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Part 2 of Charles Strother's tour of his house, farm, ... Posted by: Hollinfarms
Video duration: 558 seconds Part 2 of Charles Strother's tour of his house, farm, and his memories of living in the Crooked Run Valley in Delaplane, Virginia. |
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Charles Edward Strother, Crooked Run Valley Farmer part 3 Posted by: Hollinfarms
Video duration: 546 seconds Part 3 of Charles Strother's tour of his house, farm, and his memories of living in the Crooked Run Valley in Delaplane, Virginia. |
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Charles Edward Strother, Crooked Run Valley Farmer part 1 Posted by: Hollinfarms
Video duration: 506 seconds Charles Strother gives us his tour of his chickens, house, farm, and his memories of living in the Crooked Run Valley in Delaplane, Virginia. |
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Christmas Pageant Emmanuel Delaplane Posted by: Hollinfarms
Video duration: 393 seconds Emmanuel Church Delaplane is the heart of the Crooked Run Valley community providing community space for the area. The Christmas pageant is an example of involving children in a ritual that as Dick McCarty says, has involved his family for four generations and probably recycles the same costumes year after year. This pageant is from 2008. |
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Hollin Old Spot pig rooting Posted by: Hollinfarms
Video duration: 13 seconds Pigs dig in the spring ground, looking for roots and earthworms. They have tremendous strength in their necks and pigs can be dangerous if they rake you upwards with their tusks (teeth that are long on the male or boar pigs). These pigs are a rare breed pig called Gloucester Old Spots. They are raised free range on Hollin Farm. http://www.kidcyber. com.au/topics/farmpi ggies.htm |
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Calf in a Hole!! Posted by: Hollinfarms
Video duration: 263 seconds A calf fell into an old cistern and had to be rescued. The young man who goes into the tank is Willem Krumick who works for me editing trailers for www.folkstreams.net and this was his first experience with a calf. |
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How to Dig Your Own Potatoes Posted by: Hollinfarms
Video duration: 122 seconds Farmer Tom Davenport shows how to dig potatoes on Hollin Farms. |
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Tinkering on the Farm: A buzz cut for peach trees Posted by: Hollinfarms
Video duration: 309 seconds Young Virginia farmer Matt Davenport adapts a sickle mower used to clip grass to a peach tree pruner. He mounts the mower on to the the front end load of his tractor and uses hydraulic lines to power a motor that runs the sicklebar mower. |
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Cows on Wheels Posted by: Hollinfarms
Video duration: 239 seconds Loading cows with small calves requires some skill and knowledge of animal behavior. Matthew Davenport and Raul Quintana use a trailer to move cows and calves from one farm to another that is closer to a hay supply. |
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Walking with Fergus: Meeting Steers in the Snow Posted by: Hollinfarms
Video duration: 137 seconds On a snowy day in late February, I took our little dog Fergus for a walk on the farm. He encounters a group of steers by the main barn. They don't like him and he doesn't like them -- each species expresses its nature. |
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Calling Cows Posted by: Hollinfarms
Video duration: 244 seconds Grass farmer Tom Davenport shows how he moves his cows on Hollin Farms in the Crooked Run Valley near Delaplane, VA. |
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The Hathaway's Solar House: Alternative to Dominion Power Posted by: Hollinfarms
Video duration: 168 seconds Energy expert Alden Hathaway and his wife Carol live in a solar powered house in Londoun County near Hillsboro,Virginia. If one in every four houses in Virginia were solar powered, our power needs would be cut in half. |
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CRVA Truck Ban Posted by: Hollinfarms
Video duration: 650 seconds Citizens made this film in 2004 to support a ban on interstate truck traffic on a narrow two lane stretch of Route 17 between Delaplane and Paris, Virginia. The film shows the truck traffic and accidents that occurred before the speed limit was lower and the trucks were banned. Since the ban and the 45mph speed limit were imposed, there have been no serious accidents on the road. |
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Pumpkin Patch at Sky Meadows Park Posted by: Hollinfarms
Video duration: 71 seconds Hollin Farms Pumpkin Patch at Sky Meadows State Park in Fauquier County, Virginia. www.hollinfarms.com. Music for this film is from "Dixie Banner" featuring Tony Ellis and produced by Stephen Wade, available from Rounder Records. |
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