Favor Farm & Nursery
8237 The Trail u Walkerton, Virginia u 23177

 

Welcome to Favor Farm & Nursery, a new family-based enterprise located in rural King & Queen County.  Our 30-acre farm is just 10 miles southeast of Route 360 East, at the intersection of Route 14 (recently named, not kidding, The Trail) and Route 620 (known locally as Powcan Road).We hope you will be intrigued by our products and plans, and stop in to see us soon.

 

 

 

Ours is a family of four; each with different interests. Dad is a real estate tycoon who comes from a long line of North Carolinian farmers. Ther claim to fame, as we understand it, is their proximity to Rocky Mount barbecue - the original. If you have to ask whether it’s tomato or vinegar-based, don’t bother ordering any.

Mom is an editor working at the cutting edge of marine science in Gloucester Point, where the lovely York River meets up with the Chesapeake Bay. When not trying to unravel the nuances of very mysterious marine scientists explaining their latest research, she loves to kayak, take in the long view of the farm, and talk to her chickens.

The kids are into soccer, art, kayaking, ice-skating, and all things crafty. They have a bottomless pit of patience, which they shower upon the motley assemblage of farm animals that have, invited or not, made their home here. As of last count, that was 6 cats, 1 dog, and about 20 chickens. But, fence posts are in and we expect to expand our farm life by a few goats, a horse or two, and perhaps a half-dozen cows before winter arrives.

 

PRODUCTS

We sell fresh eggs and farm-grown honey in one- and two-pound jars. Folks who know their honey say ours is the best around! Our beekeeper is the nicest man on earth - and not coincidentally, the state honey inspector. He even looks nice in a white ET suit.

Last spring we spent the better part of a 3-day weekend drilling little holes in oak logs, filling them with shiitake mushroom spawn, and plugging them till we were delirious. The book was right, and we started harvesting shiitake mushrooms last November!


This fall we planted the front field in highbush blueberry, one of the new-fangled hybrids that are oh-so-yummy and come personally recommended by the area extension agent. We’ll be harvesting late next summer (2005), but won’t have much to share until the following year. Too sad!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IF ALL GOES WELL...

In the future, we look to offer many more products and services. Handmade crafts and nursery stock - with a focus on native plants, ground covers, and shrubs - will be available. Stay tuned for more stories and tall tales.

 

 

Contact us at 804-769-0047 for more information.

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The King & Queen County, Virginia
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