rainy stretch in March, a worm migrated into the solar pack that energizes our electric fence to escape the wet weather and fried the mother board. I can't make this up.
After the fence de-energized, we lost 1/3 of our flock as we struggled to figure out the issue and then get it fixed. How did we prevent this from potentially happening again? The solar pack is now elevated by cinder blocks and not directly in contact with the ground.
Simple solution, but lasting damage to our flock. The birds slept in trees or on top of the mobile coop all summer because of that week of loss and the trauma they experienced.
Fast forward to late fall after all my work travel was complete, we ordered day old chicks from Hoover's Hatchery. These are the first layers we've ever ordered (we've typically acquired older birds from friends, traded eggs to incubate, etc). These Buff Orpingtons are hardy, docile, and should be off their heat plate in the next week. I'm looking forward to merging them with Lord Grantham and the rest of the ladies in the next two months.
Here's hoping the end of 2024 brings you simple joys and peace 💗

I hope everyone is enjoying safe and happy holidays! If you haven't yet, follow along on Instagram - I post and engage...
12/26/2024

I hope everyone is enjoying safe and happy holidays!

If you haven't yet, follow along on Instagram - I post and engage on that platform more often.

Here's a recent photo of Lord Grantham and his ladies! The ladies are still giving us 1-2 eggs a day even while molting in the cold weather and long winter nights.

I'm sifting and sorting my way through my seed collection today! Time to get rid of old seeds, package up the saved seed...
11/30/2024

I'm sifting and sorting my way through my seed collection today! Time to get rid of old seeds, package up the saved seeds from the year, and take stock of what I need to replenish. This is one of my favorite things to do 🥰
Also, while the first year of the pollinator/wildflower garden was spotty, we managed to harvest more than a 5-gallon grocery bag of seed heads! Most of the zinnia heads are still intact and this takes up a lot of room in the bag. However, I'm impressed with what we saved and I'm excited about planting again in the spring!
Also, if you follow college football, those Georgia Bulldawgs sure took us on a ride last night 🤯😣🫠

For me, Thanksgiving is all about the carbs! And this beautiful weather while it lasts 💗Sweet potato pie from The Grit c...
11/28/2024

For me, Thanksgiving is all about the carbs! And this beautiful weather while it lasts 💗
Sweet potato pie from The Grit cookbook (I miss this restaurant so much!)
Pecan pie and both pie crusts from
No Knead Sourdough bread from
What dish(es) do you love most? Wishing you a beautiful, happy, safe, and joyful day.

I gave up on a lot of summer gardening early this year because of travel and lack of rain. But, sometimes things grow wi...
11/25/2024

I gave up on a lot of summer gardening early this year because of travel and lack of rain. But, sometimes things grow with or without your TLC.
I have a meager crop of potatoes and kale. Enough to add to a meal this week. Small blessings to be thankful for 💗

This winter, I'm conducting an experiment with Amish paste tomatoes!A few weeks back, I clipped pieces a tomato plant th...
11/17/2024

This winter, I'm conducting an experiment with Amish paste tomatoes!
A few weeks back, I clipped pieces a tomato plant that has been vigorously sprawling in a sunny location where I did not intentionally plant it. I'm confident a few rogue seeds found their way out of a raised bed.
Fast forward, roots were long & strong and today, these clippings were planted. I'm going to try and overwinter them inside so that next spring, I'll have a head start on summer tomatoes!
This variety is indeterminate, meaning they keep growing and don't set fruits all at once. I'm hopeful this will be successful and it will definitely keep my gardening heart happy in the cold and dark winter months.

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